by Pete Burak | Feb 25, 2025 | Blog, Pete Burak
It’s understandable that St. Paul equates our journey to heaven with athletes competing in a race, because victory in athletics requires pain. As in sports, suffering in life is inevitable. In this fallen world, before the restoration and transformation of the Second...
by Ralph Martin | Feb 25, 2025 | Blog, Ralph Martin
Pope John Paul II said the Church cannot omit, without serious mutilation of her essential message, a constant catechesis on man’s Four Last Things: death, judgment, hell, and heaven. Knowing what comes after this earthly life can guide us in it. Beyond the mysterious...
by Tom Edwards | Feb 21, 2025 | Blog
We began our time in Slovakia with the annual two-day FIRE Rally. FIRE Rallies have been taking place in Slovakia since 1995. FIRE stands for Faith, Intercession, Repentance, and Evangelization—themes that remain very much at the heart of the rallies. The wave of...
by Renewal Ministries Staff | Feb 14, 2025 | Blog
Sr. Ann Shields, SGL, recently retired from her radio program and podcast Food for the Journey. Below, we’ve shared some expressions of gratitude written by her many supporters. First is a brief reflection (edited for length) shared by Jess Maciborski, director...
by Rachel Herbeck | Feb 7, 2025 | Blog, Rachel Herbeck
I was sixteen when I decided to take my faith in Jesus seriously. After experiencing the emptiness of my own sin and receiving God’s mercy through a powerful confession, I was baptized in the Holy Spirit while working as a summer camp counselor. In that moment, while...
by Ralph Martin | Feb 1, 2025 | Blog, Ralph Martin
Sr. Ann Shields has been a key part of our team and ministry for many, many years. She grew up in a Catholic family in somewhat rural Pennsylvania, entered the Sisters of Mercy, and taught school for many years. As the Sisters of Mercy drifted further and further away...
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