Saint Monica Parish

West Wyoming, PA

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- The Pale Blue Eye: A Light In The Darkness
  
  The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins? – Edgar Allan Poe The film, The Pale Blue Eye, opens with...
- 4 Reasons To Wear The Cord Of St. Joseph
  
  The cord of St. Joseph is a powerful devotion that grants special graces to those who wear it with faith. These graces will help you grow in your spiritual life. Delving deeper into the tradition of...
- 10 Lent Quotes From Pope Francis To Celebrate His 10th Anniversary As Pope
  
  Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected Pope on March 13, 2013, during the season of Lent. Each year, during this season of the Church, Pope Francis provides wisdom and encouragement for our Lenten journey.
- Sister Jean’s Wisdom Goes Far Beyond March Madness
  
  In addition to giving her life in service to God and the education of young people, Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, BVM is a March Madness icon. In 1994 she became the chaplain for the Loyola University...
- Is Your Anxiety A Result Of Not Praying Enough?
  
  Gospel Of John 4:5-42 Jesus came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of land that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.Jacob’s well was there.Jesus, tired from his journey, sat down there...

If Christ is presented to young people as he really is, they experience him as an answer that is convincing and they can accept his message, even when it is demanding and bears the mark of the Cross. For this reason and in response to their enthusiasm, I do not hesitate to ask them to make a radical choice of faith and life, and present them with a stupendous task: to become "morning watchmen" (cf. Is 21:11-12) at the dawn of the new millennium.
Saint John Paul II, Apostolic Letter Novo Millennio Ineunte #9