Gifts – My Daily Prayer by Manuela Giannotti
By Manuela Giannotti • Mar 8th, 2010 • Category: Columnists, Manuela GiannottiFor every day I wake to see
Another dawning day,
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Privileged Prayers by Manuela Giannotti
By Manuela Giannotti • Feb 8th, 2010 • Category: Columnists, Manuela GiannottiThis year, Catholics world-wide celebrate the Year for Priests. The world over, Christians everywhere, are called by the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, to pray for priests and for an increase in vocations.
The Little Angel That Could by Manuela Giannotti
By Manuela Giannotti • Jan 11th, 2010 • Category: Columnists, Manuela GiannottiI wasn’t surprised when I got the call. I had been expecting it; bracing myself for it, but that still doesn’t prepare you for what you’re going to hear.
Prove It Doesn’t by Manuela Giannotti
By Manuela Giannotti • Dec 14th, 2009 • Category: Columnists, Manuela Giannotti“You’re going to watch The Bells of St. Mary’s and you’re going to like it!” The teacher bellowed loudly joking with his students, as he strode towards the back of the room to hook up the DVD player to the television
Angels Gather Here by Manuela Giannotti
By Manuela Giannotti • Nov 9th, 2009 • Category: Columnists, Manuela GiannottiEvery morning, sometime between the crazy frenzy of getting the kids ready for school and the mad dash to drop them off on time, my kids and I pray to our angels.
The Stairway by Manuela Giannotti
By Manuela Giannotti • Oct 12th, 2009 • Category: Columnists, Manuela GiannottiEver since I was a child, I have always looked upon Eucharistic Ministers during mass with a sense of awe.
The “A” Word: Annulment by Manuela Giannotti
By Manuela Giannotti • Sep 14th, 2009 • Category: Columnists, Manuela GiannottiWhile out with a group of friends one night, a conversation began that ‘used-to-be-marrieds’, inevitably discuss – remarriage.
God’s Got My Back
By Manuela Giannotti • Aug 10th, 2009 • Category: Columnists, Manuela GiannottiThe promise of a glorious day dawned on the Sunday morning in May of my daughter’s First Holy Communion. The sky was a cloudless brilliant blue, the air spring-fresh and clear; a perfect day for my baby girl to be receiving the Body of Christ for the first time.
A Slice of Jerk Chicken
By Manuela Giannotti • Jul 13th, 2009 • Category: Columnists, Manuela GiannottiI never wanted to end up a divorced mother, raising children in a single-parent home. I remember how important it was for me, my family and my faith, to hang on to whatever shred of semblance of a marriage.
