Category Archives: Suffering

Montse Grases: Find Out Why This Teen’s Life Shows Holiness Is Possible For Everyone

Posted on July 8, 2021 by mjohnsonewtn

Photo of the real Montse Grases, now Venerable, whose story is told in the new EWTN docu-drama “They Might Be Saints: Montse Grases” with Host Michael O’Neill. The beatification of 15-year-old Carlo Acutis caused great excitement in the Church, especially … Continue reading →

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Books To Help You Through the Pandemic – And Your Life!

Posted on May 3, 2020 by mjohnsonewtn

With most of the country sheltering in place for a few more weeks to a few more months, many people find themselves turning to their faith for comfort. If you would like to learn to pray better, to know Jesus … Continue reading →

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‘Hope: Our Lady of Knock’ – Original Docudrama – Premieres March 18 on EWTN

Posted on March 15, 2020 by mjohnsonewtn

Many Catholics have never heard of the apparition in Knock, Ireland. The apparition is extraordinarily difficult to film. So why in the world did Campbell Miller, Writer/Producer/Director of EWTN’s new blockbuster film, “Hope: Our Lady of Knock,” choose to dramatize … Continue reading →

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EWTN Presents ‘Fatal Flaws: Legalizing Assisted Death’

Posted on January 12, 2020 by mjohnsonewtn

Are laws allowing euthanasia & assisted suicide leading society down a dangerous path? That is the question that Filmmaker Kevin Dunn asks in the incredible new documentary, “Fatal Flaws – Legalizing Assisted Death,” (DunnMedia and Euthanasia Prevention Coalition) which premieres … Continue reading →

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Real Suffering: Finding Hope and Healing in the Trials of Life

Posted on April 14, 2019 by mjohnsonewtn

He’s a marriage and family therapist who started a ministry to heal couples and families. Little did Dr. Bob Schuchts, founder of the John Paul II Healing Center, know that he would one day have a need for exactly the … Continue reading →

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‘If This Is The Way, I’m In:’ Your Pro-Life Call to Help Society’s Modern Day Orphans

Posted on March 10, 2019 by mjohnsonewtn

Lisa Wheeler, President and Founder of Carmel Communications which promotes faith-based films, came to EWTN to deliver two very personal messages: First, foster care and adopting children out of foster care should be part of the Church’s pro-life agenda – … Continue reading →

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When the Pain Doesn’t Make Sense: A Catholic View of Suffering

Posted on December 16, 2018 by mjohnsonewtn

Gabriel Gillen wasn’t sure what he was going to do with his life after graduating from college, but during his family’s Thanksgiving reunion he was quite vocal about the poor choice he believed his older sister was making. She was … Continue reading →

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Three Things You Can Do To Help Your Departed Loved Ones, And One To Ask A Priest To Do For the Dying

Posted on November 2, 2017 by mjohnsonewtn

November is the month when the Church Militant prays for the Church Suffering, meaning the Holy Souls in Purgatory. Most of us submit the names of loved ones to our parish or a Mass society to be remembered during this month. … Continue reading →

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In ‘Discovering Damien’, EWTN’s New Special, We Discover Our Best Selves

Posted on May 6, 2016 by mjohnsonewtn

What if we could see suffering as a gift? Leprosy – or what we now call Hansen’s disease – is one of the most dreaded diseases of all time. Before a cure was discovered, those who contracted the disease, no … Continue reading →

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May Your Light Shine Before All: What Families Can Learn From the Heroic Witness of a 9/11 Family

Posted on September 24, 2015 by mjohnsonewtn

How one family’s heroic witness brought light and hope to a fallen world Continue reading →

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