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Patrick Madrid’s new book (co-authored with Ken Hensley), “The Godless Delusion: A Catholic Challenge to Modern Atheism,” will be released in 2 WEEKS! Here is some advance ordering info.
Patrick will personally sign all books ordered by June 18th, so get your copy now!
For more info about the book, visit patrickmadrid.com.
We hope you are as excited as we are about the interactive EncouragePriests.org website which is just weeks away from launching on Father’s Day, June 20th!
Check-out the video below that we just received from Ashley in Georgia. We love it, thanks Ashley!
We hope Ashley’s video inspires you to send your encouraging words to your favorite priest! We look forward to receiving your short written testimonial or video greeting message to help our effort to thank and support priests around the country.
To send a video greeting like Ashley’s to your priest and have it featured on our YouTube channel or to submit a written testimonial, please visit our testimonials submission page at EncouragePriests.org.
Thank you for helping us to encourage our holy and heroic priests.
In Christ,
Your CatholicsComeHome.org team
CatholicsComeHome.org is a 501(c)(3) non-profit media apostolate, dedicated to producing and airing Catholic evangelism television ads on local, national and international television networks. EncouragePriests.org™ is a special communications outreach project of Catholics Come Home, Inc. Its mission is to encourage priests and promote priestly vocations.
ATLANTA, Ga. (June 1, 2010) – We are just weeks away from the launch of our interactive EncouragePriests.org™ website! To make this launch exciting and truly inspiring, we want all of our supporters—including YOU—to submit a short testimonial, either written or in a 60-second video format, about a priest or bishop you are grateful for, or one who has inspired you in some way.
Is there a noteworthy priest in your community who has done something heroic?
Do you have a funny, inspiring, or wisdom-filled story to share about a priest at your parish?
Do you know of a priest who has truly touched your life in some way—big or small?
Help us spread a positive message about the priesthood to our culture via the web by sharing your story or words of encouragement.
Your participation is easy, but truly valuable. A 250-word story or a 60-second video greeting card takes just a few minutes of your time, but can have a huge impact on spreading a message of love and encouragement for our holy Catholic priests.
Visit EncouragePriests.org™ for more info and to submit your short testimonial this week!
Thank you for your prayers and support for our heroic Catholic seminarians, priests, and bishops. Together, we can show our secular culture the true value and beauty of this sacred vocation.
“What will be the crown of those who, humble within and humiliated without, have imitated the humility of our Savior in all its fullness!” -St. Bernadette
“You must ask God to give you power to fight against the sin of pride which is your greatest enemy – the root of all that is evil, and the failure of all that is good. For God resists the proud.” -St. Vincent de Paul
“The proud man counts his newspaper clippings, the humble man his blessings.” -Archbishop Fulton Sheen
Litany of Humility
O Jesus! meek and humble of heart, Hear me.
From the desire of being esteemed,
Deliver me, Jesus.
From the desire of being loved…
From the desire of being extolled …
From the desire of being honored …
From the desire of being praised …
From the desire of being preferred to others…
From the desire of being consulted …
From the desire of being approved …
From the fear of being humiliated …
From the fear of being despised…
From the fear of suffering rebukes …
From the fear of being calumniated …
From the fear of being forgotten …
From the fear of being ridiculed …
From the fear of being wronged …
From the fear of being suspected .
Vatican City, May 26, 2010 (CNA/EWTN News).- In his last catechesis on the priesthood, Pope Benedict dedicated his Wednesday audience address to the authority that priests receive from Jesus, emphasizing that it must be used in service of people, not as an end in itself. He also asked for prayers to conclude the Year for Priests for all the ordained, including himself. Read more here.
Take time to encourage priests in celebration of the Year of the Priesthood! We need YOUR help in the lauch of our updated EncouragePriests.org website. Visit EncouragePriests.org to submit a short story testimonial about a priest who you are inspired by! We are also collecting your 60-second videos thanking your priests to share on our site…Thanks for praying for and encouraging our holy Catholic priests!
Earlier this week we e-mailed our CCH community a message sharing the conversion story of Adrian, a former atheist who became a Catholic after seeing a CatholicsComeHome.org TV commercial. Thank you for the many wonderful supportive responses we’ve received…we passed them along to Adrian, and he sent us the following gracious response:
“I saw the newsletter with my story, and I can not tell you how much that meant! I share my story with many fellow Catholics and protestant folks whom I get to speak with face to face. I also roam the net sharing my story, and doing my best to defend the Church. I have been learning and reading more and more everyday into the faith, and with each day its growing stronger!
My little brother who is 17, had lost his way since 14, and 3 weeks ago he approached me to talk about the existence of God and the Catholic Church. We spoke for around an hour, and asked if could come with me and my wife to mass the following Sunday! He was baptized and confirmed Catholic already, and decided to make his first confession this Saturday.
He has really come along way, as I had too. I shared my experience with him, and explained my reasoning. As much as I tried to prove the faith was false previously, My faith instead grew, and grew. Thanks to your website which was Major part of myself returning to the Church! I have referred my brother to your website as well, and will talk with him about it this weekend.
Thank you to the Holy Spirit, and your website and effort I am home! You have a hand here in Colorado!
-Adrian”
Grow in your faith each day by visiting CatholicsComeHome.org!
Adrian’s Story: From Atheist to Catholic!
Adrian grew up an atheist and spent his young life arguing against the Christian faith. After years of being “afraid to learn something he couldn’t accept,” Adrian felt like he needed to find that “something” that was missing in his life.
In May 2009, Adrian saw a CatholicsComeHome.org commercial. As he watched the “Epic” commercial, he felt like God was personally calling him home.
“The most powerful line hit me” Adrian told us. “‘We are Catholic. Welcome home.’ I felt something warm, comforting, and powerful. I felt like God had guided me to this commercial.”
After watching the commercial, Adrian visited CatholicsComeHome.org and started to learn more about the Catholic faith. Sure enough, Adrian found himself uncovering the truth that he had been searching for. “History was proving to me that the Catholic Church was the one true faith.”
On Easter 2010, Adrian, along with his wife and children, received the sacraments and became full members of Christ’s one, holy, Catholic Church in their home state of Colorado.
“Months ago, I was an atheist trying to convert people out of the faith,” Adrian admits. “Today I have returned to the Church, and now I am learning apologetics and defending the faith!”
With God’s grace, and your help, more people like Adrian will experience the peace and happiness that comes in being a member of Christ’s Body—the Church! Will you join us in spreading the Good News, by helping to air more Catholics Come Home ads in your area and around the country? Your donation of $500, $100, $25 or any amount will help to invite friends and relatives home to our universal Catholic family.
Thank you for your continued prayers and support for the mission of CatholicsComeHome.org. May God bless you for your faithfulness to the work of the Holy Spirit and His mission of evangelization!
Sincerely,
Tom Peterson and your CatholicsComeHome.org team
CatholicsComeHome.org is a 501(c)(3) non-profit media apostolate, dedicated to producing and airing Catholic evangelism television ads on local, national and international television networks.
Did you hear about Our Holy Father’s beautiful words on Pentecost about the role of the Blessed Mother in our celebration of this holy day?
Pope Benedict XVI said that “there is no Church without Pentecost” and “there is no Pentecost without the Virgin Mary.” Read more here.
Let us all continue to call on the intercession of our Blessed Mother as we enter into Ordinary Time again.
Take time to grow in your faith this season; visit CatholicsComeHome.org.
A Kind Message We Received from A former Protestant Clergy Member who entered the Catholic Church this past Easter:
“Congratulations on one the best designed websites I have seen in a long time! I was a Protestant Clergy for 20 years and came into the Church at the Easter Vigil this year. It will be a joy to refer my friends and family to your website as a credible response to their disbelief. Thank you so much!” -Thomas, MI
Visit and share the ‘I am not Catholic’ section of the CatholicsComeHome.org website with friends and family who would like to learn more about Christ’s Catholic Church.
CatholicsComeHome.org In the News:
The Pontificia Università della Santa Croce in Rome hosted an international Church Communication Conference, where three hundred Catholic communicators from around the world were energized after hearing Tom Peterson, CCH President and Founder, discuss the sucess of the CCH TV campaigns in the U.S.
Attendees from across the globe, ranging from New Zealand to Germany, expressed enthusiasm about airing Catholics Come Home TV campaigns. Given this interest, our CCH team will soon translate our interactive website into Portuguese, German, French, Polish, Italian, Spanish, and maybe even Arabic!
Click here to watch Mr. Peterson’s interview on the Università della Santa Croce YouTube Channel.
Visit CatholicsComeHome.org each day to grow in faith and knowledge of Christ’s Universal Church!
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