Take Five for Faith
Daily renewal for busy Catholics


Invest just five minutes a day, and your faith will deepen and grow—a day at a time.


SUNDAY, JANUARY 29
FOURTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME; CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK BEGINS

Get a complete education

Catholic schools in the United States had a rough start. Partly in response to the religious bias (not to mention anti-Catholicism) in the public schools, the first Plenary Council of Baltimore (1852) mandated that every Catholic parish establish a school. The campaign was so successful that riots ensued, incited by groups such as the Know-Nothing Society, which was committed to eliminating “foreign influence, popery, Jesuitism, and Catholicism” in all aspects of American life. We have come a long way. This year’s theme for Catholic Schools Week, “Faith, Academics, Service,” highlights the three pillars of Catholic education. How can you promote these values?

TODAY’S READINGS: _Deuteronomy 18:15-20; 1 Corinthians 7:32-35; Mark 1:21-28 _

“A prophet like me will the Lord, your God, raise up for you. ”


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