Catholic Fire

1. My new book, Seven Saints for Seven Virtues , was officially released on the Feast of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary!  I have been told that it should be on the shelves of bookstores next week. Lisa Hendey has written a beautiful forward for the book, which has been endorsed by Pat Gohn and Donna-Marie Cooper O'Boyle. 2. The book blog tour is from Monday, October 13 - Wednesday, October 22.  Be sure to stop by Catholic Fire to check out the blog tour schedule! 3. Today Patrice Fagnant-MacArthur posted her review of Seven Saints for Seven Virtues at Catholic Mom.  Thank you, Patrice, for this wonderful review! 4. This past week has been filled with activity. On Respect Life Sunday , we prayed the rosary and held up signs to support the sanctity of human life in the public square, as part of the pro-life chain .   Afterwards, we attended an activity in our parish, which included a meal, entertainment, and Adoration. 5. On the Feast of the Holy Rosary...

Today is the Feast of the Holy Rosary. This feast was established in 1573 by St. Pius V, a Dominican pope who had great personal devotion to the prayer. He instituted the feast in thanksgiving for the Christian victory over the Turks in the Battle of Lepanto. Because the feast falls in October, the entire month is dedicated to honoring Mary with the rosary. To learn more about the great victory of Our Lady at the Battle of Lepanto go here. To learn more about more about Pope St. Pius V, who instituted the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, go here. Quotes from Pope John Paul II on the Rosary taken from his Apostolic Letter ROSARIUM VIRGINIS MARIAE , October 16, 2002: "The Rosary, precisely because it starts with Mary's own experience, is an exquisitely contemplative prayer." "The Rosary is one of the traditional paths of Christian prayer directed to the contemplation of Christ's face. Pope Paul VI described it in these words: “As a Gospel prayer, centred on th...