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Welcome to the International Website for the Catholic Men's Society
This is our home on the Internet. Here you will find the latest news and information about us. Please take a moment to visit the online Calendar for upcoming events and our News page for featured articles. Visitors are invited to sign up for our online mailing list for special news and announcements.
Our purpose is to encourage, help and prepare men to become active and responsible Christians, so that they may be able to assume the responsible role of the layman in the Church today.
Through baptism and confirmation, the laity are called to spread the Good News of Jesus Christ in their homes, families, parishes and workplace.
We hope you enjoy your visit and encourage you to check back often for updates! God bless you!
Purpose of the Society
TO KNOW HIM PERSONAL FORMATION The Society helps to train and inform the minds of its members; it does this via a promotion called The Plan. This is an annual programme of study and discussion by which the message of Christ is examined and applied to daily living. ...
Brother Paul McGowan was elected as the new National President of the Catholic Men's Society at the 133rd National Conference at the Hayes Conference Centre, Swanwick, September 2010.
The 4th Sunday of the Year (B)
Pastoral Letter from Bishop John
Diocese of Hallam Pastoral Letter To be read at all Masses on the Feast of Mary Mother of God 1 January 2012 Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ The octave day of Christmas is always the Feast of Mary, Mother of Jesus, mother of the one who is truly man and truly God; His mother is ...
US Senate: Cardinal McCarrick defends religious freedom of Muslims, Catholics
Testifying before a senate judiciary subcommittee hearing on “Protecting the Civil Rights of American Muslims,” Cardinal Theodore McCarrick defended the religious freedom of Muslims and Catholics.
Speaking on behalf of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, the ...
Persecution of Church looming in Sudan?
The secretary general of the Sudanese bishops’ conference is expressing concern that the Church in the northern part of the nation will suffer persecution if the residents of southern Sudan opt for independence in a January 2011 referendum. In addition, “the lives of ...
Mother Teresa’s Successor Reflects on Suffering
In an interview with Fides, the news agency of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, Sister Mary Prema, superior general of the Missionaries of Charity, reflects on suffering and on the example of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta. She says:
We can take ...
Islamic Insurgents Expel Christian Aid Groups From Southern Somalia
Al-Shabaab, an Islamic insurgent group that controls most of southern and central Somalia, has expelled three Christian aid groups from the southern part of the nation. “Acting as missionaries under the guise of humanitarian work, the organizations have been spreading their corrupted ...
Priests Should Promote Sanctity With Their Own Lives
This morning in the Vatican the Holy Father received superiors and seminarians from three Italian regional pontifical seminaries in Assisi, Catanzaro and Naples. All of these institutions, as the Pope remarked in his address to the group, are currently celebrating their first centenary having ...
Christian Unity Requires Individual Conversion
Benedict XVI dedicated his catechesis during this morning's general audience to Christ's priestly prayer during the Last Supper, as narrated in chapter 17 of the Gospel of St. John. In order to understand this prayer "in all its immense richness", said the Pope, it is important to see ...
Presentation Of Message For World Communications Day
A press conference was held this morning in the Holy See Press Office to present Benedict XVI's Message for the forty-sixth World Day of Social Communications, entitled: "Silence and Word: Path of Evangelisation". Participating in today's conference were Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli, ...
Difficulties And Hopes Of The Catholic Church In America
Today in the Vatican Benedict XVI received a group of prelates from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (Regions 4 and 6), at the end of their "ad limina" visit. Extracts from his English-language remarks to them are given below.
"At the heart of every ...
