Oro Valley Catholic
“If other ages felt less, they saw more, even though they saw with the blind, prophetical, unsentimental eye of acceptance, which is to say, of faith. In the absence of this faith now, we govern by tenderness. It is a tenderness which, long cut off from the person of Christ, is wrapped in theory. When tenderness is detached from the source of tenderness, its logical outcome is terror. It ends in forced-labor camps and in the fumes of the gas chamber.” - Flannery O’Connor, A Memoir of Mary Ann
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Tuesday Nov 05, 2019
Tuesday Nov 05, 2019
Children and Pornography at School!
"The most important insight is that the first person to talk to kids about honestly, is the person that kids will believe. Our children have lots of influences, their parents should be the first and most important influence in the childhood!"
Fr. John discusses the threat of with Fr. Sean Kilcawley, the Director of the Office of Family Life for the Diocese of Lincoln, Nebraska, a nationally recognized speaker on Theology of the Body, Human Love and pornography addiction. Fr. Sean will address how to talk about good pictures and bad pictures that your little children might see at school. The average age for first exposure to pornography is from 9-11 years old, although younger children are also exposed. It is important to tell children the truth in an age appropriate way. Fr. Sean has great advice in that regard. One book he highly recommends for little kids is "Good Pictures, Bad Pictures" which can be obtained at Amazon or at St. Mark Parish office, 2727 W. Tangerine Rd. Oro Valley, AZ.
Fr. Sean was ordained a priest in 2005 for the Diocese of Lincoln. In 2013 Fr. Sean completed a License in Sacred Theology at the John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family Studies in Rome. Fr. Kilcawley speaks around our nation to both Catholics and other faith communities that seek to restore the integrity of families affected by pornography by providing education and resources to individuals, spouses, parents and clergy in order to both heal and prevent wounds inflicted by the sexualized culture. Fr. John Arnold attended one of the week long seminars lead by Fr. Sean and Dr. Todd Bowman, Ph.D of Wesleyan University and invited him to Tucson.
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Thursday Oct 17, 2019
Thursday Oct 17, 2019
Jesus and the Ten Lepers: Lk. 17:11-19 Nine Jews, one prophet, one Syrian and a Samaritan are walking through Galilee one day. They all in one way or another encounter healing. Luke teaches us about the importance of gratitude. Why be resentful towards God and others. It merely twists how we see the world around us. At the heart of human happiness is the experience of gratitude. This is more than optimism. Every story of gratitude has a before and after part of the story. Think about where you are in your experience of gratitude.
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