Urgent Help Needed For A Catholic Blogger And Friend

One of my good blogging friends, Lisa Graas, is in great need of your prayers and a financial boost if you will.

Lisa is the author of  the blog "Catholic Bandita", and is on twitter as @CatholicLisa. She always reminds us in her blog posts that our identity as Christians is, and should be in Christ, and nothing else.

Lisa and her children have been going through some difficult times...physically, financially... and I am sure the emotional strain is not easy either. I have been there myself. 

Some other blogging pals, including Sofia Guerra of the blog "Always Catholic", George Vogt of the blog "A Talking Donkey", and Father Z of "Fr. Z's Blog – What Does The Prayer Really Say?" have all posted about Lisa's situation here... here... and here.

You can go to Lisa's blog here, and scrolling down, look on the left side for a PayPal Donate button similar to mine. It will say "Hit The Tip Jar".

We all are asking you to give of both your prayers and money to help out Lisa and her family at this time. Please.

May God Bless you and Our Lady keep you in her care!

Changes In Faith of the Fathers Blogs Effective January 1, 2013

Effective January 1, 2013, Faith of the Fathers blogs will reduce the number of "active" blogs, from 24 to 10.

Beginning January 1, the 14 that will no longer be posted to, will be listed as "Older Faith of the Fathers Blogs" as a link list at the very bottom of each blogs left hand sidebar. Those blogs will not be deleted, they will just no longer have any new posts added to them.

A decision to delete them entirely may come at a later date, as the 14 have very little to no traffic at all.

The 10 blogs that will remain active are as follows: 

Faith of the Fathers, Saint Quote of the Day, Daily Mass Readings, Approved Apparitions, Saints of the Faith, Pope Benedict XVI, Favorite Prayers And Scripture , Prayer Requests, The Early Church Fathers, and Apologetics.

These 10 are the blogs that have the most traffic and subscriptions, with the exception of the Prayer Requests blog. I will not remove it, as it is a blog I feel that is, and has been very helpful to many people.

In any case, thank you all for reading, following, and subscribing to these blogs.

Thanks So Much!

All of the followers, readers, and visitors to Faith of the Fathers blogs are greatly appreciated, and I thank each of you for making the past year so great!

I would also like to thank the friends and followers from Facebook and twitter who have also helped Faith of the Fathers blogs grow in readers and visitors by liking, sharing, and tweeting posts from these blogs. You guys "rock"!

I would especially like to say thank you, to all the regular followers and visitors to Faith of the Fathers blogs for your purchases of Mystic Monk Coffee from these blogs!

I am sure it has been appreciated by the Carmelite Monks of Wyoming, and I know for certain that it has been a God send for me in these difficult times in which we live.

Thank you all also for the items you have purchased from Faith of the Fathers Catholic Gifts, and for clicking the various links to other products and services that you find on these blogs.

You are all greatly loved and appreciated more than you can ever know.

Thank you  all for all that you do!

May God Bless you all, and Our Lady keep you in her care!

This Is The Santorum I Know

The following is an excellent post from "Creative Minority Report". Click the link below to read it:

This Is The Santorum I Know

Immaculate Conception Novena Starts November 29, 2011

Starting November 29th, I am joining over 6,000 Catholics to pray the Immaculate Conception Novena.

With so many faithful Catholics around the world praying this novena, I thought you’d like to join too.

Do you have any special petitions to bring to Mary?

You can sign up for handy email reminders to get the the novena prayers here: Immaculate Conception Novena.

Let’s get all the Catholics we know to pray this novena together for the Immaculate Conception!

Muslims Attack Catholics Attending A Celebration In France | Lisa Graas

Muslims Attack Catholics Attending A Celebration In France | Lisa Graas

Day 5 -- Saint Jude Novena

Today is the fifth day of the Novena to Saint Jude.

Please go to "Pray More Novenas" where you can get the daily prayers for this novena as well as find the intentions of others praying this novena with us.

Novena to Saint Jude -- Day 4

Just a reminder that today is the fourth day of the Novena to Saint Jude.

Once again you can go to "Pray More Novenas" where you can get the daily prayers for this novena as well as find the intentions of others praying this novena with us.

Day 2-- The Novena to Saint Jude

Just a reminder that today is day 2 of the Novena to Saint Jude, the Patron of desperate situations and impossible causes.

You can go to "Pray More Novenas" where you will find the daily prayers for this novena as well as the intentions of others praying this novena.

Saint Jude Novena--Day 1

Today is the day that we begin the Novena to Saint Jude, the Patron of impossible causes and desperate situations.

You can go to Pray More Novena's to find the prayers for each day, read the over 740 intentions posted for the novena, and to add your own intentions, by clicking here.

Please join us in this novena to the Apostle and martyr, Saint Jude Thaddeus.

Saint Jude Novena Starts October 19, 2011

Beginning Wednesday, October 19, 2011, Faith of the Fathers blogs will be joining "Pray More Novena's" and 5,000 Catholics from around the world in praying a Saint Jude Novena.

For those of you who may not know, Saint Jude is my Patron Saint, and I am extremely happy to be participating in this novena (nine days of prayer) to such a wonderful Apostle, martyr, and powerful intercessor.

Saint Jude (also known as Jude of James and Judas Thaddeus) was a blood relative of Our Lord Jesus Christ, and one of the Twelve Apostles. He was the brother of Saint James the Lesser, and a nephew of Mary and Joseph.

Saint Jude is the patron of lost or impossible causes, desperate situations, forgotten causes, hospitals, hospital workers, and the diocese of Saint Petersburg, Florida.

His patronage of lost or impossible causes derives from the confusion by many early Christians between the names of Jude and the traitor Judas Iscariot. Failing to grasp the difference between the names they never prayed for Saint Jude's help, so devotion to him became something of a lost cause.

So, we invite you to join us, as well as thousands of others in praying the Saint Jude Novena beginning October 19. I will be posting daily reminders here to join the novena in concert with "Pray More Novena's".

Saint Therese of Lisieux Novena 2011.......Day Nine

Today is day nine, the final day of the novena to Saint Therese of Lisieux. Come and join in the novena at Pray More Novena's.

If you go to the site, you will find all the prayers for the novena, as well as the intentions of many people.

There are over 450 prayer intentions posted for this novena. You can go to read these intentions and post your own as well here.

Saint Therese of Lisieux Novena 2011... Day 5

 If you haven't been yet, let's go to Pray More Novena's, and join in the novena to Saint Therese of Lisieux. Today is day five of the novena.

If you go to the site, you will find all the prayers for the novena, as well as the intentions of many people.

Join us, and the other 5,000 people from around the world in praying this novena to "The Little Flower".

There are over 450 prayer intentions posted for this novena. You can go to read these intentions and post your own as well here.

Saint Therese of Lisieux Novena 2011... Day Three

Let's not forget to go to Pray More Novena's, and join in the novena to Saint Therese of Lisieux. Today is the third day of the novena.

If you go to the site, you will find all the prayers for the novena, as well as the intentions of many people.

Join us, and the other 5,000 people from around the world in praying this novena to "The Little Flower".

Also, there are over 450 prayer intentions posted for this novena. You can go to read these intentions and post your own as well here.

Saint Therese of Lisieux Novena 2011... Day Two

Don't forget to go to Pray More Novena's, and join in the novena to Saint Therese of Lisieux. Today is the second day of the novena.

If you go to the site, you will find all the prayers for the novena, as well as the intentions of many people.

Join us in praying this novena to "The Little Flower".

Also, there are over 450 prayer intentions posted for this novena. You can go to read these intentions and post your own as well here.

Saint Therese of Lisieux Novena 2011

I will be joining over 3600 Catholics to pray the St. Therese Novena.

I thought that perhaps regular readers of “Faith of the Fathers” blogs would like to join us in praying the novena, too.

There are thousands of people praying through this novena website and there will be millions praying around the world.

+ Sign up for handy email reminders to get the the novena prayers here: St. Therese Novena
+ If you have a website or blog, post about it there.
+ Email your friends and family and get them praying too!

Let’s get all the Catholics we know to pray this novena together to St. Therese.

Remember, the last thing the enemy wants any of us to do is pray, and certainly not for us to pray in unity through one of God's saints. So let's pray together, and give the enemy one more reason to quake in fear.

Help Nuns Make A Movie!

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84,000 Novenas for the Pope's 84th Birthday!

Will you join me in giving the Pope a huge gift for his birthday? Pope Benedict XVI is celebrating his birthday on April 16th and I'm joining up with praymorenovenas.com to get 84,000 people to pray a novena for the Pope's 84th birthday. 

On April 8th, we will begin praying for nine days leading up to and ending on the Papa Benedict's birthday. The Pope prays for us everyday so it's time to return the gift to him on the anniversary of his birth.

84,000 Novenas is a lot! So, I'm going to need your help. I want everyone who reads this blog to do the following to help with this birthday gift!

  + Sign up here: http://bit.ly/h0052O

  + Join the facebook event and invite your friends here: http://on.fb.me/eE2Xs7

  + If you have a website, post about it there!

  + Email your friends and family and get them praying too!

I'm sure the Pope will love that we are all praying for him! Please help us reach our goal of 84,000 novenas for the Pope!

Remember to sign up to pray here: http://bit.ly/h0052O

Little Catholic Bubble: Why is the Left Ignoring Church Burnings and 'Near...

Below is a very good guest post on the blog "Little Catholic Bubble" by Lisa Graas. It's a very good post well worth the read as it asks why the Left and the mainstream media is so deafeningly silent on the plight of Christians in the Muslim dominated countries.

I follow both blogs, so be sure to read them and be especially sure to read the post by Lisa as indicated below.

Little Catholic Bubble: Why is the Left Ignoring Church Burnings and 'Near...: "Many of you are familiar with Lisa Graas and her work, both from her comments here and from my blog roll. She is an amazing lady, and the s..."

Vote For the 2011 Bloggers Choice Awards

The time is right to vote for the 2011 Bloggers Choice Awards. Once again, I was nominated by some kind soul and I do appreciate it!

However, I would like to ask all of the readers to the Faith of the Fathers Blogs, to vote for my favorite Catholic blog, "What Does The Prayer Really Say?" by Father John Zuhlsdorf, known as Father Z to those who regularly read his blog. 

I never miss a day reading his blog, and in fact, I use a service to tweet his posts to my twitter account so those who follow me on twitter can read his posts, and I use the same service to share his blog posts on Facebook, too. His blog is also listed on the right hand sidebar of Faith of the Fathers Blogs under the heading "My Favorite Catholic Blogs" (they are in alphabetical order so scroll down to find WDTPRS).

To vote for Father Z's blog you can click here to vote. You will have to sign up to cast your vote, but don't worry. They don't share your email and do not send you any kind of spam or unwanted emails. So go vote for Father Z now!

And if you don't read his blog, then you are missing out my friends!

If by some chance you'd also like to vote for me (you CAN vote for more than one blog, it would be nice to see THREE Catholic blogs take the top three spots) you can vote for me by clicking here. I'd be happy to get more than the 4 or 5 votes I got last year!

Regardless of who else you vote for, please do cast a vote for Father Z's blog first. He has a strong start at the moment, and I for one would like to see him finish strong because to be honest, the man truly deserves it for all of his hard work!!