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Things To Know: 168 Years Ago Today An Important Day in the Paulist Fathers Calendar + New Video about St. Patrick's Catholic American Parish in Rome + Much More!

This week's edition of our "Things To Kniw" newsletter:

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What makes a Paulist priest so unique?
Paulist Fr. Mike Cruickshank gives us his take on the "All Are Welcome" approach to the Paulist charism, mission, and ministries.
Fr. Mike is associate pastor at the Cathedral of Saint Andrew, served by @paulistfathers.bsky.social.
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Conflict overseas. A shooting close to home. Moments like this shape us. Lent asks us to pause: Who is forming our hearts? Every Christian is entrusted with the Gospel. Christ forms us into steady people in an unsteady time.

Today's #DailyJolt comes from #WalterCardinalKasper.

You don’t have to be a republican or a democrat to be against war. You just have to be a person who is against war. It helps if you can see humanity in the stranger. War is not the language of a person who loves.

Living in community is an important part of the Paulist charism.
Paulist Fr. Mike Cruickshank gives us a glimpse into community life at the Cathedral of Saint Andrew, served by @paulistfathers.bsky.social along with the Catholic Info Center in Grand Rapids, MI.
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How does the Church welcome people?

How does the Church live Catholic social teaching?

Are our parishes in "maintenance mode" or "mission mode"?

Those are some of the questions Sr. Donna Ciangio, O.P., discussed recently on our podcast @deaconspod.bsky.social:

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How does the Church welcome people?

How does the Church live Catholic social teaching?

Are our parishes in "maintenance mode" or "mission mode"?

Those are some of the questions Sr. Donna Ciangio, O.P., discussed recently on our podcast @deaconspod.bsky.social:

paulist.org/SrDonna

Some snips:

“I am following with deep concern what is happening in the Middle East and in Iran during this tumultuous time. Stability and peace are not achieved through mutual threats, nor through the use of weapons, which sow destruction, suffering, and death, but only through (…) dialogue.” Pope Leo XIV

Pope Leo today on Iran: "Stability and peace are not achieved through mutual threats, nor through the use of weapons, which sow destruction, suffering, and death, but only through reasonable, sincere, and responsible dialogue. ... May diplomacy regain its proper role"
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If people are required to show proof of citizenship to vote, then all the documentation one has to get must be made free and easy to get otherwise it is akin to having a poll tax that the poor and isolated cannot pay.

Read the March 2 edition of “Call of the Spirit,” our electronic newsletter — Paulist Fathers Vocations | Be A Paulist Read the latest edition of Call of the Spirit, the Paulist Fathers Vocations electronic newsletter packed with lots of interactive information about the Paulists.

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Read & share the latest edition of "Call of the Spirit," our e-newsletter packed with lots of interactive information about @paulistfathers.bsky.social.
We hope it will inspire you or someone you know to discern a Paulist vocation.
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Daily Mass - March 2nd, 2026 at 12:10 PM YouTube video by Church of St Paul the Apostle, NYC

Paulist Fr. Dave Dwyer, director of our media ministry @busted-halo.bsky.social, celebrates today's Noontime Mass at St. Paul's in New York City:

In this 3rd of 3 clips, @paulistfathers.bsky.social Fr. Thomas Hall encourages anyone facing obstacles during their discernment journey to follow God's will & pray for strength.
Fr. Thomas was ordained a priest on May 14, 1977, and spent decades as a chaplain for the U.S. military.
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Virtual Stations of the Cross - Busted Halo Find a quiet place to watch these short videos, and as you do the devotions be open to how God is speaking to you through the Stations of the Cross.

Missed your parish’s #StationsoftheCross? Pray our virtual Stations anytime here:

I would like to recommend to you the new album by Alexander Malofeev, Forgotten Melodies. Piano, Russians composers, beauty.

Today's #DailyJolt comes from the Book of #Deuteronomy.

We had this discussion (because they asked) and after I explained to the catechumens and the candidates the proper posture for the Lord’s Prayer, our pastor laughed. He’s just happy (as am I) that they want to know Jesus.

As we leave Black History Month, I have that (too frequent) disgust bubbling up at those who would whitewash our history and push back on the idea that our freedoms as a nation must be seen in light of our national and local efforts to restrict those freedoms on the basis of color.

Today's #DailyJolt comes from #MadeleineLEngle.

Mr. Hegseth calls Iran raining down missles and bombs on their neighbors a "cowardly act." How is this more cowardly than those who attacked first this time raining down bombs and missiles on Iran?

Don't miss this wonderful new book from our publishing firm, Paulist Press:

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“Sometimes, maybe where we are being called to go in our #Lent is somewhere different than what our agenda was. Maybe God has a different plan for us.”

- @marydtp.bsky.social to @deaconmike.bsky.social in the new episode of our #podcast Deacons Pod:

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“Sometimes, maybe where we are being called to go in our #Lent is somewhere different than what our agenda was. Maybe God has a different plan for us.”

- @marydtp.bsky.social to @deaconmike.bsky.social in the new episode of our #podcast Deacons Pod:

paulist.org/the-conversa...

The season of #Lent invites us to stay with what is difficult and remain present when it is hard. Vedran Obućina shares how the #DesertFathers and Mothers can provide a guiding example of how to do that. Read here: buff.ly/Ui6Ut33

Today's #DailyJolt comes from #BookerTWashington.

Unpacking ‘the Currency of Mercy’ With Hallow Co-Founder Alessandro DiSanto - Busted Halo While broadcasting from the Los Angeles Religious Education Congress, Father Dave talks with the event’s keynote speaker, Alessandro DiSanto.

Technology connects us. But does it deepen us? On today’s podcast, Father Dave reflects on prayer in a distracted age with the co-founder of Hallow.

The Parable of the Lost Sheep: God’s Unending Search for Us - Busted Halo In the Parable of the Lost Sheep, Jesus likens himself to a shepherd who has lost one of his 100 sheep. We all matter to him; no one is inconsequential.

#Jesus is always pursuing us, like the #LostSheep. In this article, Susan Ciancio shares how she appreciated this #parable in a new way and the reminders of this relentless love she saw in her own life:

Our God is not an absent Father. In our latest article, Susan Ciancio shares how he is always pursuing us like the shepherd in the #Parable of the Lost Sheep. Read here: buff.ly/tyzHiA4

Today's #DailyJolt comes from #CarlaHall.