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What is Catholic by Design?

As many publications and organizations don't always publish or respond to pro-Catholic / pro-Life / pro-values letters, Catholic by Design is my attempt to better disseminate some of the letters I have written. All of the letters defend Catholics, the Catholic faith, and Catholic values.

Why Catholic by Design?

Lumen Gentium, one of the principal documents of the Second Vatican Council, best explains...

"All men are called to be part of this catholic unity of the people of God... And there belong to or are related to it in various ways, the Catholic faithful, all who believe in Christ, and indeed the whole of mankind, for all men are called by the grace of God to salvation."

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Jason Gennaro, a Catholic husband and father of four living near Toronto, Canada.

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Achieving Salvation

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Date Posted on this Site

September 14, 2007

Publication

National Post

Publication Date

August 29, 2007

Published Content

Re: Mother Teresa's Pain And Doubt, Aug. 25.

The amazing revelations of Mother Teresa's inner life have astonished many. It is sad to see that she missed the central message of Christianity. First, nuns are not the Bride of Christ but all those redeemed by the blood of Jesus are the bride of Christ. Secondly, she sought salvation by work when the Bible makes it clear that salvation is only achieved by faith alone in the work of Jesus Christ, accomplished once for all on the cross. "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith not by works, so that no one can boast (Ephesians 2:8)."

Pastor Brian Robinson, Faith Baptist Church, Toronto

My Response Letter

The letter writer must be ignorant of history or blatantly anti-Catholic for his remark that Blessed Mother Teresa "missed the central message of Christianity". How is it possible that this woman does not understand Christ, she who willingly dedicated more than 40 years of her life to serving - without exception - the poor, sick, dying, and orphaned in one of the least desirable places in the world?

Jason Gennaro

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