Living in Joyful Patience

The time of the Paschal Triduum and the Easter season are almost upon us. How has the time of Lent been? It is meant to be one of ongoing conversion to Christ – metanoia. The Triduum offers us a deeper time of conversion. The Gospel readings of those days give us much to reflect on our own discipleship of Christ.

On Holy Thursday, during the Mass of the Lord’s Supper, we experience table fellowship, the first Eucharist, and the witness of Christ in service to his Apostles through the washing of the feet. It is an example that we are called to follow. During the Commemoration of the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ, we hear of the betrayal of Judas, the denial by Peter, the suffering of Jesus, and the grief of those at the foot of the Cross, especially the Blessed Virgin Mary. In what occurs, we consider the ways in which we have not lived for Christ and how we can unite our suffering to his on the Cross. At the Easter Vigil, in the announcement of the angel to Mary Magdelene and the women at the tomb, we learn about the possibility of eternal life given to us all through the Risen Christ. On Easter Sunday, we see and believe, as the disciple whom Jesus loved did, the hope of the Resurrection. In this hope, we proclaim the Risen Christ as Savior of the world!

Metanoia, ongoing conversion, is a patient journey that leads to our true joy, deeper encounter with the Risen Christ!

May the charity of Christ urge us on!

May you have a blessed Paschal Triduum and a joyous Easter!

In God, the Infinite Love,

Fr. Frank

Holy Week and Easter Resources

As we approach Holy Week and the Easter Season, our focus during this time remains on prayer, fasting, and almsgiving.

The Church provides us with many beautiful practices during this season and we encourage you to learn more about them through our Lent and Easter Resource Page. This resource page includes many different reflections, guides to the Sacrament of Penance, meditations on the Stations of the Cross, and more, making it a helpful tool to prepare for Easter.

Our special e-book, Lent and Easter, features reflections from the Catholic Apostolate Center's Ad Infinitum Blog that coincide with Lent and Easter. This resource is intended to aid you on your spiritual journey throughout the season. We hope that those who read it and share it will reflect on and strengthen their relationship with God.

Visit our Lenten and Easter Resource page by clicking here and be sure to share it with your family, friends, parishioners, and colleagues. 

Year of Prayer Resource Page

In late January, Pope Francis called for a Year of Prayer around the world. The purpose of the Year of Prayer is to guide Catholics throughout the world in a preparatory period for the Jubilee year, which will begin in December. Pope Francis has called for this Year of Prayer as a way to help all people prepare spiritually and reflect on the need for a regular, sustained, and profound prayer life. The Catholic Apostolate Center has created a new resource page dedicated to the Year of Prayer. The page features resources from the Center as well as the Vatican, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), and other trusted sources. This page will be updated regularly as new materials are being released from various sources.

To visit our Year of Prayer resource page, please click here or on the button below.

The Art of Mentorship

The Catholic Apostolate Center is pleased to announce the release of a new resource guide. The Art of Mentorship is a free resource for young adults to learn about mentorship from a theological perspective. Featuring quotes from various Catholic resources, including the Center's The Art of Accompaniment: Theological, Spiritual, and Practical Elements of Building a More Relational Church, as well as reflective questions for further discernment, The Art of Mentorship provides a comprehensive guide for any young adult seeking to learn about ways to find and be a mentor to others as part of our shared mission in the Church.

Click the links below to access and download The Art of Mentorship free resource guide and learn more about Center accompaniment and mentorship resources.

Revive and Rekindle App

The Catholic Apostolate Center offers a mobile app that invites you to join in prayer through the Pallottine Spiritual Way. Whether you use it while enjoying your morning coffee or while taking public transit, the new Revive & Rekindle App can inspire and enhance your day with prayer.

Taken directly from the Pallottine Community Prayers, the Revive & Rekindle App will invite you to take a moment to pray and reflect with unique prayers and reflections for each day of the year. It also includes prayers focused on the mysteries of the Rosary and a variety of other prayers.

Download the Revive & Rekindle App today to welcome the spirituality of St. Vincent Pallotti and the Pallottines into your prayer life.

Blogcasts from the Catholic Apostolate Center

The Catholic Apostolate Center offers five unique feeds available on all major podcast platforms on our website. Each of these feeds are designed to bring the Center's rich resources to life through conversation, best practices, and fellowship. 

We invite you to check out our Blogcasts, which are bite-sized audio versions of some of our most popular blog posts narrated by various young adult voices. Our newest blogcast, "Encountering God in the Ordinary," was written by Conor Boland and read by Monica Thom Konschnik.

Interested? Click the link below to see all our podcast feeds.

Recent Center Events

Center Founding Director, Fr. Frank Donio, S.A.C. led a retreat for faith formation ministers in the Archdiocese of Seattle on March 13 and 14. The retreat’s theme was focused on The Paschal Triduum: A Time for Metanoia. Fr. Frank provided the group with time for reflection and prayer in light of the passion, death, and resurrection of Christ, who is our hope.

If you are interested in learning more about Catholic Apostolate Center’s consulting services, please click here.

Emerging from the Tomb

By Kate Fowler

“Rejoice! Hidden within your life is a seed of resurrection, an offer of life ready to be awakened.” -Pope Francis

The world in which we live is filled with distraction and noise. I realized this in a deeper way as a new mom nursing my newborn at all hours. During those late night feedings, I needed something to keep myself awake and found myself gravitating towards my phone more and more. It was easy to hold and look at in the dark, and I found it nearly impossible to concentrate on reading a book, let alone holding it open as my newborn moved about. By the time Lent rolled around, I had been watching online TV episodes, checking my various social media feeds consistently, or scrolling through house listing websites. In our culture, this type of electronic consumption is easy to fall into. And while these sites or activities are not necessarily wrong or evil, I felt that I was more and more consumed by things of this world. In prayer, I felt the Lord asking me to be consumed with Him rather than by materialism, technology, or my own desires.

What we consume defines who we are and what we become. What started out as a way to keep myself awake in those exhausting first weeks and months of motherhood had become a small addiction. What if instead, I used those minutes and hours to pray, to be still with my thoughts, to be present to my son?