Tag: Lumen Gentium

Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter, Apostle

Liz Estler February 22, 2019 13 Comments

Why do we celebrate the Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter? Liz Estler reflects in this short essay.

Mary, Mother of the Church

Liz Estler March 5, 2018 No Comments

Why has Pope Francis just instituted a new feast titled “Mary, Mother of the Church”? Find out more about this memorial to be celebrated immediately after Pentecost.

Mary’s Motherhood in the Order of Grace

Liz Estler January 1, 2018 2 Comments

Today’s solemnity celebrates the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God. How is she also our Mother as well? Find out what the Church says in today’s post.

The Family as Domestic Church: How She Hands on Faith (Part IV of IV)

Liz Estler September 25, 2015 No Comments

What does the universal call to holiness mean to the family as domestic Church? Liz Estler concludes her examination of the family as domestic Church in Part 4 of this four-part series.

The Family as Domestic Church: How She Hands on Faith (Part II of IV)

Liz Estler September 23, 2015 2 Comments

What does it mean to be priest, prophet and king in the secular world as part of the family as the domestic Church? Liz Estler continues her examination of the family as domestic Church in Part 2 of this four-part series by looking specifically how parents function as priest within their domestic Church.

The Family as Domestic Church: How She Hands on Faith (Part I of IV)

Liz Estler September 22, 2015 8 Comments

How is the Family the Domestic Church? How does she hand on the faith? Liz Estler explores what it means for the family to be Church and examines, in part I, the four marks of the Church seen in the family.