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October 22nd Feast of Saint Mary Salome, Proof Of The Ancient And Holy Catholic Church

UPDATED (this post first appeared on October 22nd, 2014): For the feast of Saint Mary of Magdala, whose partial profile is below. Mandeville, LA - Today is one of those days on The Church calendar where we get perspective of the ancient and Divine origins of Christ's Church and it's teaching and tradition. Today is the feast day of Saint Mary Salome. The sculpture pictured is on display in Italy. Saint […]

October 22, 2022 16

Catholicism

Our Lady’s Miracle of Snow In August & The Story of St. Mary Major

Mandeville, LA - My grandmother was named Essie Pearl MARIE Gomez and later took her husband's name to become Essie Pearl Peel. Grandma Pearl was the holiest person I ever knew who wasn't a priest and she never stopped her devotions to the Blessed Mother until she was unable to because of her age and failing memory. After her death on Thanksgiving Day, 2016, I inherited dozens of her relics […]

August 5, 2021 80

Catholicism

CRUSADER Knights! Let Us Armor Up For Consecration to Saint Joseph!

On 08 January, 2020, Wisdom Wednesday as I call it on the Mike Church Show I announced to Brother André Marie that I was declaring 2020 "The Year of Saint Joseph". You may wonder "why, Mike" and I can tell you: after 3 years of learning of and by Our Lady's request, strengthening my devotion to St Joseph I began a doubling of prayers for his intercession and not just […]

May 1, 2020 7

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Saint Peter Damian-CRUSADER Against The Sin of Sodomy!

The following is the pre-Mass announcement I will give to the congregation of Saint Jane de Chantal Catholic Church in Abita Springs, LA for Quinquagesima Sunday and the Feast of Saint Peter Damian, a Doctor of the Catholic Church. - by Mike Church On Quinquagesima Sunday the The Forty Hours Devotion begins. This devotion has its origin in the 16th century when Pope Benedict XIV, seeing the excesses that were […]

February 23, 2020 11

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Happy Birthday BVM – The Biggest Birthday Bash of The Year

by Mike Church It is significant to note that this feast day is only one of the only three that celebrates birthdays in the Church, an honor Our Lady shares with her beloved and adorable Son, Jesus (December 25), and the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist (June 24). In the United States the name Mary was the most popular name given to girls up until 1961, today it is […]

September 9, 2019 5

Catholicism

Every CRUSADE Needs One: All Hail Don John of Manhattan™

In that enormous silence, tiny and unafraid, Comes up along a winding road the noise of the CRUSADE. Strong gongs groaning as the guns boom far, Don John of Manhattan™ is going to the war. - G.K. Chesterton Mandeville, LA - Some glorious history was made yesterday but it wasn't an event most historians and educators these days will be anxious to report: President Donald John Trump became the first […]

January 19, 2019 21

Catholicism

#MAGA? Restore The Kingship of Christ The King

Mandeville, LA - The following are my comments delivered before the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass today on the 23nd Sunday after Pentecost and the feast of Saint Jude and Saint Simon and also the Feast of The Kingship of Christ. To those who say that Christ’s Kingdom is not of this world and, consequently, religion and politics must be separated, Pius addressed these strong words: “It would be a […]

October 28, 2018 9

Catholicism

The Magnificent Story of Saint Ursula And The 11,000 Virgin Martyrs

The Magnificent Story of Saint Ursula Written By Mike Church. Special thanks to Gretchen Filz for her The Story of St. Ursula the Warrior Princess and her 11,000 Companions Mandeville, LA, 21 October, 2017 - The legend of Saint Ursula is one shrouded in mystery, uncertain facts and yet thrilling holiness. The old legend says that Ursula made a pilgrimage to Rome accompanied by 11,000 virgin companions. the charitable objects of […]

October 21, 2018 35

Catholicism

Saint Martha Slays A Dragon

Mandeville, LA - Tradition and Holy Scripture place Saint Martha in Our Lord’s public ministry, as the sister of Mary and Lazarus and as the subject of a Gospel teaching about prayer and works. "Now it came to pass as they went, that he entered into a certain town: and a certain woman named Martha, received him into her house. [39] And she had a sister called Mary, who sitting also […]

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