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1. XMas Advent Calendars 2009 We had an advent calendar for a few years when I was small. It had a strange magic. We had a simple advent calendar: just pictures behind the doors, no candy let alone toys. These days advent calendars come in all kinds of shapes and sizes, with sti...
2. Karen Armstrong: author, former nun and religious inspiration Karen Armstrong is the embodiment of religious tolerance and spiritual transformation. A former Roman Catholic Nun, she got disillusioned about religion. A visit to Jerusalem rekindled her love for religion and she turned to writing books about the...
3. Christianity Headquarters Lenses about Christianity: whether protestant, liberal or Roman Catholic. Whether your lens is about your faith in Jesus, or questioning the same.. While my path is an alternative one, in this group I also welcome Christian lenses devoted to explaini...
4. Anthony De Mello, Christian inspiration from India Influenced the world through his powerful understanding of the human condition. Through the use of parables and teaching stories, de Mello pointed the way to authentic living. The influence of spiritual traditions outside mainstream Christianity is c...
5. Dinesh D'Souza Dinesh D'Souza  is the author of numerous New York Times best selling books and one of the most prolific and prominent conservative writers and speakers in the United States. Some of his notable books ara now also availabla as downloadable audio...
6. Saint Therese of Lisieux - The Little Flower This lens is about MARIE FRANCOISE-THERESE MARTIN, daughter of Louis-Joseph-Stanislaus and Zelie (Guerin) Martin, was born in Alencon, France, January 2, 1873. She was the youngest of nine children, four of whom died in infancy, and of the five other...
7. The Dissolution of the Monasteries By the 16th century many of the monasteries of England and Wales had become rich and powerful institutions. At that time they were all Catholic. They provided employment, charity for the poor, hospitals for the sick and education. Henry VIII had bro...
8. St Thérèse de Lisieux St Therese is a well known female Catholic Saint from the list of female Saints. Her spirituality and writings from a feminine perspective had prompted her special title of Doctor of the Catholic Church, a Saint that all people of the Church can all...
9. Pope Benedict XVI Pope Benedict XVI, born 1927, pope since 2005, the first German pope since Victor II, who died in 1057, and the first noted scholar in theology to be elected pope since Benedict XIV in 1740. An unusually knowledgeable and influential Vatican official...
10. Lent Lent is the 40 day celebration from Ash Wednesday until Holy Saturday. The Lenten Season is marked by Catholics as a season for giving up something for the duration, but Lent is more than that, Lent is a way to grow closer to God and to the community...
11. St. Francis, A Legacy of Love St. Francis of Assisi (1182-1226) was a Roman Catholic friar who founded the Order of the Franciscans. On July 16, 1228 he was canonized by Pope Gregory IX. He is known as the patron saint of animals, birds, the environment, and Italy.
12. Saint of the Day Saints are celebrated according to the calendar of the Catholic Church, which is generally shared by other liturgical Christian churches. This lens provides a collection of Saints of the Day and their broader significance. 
13. Catholic and Anglo-Catholic books Collecting vintage and traditional Catholic and Anglo-Catholic books has the potential to be a fascinating and engaging hobby for the discerning collector, allowing you the delights of bibliophily (the smell of old bindings, the feel of high quality...
14. Easter Easter is the most important annual religious feast in the Christian year.  According to Christian scripture, Jesus was resurrected from the dead on the third day from his crucifixion. Christians celebrate this resurrection on Easter Day or...
15. Saint Therese of Lisieux, the Little Flower Saint Therese of Lisieux is one of the most famous, popular and beloved saints in all of Catholic history.  Born in the nineteenth century, St. Therese died in her twenties from tuberculosis.  Although she did not live a long life, her insi...
16. Roman Catholic Resources for Reverts, Converts, Cradle and Lapsed Catholics Magisterium Loyal Catholic Resources to Help You Develop Your Spiritual Life.
17. Anti-Catholic Polemics and Bigotry Is the Roman Catholic Church the great whore of Babylon? Is the Pope the Antichrist? Are Roman Catholics really going to Hell? Join me us I dig deep into these issues on Catholicism.
18. Catholic Resources "Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect" (1 Peter 3:15)
19. Thomas Merton Thomas Merton's autobiography, Seven Story Mountain, had a profound impact on my life at a time when I was questioning both my purpose in life and my relationship to God.  That book in particular, and many of Merton's other great works, have had...
20. Fighting Irish Thomas From the glory of Notre Dame football and the greatness of the saints to the daily trials of the Catholic and the folly of politics, Fighting Irish Thomas covers the world with an eye toward Mary to help your faith win overall.