by Heather Vento | Jan 25, 2023 | Uncategorized
The Power of a Personal TestimonyFor almost 25 years, starting at age 16, I worked with an amazing retreat team that focused on personal testimonies to relay the Gospel. An attractive teen boy proclaimed the challenges and benefits of trusting in God’s plan for...
by Michael Vento | Jan 8, 2023 | Uncategorized
It is obviously popular to question the historicity of the Gospels’ portrait of Jesus. Scholars who practice the historical-critical method of biblical study devoid of faith – and thus rejecting the possibility that God entered our world in Christ – object to the...
by Michael Vento | Jan 2, 2023 | Uncategorized
I became informed of the death of Pope Benedict XVI early yesterday from our chaplain, Fr. David Skillman. Although expected due to the report of his declining health, my heart stirred with both sadness and joy, knowing that a beloved spiritual father to me has...
by Michael Vento | Jan 2, 2023 | Uncategorized
In an interview with Vittorio Messori, Pope Benedict XVI, then Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, stated that “the only real effective apologia for Christianity comes down to two arguments, namely, the saints the Church has produced and the art which has grown in her...
by Michael Vento | Jan 2, 2023 | Uncategorized
Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (later, Pope Benedict XVI) delivered an important address to the group Communion and Liberation in 2002 entitled “The Feeling of Things, the Contemplation of Beauty.” He placed before us the beauty of Jesus Christ, and helped tap into...
by Michael Vento | Jan 2, 2023 | Uncategorized
The most foundational aspect of the lives and teaching of St. John Paul the Great and Benedict XVI is the focus on the Person of Jesus Christ and His relation to each human heart. This may seem elementary at first; but when one considers points of emphasis...
