Visit OLFE @ Hispanic Heritage Fiesta (October 30)

On Saturday, Ocotber 30, persons from many places throughout the Archdiocese will gather for a day-long celebration called Dia de la Raza (Hispanic Heritage Festival), sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Minstry. It will be held from 11 AM to 7 PM at the Flaget Center.

This fiesta for local Catholics will be a first of its kind. It will mark the gifts and presence of the many Hispanics within our Archdiocese, and will also unveil the recent pastoral plan -- published by the Louisville archdiocese -- on initiatives in Hispanic Ministry.

OLFE will exhibit at the Dia de la Raza. Look for us there and visit us! Learn what we have to offer to parishes, schools, and individuals.

A Pause for Spiritual Refreshment

In need of a spiritually refreshing break today? Like you will be again tomorrow? And the day after that . . . ? Many busy and over-scheduled catechists, and others in ministry, use podcasts to help them pray right at their work computers, on a home PC, on an i-Pod player in the car, at the grocery, or during periods of exercise.

Many persons new to this idea ask, What is a podcast?

The word podcast first appeared around 2004. It is a blend of the term iPod (Apple's very popular, portable media player) and the word broadcast. Podcast has fast become a term more widely used than its fore-runner, 'webcast.' A podcast is a digital media file (or several files), featuring audio or video, or both. Podcasts can be one episode long, or stretched over several parts. A computer-user (like you) "catches" -- or "grabs" -- a podcast by accessing its file(s) over the internet. If you have the right computer hardware and software, the podcast is 'grabbed' from the webpage of the person or company, such as Loyola Press below, that innovated the program. After the download, the podcast appears on your PC monitor, on your iPod, or can be saved and stored for use some other time.

Some good news. Certain podcasts can help busy people, in modern ministries, to take a spiritually-refreshing pause at any time -- especially during a complicated work day.

Here are a few podcasts to sample. Note: if you happen upon a spiritually-helpful podcast not mentioned, post information about it in Comments below. Let's pray on. And keep this conversation going.

The Divine Office http://divineoffice.org/

The SaintCast http://web.mac.com/pcamarata/SaintCast/Home.html

Daily Inspirations www.LoyolaPress.com/daily-inspirations.htm

The Other 6 http://www.other6.com/

(The Other 6 is actually a virtual community -- and a standing invitation, to you, extended by Loyola Press -- that is dedicated to finding God during the other 6 days of the week besides Sunday.)

3-Minute Retreats http://www.loyolapress.com/online-community-3-minute-retreats.htm

Online Retreat (Ignatian Spirituality)http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/cmo-retreat.html

On another final note, if you'd like to follow a thoughtful and practical faith formation blog (besides this one, of course) -- take a look at Catechist's Journey, by author and 8th grade catechist, Joe Paprocki. Joe always seems to have something interesting to say.

(You can also get Catechist's Journey by e-mail) -- http://catechistsjourney.loyolapress.com/

Announcement: Media Resource Center

Announcement. Yes, we now have a temporary webpage for our Media Resources Center.

www.archlou-olfe.com

Want more help or information?

Call 502.448.8581, x. 1325 -- or e-mail: BHagan@archlou.org

Saint Francis of Assisi and Other Radical Followers of Christ

October is an eventful month for the praying Church, during which we celebrate our respect for all human life, the Rosary, and some of our most beloved saints: Therese of Lisieux, the "Little Flower" (October 1), Teresa of Avila, reformer and mystic (Otober 15) -both Doctors of the Church - along with St. Luke (October 18) and Saints Simon and Jude (October 28), as well as the Guardian Angels (October 2).

Perhaps one of the most widely known and yet often misunderstood saints is Francis of Assisi, whose feast we celebrate on October 4. Often sentimentally depicted, Francis sometimes is reduced to one aspect of his belief - the importance of caring for all of God's creation - while ignoring the richness of his more complex spiritual legacy. A lively description of his life and heritage can be found in an entry by Fr. James Martin, SJ on the October 4, 2010 edition of the America magazine blog "In All Things" at www.americamagazine.org.



"We adore you and we bless you, Lord Jesus Christ, here and in all the churches which are in the whole world, because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world" (St. Francis).