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Vincent Pham, known as The Catholic Man by many of his friends, is a student at the University of Toronto’s Trinity College of the Faculty of Arts and Science pursuing a double major in Ethics, Society & Law, and Philosophy along with a minor in Christianity and Culture. Vincent is an alumnus of Chaminade College School in Toronto (Class of 2019). He has a great love for all things Catholic, especially Catholic liturgy.
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“Jesus, I Trust in You” – A Reflection on Our World at this Point in History
First, a story of a print of the Divine Mercy: Three years ago, I was in Europe with some fellow colleagues of Chaminade College School and we spent approximately two days in Florence, Italy. When we had time to do … Continue reading
Posted in Catholic Reflection, Catholicism, Christian, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged Catholicism, Covid-19, Divine Mercy, Prayer, Ukraine, War and Conflict
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The Quiet and Sacrificial Life of a Priest
Despite an already prepared blog to be published tomorrow, and some papers to submit in the upcoming days, I opened Facebook this morning to learn of rather terrifying news from Catholic News Sources in Vietnam, and later, the official Facebook … Continue reading
Vincent’s Highlights of 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has dragged on for nearly two-years, with the end seemingly long ahead as the world continues to face the complications set about by the omicron variant. However, while the media (I believe) persists on fear mongering, and … Continue reading
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Truly Celebrating Sacred Liturgy as “People of God”
The school year is now well underway, and humanities students are writing paper after paper during this mid-term season. With that in mind, I thought it would be appropriate for me to share one of my papers I wrote last … Continue reading
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Tagged Liturgy, Sacred Liturgy, Sacrosanctum Concilium, Vatican II
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“…and the greatest… is love.” – A Reflection on the COVID-19 Response of the Catholic Church in Vietnam
And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love. 1 Corinthian 13:13 As Canada finds itself in the start of the fourth wave of COVID-19, looking at the brighter side of things, we … Continue reading
A Comment on Recent Revelations on the Catholic Church and Residential Schools
There is no doubt that the recent revelations on the finding in unmarked graves on grounds of residential schools first in Kamloop, British Columbia, and gradually more and more discoveries around Canada, have sparked anger, disappointment, doubt, confusion and reopening … Continue reading
Lectionary Reflection: Third Sunday of Lent, Year B
Lectionary Readings: Ex 20:1-3, 7-8, 12-17 (shorter) / Ps 19 / 1Cor 1:18, 22-25 / Jn 2:13-25 At the end of last week’s Gospel, we read, “As they [Jesus, Peter, James and John] were coming down the mountain, he ordered … Continue reading
Lectionary Reflection: Ash Wednesday, Year A, B, C (2021)
Lectionary Readings: Jl 2:12-18 / Ps 51 / 2Cor 5:20-6:2 / Mt 6:1-6, 16-18 We once again reach the liturgy of Ash Wednesday again this February 17, 2021. Despite the modifications to the Ash Wednesday distribution of the ashes this … Continue reading
1858, 1960, 2021: Tales of Small Episcopal Ordinations
Monday January 25, 2021, the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul, apostle will be a special day in the Archdiocese of Toronto. No, the Pope is not coming to Toronto. There will be no members of the Knights of … Continue reading