Militia of the Immaculata USA

Every new month offers a fresh beginning — not just on the calendar, but deep within the heart.If your consecration has felt distant, today is the perfect moment to renew it.The Immaculata leads souls back to Jesus with patience and love, always ready to lift us up and help us begin again."The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases... they are new every morning."

— Lamentations 3:22–23

Goal for Today:

Renew your consecration prayer today with intention. Let it be a restart — a quiet, trusting surrender that the Immaculata will guide your next steps with clarity and peace. Do not be afraid. Consecrate yourself and your family to the Immaculata today: https://bit.ly/MI_ENROLLMENT

AUGUST FEAST DAYS

1 Saint Elined

2 Saint Alphonsus Liguori

3 Venerable Pierre-Julien Eymard

4 Saint Dominic

5 Our Lady of the Snow

6 The Transfiguration of Our Lord

7 Saint Cajetan

8 Saint Jean-Baptiste-Marie Vianney

9 Saint Romanus

10 Saint Lawrence

11 Saint Philomena

12 Saint Clare of Assisi

13 The Dormition of Mary

14 Saint Eusebius

15 The Feast of the Assumption

16 Saint Roch

17 Saint Hyacinth

18 Saint Helena

19 Saint Jean Eudes

20 Saint Bernard

21 Saint Jane Frances de Chantal

22 The Immaculate Heart of Mary

23 Saint Philip Benizi

24 Saint Bartholomew

25 Saint Louis, King of France

26 Pope Saint Zephyrinus

27 Saint Joseph Calasanctius

28 Saint Augustine of Hippo

29 Decollation of John the Baptist

30 Saint Rose of Lima

31 Saint Raymund Nonnatus

Aleteia

Pope urges us to pray in August for a desire to understand each other

Our Sunday Visitor

Introducing the newest Doctor of the Church

National Catholic Register

St. John Henry Newman’s Elevation as Doctor of the Church Seen as a Gift for Our Times

As England shows signs of a Catholic revival, Newman’s voice is being recognized as one the modern world needs to hear.

National Catholic Register

Want Your Kids to Fall in Love With Prayer? Start With St. Ignatius’ Simple Practice

Ignatian contemplation turns prayer into a vivid, joyful encounter with Jesus — drawing children and adults alike into deeper conversation with God.

National Catholic Register

Wounded in Battle, He Fought for Christ: The Story of St. Ignatius Loyola

SAINTS & ART: A cannonball shattered his leg — and set him on the path to sainthood, founding the Jesuits and transforming the Church.

Aleteia

10 Inspiring quotes from St. Ignatius Loyola

CAROLINA CATHOLIC RADIO & DIGITAL MEDIA

7 platform Operating Cost = $3500/month

Summer donations are slower than expected.

We need you, our Carolina Catholic Community, to make a monthly pledge as we prepare to transfer operational control of the Carolina Catholic apostolate to current High School and College Students along with our Young Adult Catholic graduates.

MONTHLY PLEDGES NEEDED NOW*

*Expenses include Rent, Utilities, Legal, Insurance, Subscriptions, Fees, Digital Platforms

parishes - ministries - businesses - families - individuals

Your financial support will ensure a successful transition!

The next chapter of the Carolina Catholic evangelization mission will be led by current High School and College Students along with our Young Adult Catholic graduates.

We are recruiting the following Volunteers:

Catholic School Graduates

Belmont Abbey Students

Catholic Campus Ministry Students

SJCS Seminarians

Catholic High School Students

Have someone to recommend?

Want to register yourself or a friend?

For more information

CONTACT US TODAY

Volunteer Opportunities

MAKE A DIFFERENCE, GET INVOLVED WITH US!

Many hands make light work!  We need volunteers who believe in our mission to bring Carolina Catholic Media to every ear in the Charlotte Diocese and Upstate SC! What role are you called to play?

12 Teams Under Construction

    1. Finance/Fundraising/Grant Writing Committee

    2. Network/Affiliate Development – Maximize 7 platforms and new outlets for content distribution

     3. Catholic Parish Point Persons from Charlotte, Raleigh and Charleston Dioceses

     4. Publicity– Share Your Parish News and upcoming events

     5. Creative– Video/Website/Social/Print/eblasts

     6. Multi-Platform Tech Integration – Sharing programs across Radio and 6 digital platforms

     7. Local Talk Program Development – What topic are you passionate about?  Lengths vary.

   8. School Forum – Catholic School/Home School education (High School, College Focus)

   9. Family Life/Ministry Showcase – From Marriage & Parenting to Vocations & Living the Beatitudes

 10. Catholic Teen Formation – Confirmation to College to Career, keeping connected with our Faith

 11. Catholic Music Channel – Featuring playlists from Local Kids, Teens, Adults

 12. Faith & Sport – Feature Local Catholic School Teams, Athletes / Catholic Athlete of the Week

Maximizing Technology in Today’s World

TECHNOLOGY TIMELINE

By using today’s technology, we commit to reach every soul across the Diocese of Charlotte, NC and Upstate SC.  In addition to Radio, we have expanded our CAROLINA CATHOLIC media platforms to include Video on our website, mobile app, Facebook/Instagram/X social media and YouTube channel.  We provide access to all our platforms through our weekly eNewsletters.                                                                                            

Our streaming technology allows us to access every computer and smartphone allowing us to significantly reduce projected capital expenditures.  This overcame the biggest single broadcast objection of “I can’t hear you.”  With 90% population reach by Smartphone the broadcast signal is not an issue. With compelling content the ears and eyes will come.

Redefining our Mission & Vision 

WHERE WE GO FROM HERE…

CAROLINA CATHOLIC MEDIA offers a unique opportunity to reach the entire Local Catholic Community both registered Catholics, those in the pews on Sunday AND the vast flock of those who are not.   With 5 million people in the Charlotte Diocese and a Charlotte metro workday population increase of 20% (post pandemic) there is much room to grow with our outreach in the Vineyard of the Carolinas (3 dioceses - 15 million souls - 1.5 million Catholics). 

During these tumultuous times where the world feels upside down, may we be guided by GOD’S love, mercy and grace.  May we grow in and be strengthened by our Catholic faith to reinvigorate our hope in and our love for GOD and for one another. May we truly be Instruments of His Peace by our actions and by our words… to feed the hungry, cloth the naked, forgive the guilty, welcome the stranger AND the unwanted child, care for the ill and love our enemies.

CAROLINA CATHOLIC MEDIA looks forward to continuing providing you with ONE LOCAL CATHOLIC VOICE that truly reflects the MOSAIC OF MINISTRIES created by you for all our Carolina Catholics.  From the CRIB TO THE CROSS, may we always remember the REASON FOR EVERY SEASON!  PRAISE BE JESUS CHRIST, NOW AND FOREVER!  VIVA CRISTO REY!

I look forward to hearing from you!

In the peace of Christ,

David M. Papandrea, OFS

Founder/Chairman

Carolina Catholic Media Network

Federal Tax ID: 81-5061992

PH/TX: 704.880.0260

DONATE HERE

CRUX

Pope Leo XIV surprises Catholic youth festival with unexpected popemobile salute

Knights of Columbus

More than 4,000 pilgrims from the United States, including several college Knights, flocked to St. Paul’s Outside the Walls, one of Rome’s four major papal basilicas, for the U.S. National Jubilee Pilgrim Gathering on July 30 as part of the Jubilee of Youth being held in Rome July 28-Aug. 3. The event, sponsored by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops with support from the Knights of Columbus, included prayer, catechesis, Eucharistic adoration and a solemn procession of the relics of dozens of saints and blesseds, including Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati and Blessed Carlo Acutis, who will be canonized Sept. 7.

The U.S. gathering was led by Bishop Edward Burns of Dallas and Bishop Robert Barron of Winona-Rochester. Delivering the evening’s keynote address, Bishop Barron emphasized the great adventure that the spiritual life has to offer and invited young people to orient their lives toward discernment and personal mission.

“Don’t ever let [the world] tell you that religious people are kind of dull, stay-at-home types, not all that interesting,” Bishop Barron said. “On the contrary, it seems to me, religion at its best is always a summons to adventure.”

“You don’t know who you are until you find your mission,” he added. “Whom do you worship? What voice do you listen to, and what’s the mission that voice is giving to you? …  [God is] summoning us up out of ourselves to the heights.”

CRUX

Pope Leo calls on ‘Digital Missionaries’ to have real friendships, and not focus on ‘followers’

National Catholic Register

Pope Leo XIV: The Quiet American

Almost three months since Pope Leo’s election, he has appeared about as rarely in the news as a new pope can.

The Catholic World Report

Pope Leo XIV and the question of women in Holy Orders

Pope Leo, as Cardinal Prevost, has expressed consistent concern about the tendency to frame ecclesial debates–particularly those surrounding the role of women in ordained ministry–in sociopolitical terms.

OSV news

This week in Washington: Senior U.S. officials visit Gaza amid a hunger crisis and after President Donald Trump said the U.S. would be "going to be even more involved" in the response there; an appeals court heard a legal challenge to Trump's tariffs as he set higher rates; Trump revived the Presidential Fitness Test in public schools; and more.

National Catholic Reporter

Detroit archbishop fires 3 Sacred Heart Seminary theologians who criticized Pope Francis

Lifesite News

Missouri sues Planned Parenthood for claiming abortion pill is safer than Tylenol

The Catholic Herald

Florida ranked best state for religious freedom

OSV News

New law will help families access America’s Catholic schools

written by Bishop David M. O'Connell

National Catholic Register

Caught on the Kiss Cam: 8 Catholic Lessons From a Scandal That Went Viral

As the world mocks a moment of public scandal, Catholics are called to look deeper: What does our faith say about sin and death, judgment and mercy, and the reality of heaven and hell?

Catholic News Agency

Judiciary Committee: FBI spied on Catholic priest for not divulging info on parishioner

CHURCHPOP

Trailer Drops for 'Triumph of the Heart' – New Film on Saint Maximilian Kolbe’s Final Days in Auschwitz

“Every bit of the film is miraculous.”

Our Sunday Visitor

Be like Ruth: How to honor our parents as they age

Margo White

Aleteia

Bible quotes to help you cope with life’s disappointments

Aleteia

Sold! Pope Leo XIV’s hometown buys his old house

Aleteia

Deacons’ wives tell us what it’s like to be married to clergy

National Catholic Register

Digital Detox: First-Year Seminarians Fast From Smartphones

‘It was the best year of my life.’

Catholic News Agency

New campaign launches to protect Catholics from online scams and fraud

Catholic News Agency

Bishop Barron urges court to strike down Washington law that targets seal

of confession

Aleteia

Why American Catholics need to get weird again

Our Sunday Visitor

St. Paul and discovering that sin is ‘missing the mark’

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Elizabeth Scalia

Catholic News Herald

Experience your own Camino on the first Carolina Camino Pilgrimage

Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School

This week, we were blessed to gather as a school community for the groundbreaking and blessing of our long-awaited athletic enhancements, including six new tennis courts and an outdoor restroom facility.  This milestone is made possible through the generosity of donors to our Spirit of Victory Campaign, whose early gifts provided seed money to launch this project. These enhancements reflect our ongoing commitment to fostering excellence in athletics, supporting our student-athletes, and creating a welcoming space for families and visiting teams.  We extend our heartfelt gratitude to all who have contributed and invite others to join in supporting this effort by making a gift to the Spirit of Victory Campaign:

Go Villains!

WCU Catholic Campus Ministry

Catholic Campus Ministers from across the Diocese of Charlotte are gathering this week at WCU for their end of summer staff meeting. They were joined today by Fathers Casey Cole and Jason Damon, Franciscan Friars who have begun an evangelical mission of outreach in the diocese. Don't be surprised if you see one of these men in brown around campus in the coming year asking if they can pray for you!

@ccmcharlotte @catholicnewsclt Casey Cole, OFM @caseyofm

Catholic News Herald

St. Mark’s ‘Growing Home’ campaign surpasses goal

Catholic News Herald

Diocese weighs $150M initiative to help meet parish needs, slows cathedral project

MiraVia

On this beautiful feast day of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, we joyfully celebrate 13 years since the ribbon cutting of MiraVia’s College Residence on July 16, 2012!  What began that special day on the campus of Belmont Abbey College with pro-life leaders and clergy - including Abbot Placid Solari of Belmont Abbey Monastery, the late Bishop William G. Curlin and (now retired) Bishop Peter J. Jugis - has blossomed into a true “Miraculous Way” for student moms to thrive during pregnancy and beyond.  Thanks to our incredibly supportive community, we’ve been able to walk alongside student moms for 13 years offering hope, housing, and life-changing support.

Want to learn more? Contact Tina Darling, our Residential Program Manager, at tinadarling@miravia.org or visit www.miravia.org. #MiraViaLife

Catholic News Herald

With an Irish blessing, Pennybyrn bids farewell to their beloved sisters

Catholic News Herald

Where are you going? Young men attend Quo Vadis Days to discern

Catholic News Herald

Spirit-filled journeys of new Catholics in the Charlotte diocese

Catholic News Herald

Priests move into new roles across diocese

Catholic News Herald

2025 priest assignments announced

Catholic News Herald

Bishop Martin reflects on his first year leading the diocese

Catholic News Herald

Belmont Abbey College celebrates largest graduating class in school history

Bishop Martin tells 2025 grads: ‘Our world needs your greater works’

The Diocese of Charlotte Prison Ministry is made up of parish-based volunteers who visit people incarcerated in prisons, jails and detention centers located in the 46 counties of western North Carolina that encompass the Diocese of Charlotte. They enrich their faith – bringing company, hope, love and the mercy of Jesus Christ. Learn more below about how to volunteer or request a visit for a loved one.

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Catholic News Herald

Celebrate the Jubilee Year close to home

St. Joseph College Seminary

Catholic News Herald

Local seminary’s impact reflected in new clergy

Charlotte Latin Mass Community

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Charlotte Latin Mass Community

July 20 at 4:16 PM

St. Ann’s Catholic Church

Charlotte, North Carolina

12:30pm TLM (July 20, 2025)

Sunday attendance in July:

07/06: 400

07/13:  390

07/20:  435

Highest attended Mass 2 of 3 weeks. These numbers are not an anomaly; they are the norm. Parishioners worshipping in their parish. They also exceed the new Mooresville chapel’s capacity, not even accounting for the other 3 parishes.

Catholic News Herald, this is newsworthy. Please share with His Excellency, Bishop Michael Martin. 🙏🏻

Photo credit: CLMC

Catholic News & Events in Raleigh

Diocese of Raleigh FACEBOOK Page

The Pillar

‘Discretion not deception’: Woman says Raleigh diocese mishandled spiritual manipulation

Can a spiritual director have a ‘consensual’ relationship?

Summertime

Bishop Luis reflects on a surprising cultural difference: the end time of a dinner gathering. Coming from a Latin background where celebrations flow freely, he was puzzled by time limits on fellowship.  Joy, community, and love shouldn’t be constrained by the clock. When we’re surrounded by laughter, good food, and those we love, we get a glimpse of eternity. This summer, let’s slow down, break the schedule, and fully enter into the gift of each moment.

The American flag embraces diversity by uniting the colors red and blue with white, the color that, throughout human history, has represented peace.  Like the …

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Let his heart pierce yours

Bishop Luis Zarama reflects on the celebration of the Sacred Heart of Jesus during the month of June and Pope Leo’s monthly prayer intention for more compassion in the world. Love and compassion for others begins with love and a willingness to let our own hearts be pierced by the love of Jesus, Bishop Luis explains. He asks us to take time in our daily lives to look for that encounter and to understand that more than ever the world needs more compassion — and it begins within us.

"What a powerful moment to be with my shepherd and share the joy of the gospel."

Bishop Jacques Fabre-Jeune, CS

Bishop Fabre met with Pope Leo XIV on June 26…

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Catholic News & Events in South Carolina

Priest Assignments - July 2025

Diocese of Charleston FACEBOOK Page

The magazine of the Catholic Diocese of Charleston

JULY 2025

Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston

EN: "As followers of Jesus, we understand that true love hastens us to uplift our brothers and sisters who are suffering or alone during times such as these." Bishop Jacques Fabre-Jeune, CS, has released a heartfelt statement addressing tragic loss of life in Texas, which recently experienced an unprecedented flash flood that took the lives of over 119 people.Read his full statement here https://charlestondiocese.org/bishop-jacques.../statements/ and please consider donating at www.catholiccharitiesusa.org.

#texasfloods #catholicharities #donate