Thursday, January 24, 2013

Hello Blogosphere and Happy St. Francis de Sales Day!

Today is the feast day of St. Francis de Sales, and I couldn't think of a better day to launch the North Texas Catholic blog. For those of you who don't know, St. Francis de Sales is the patron saint of journalists. We have an icon of St. Francis in our office, and celebrated with cookie cake.

St. Francis was a prolific writer and when he was named bishop of a Calvinist-dominated Geneva, he would write tracts defending the faith and deliver them to former Catholics. His writings challenged lay people to also be saints. I was touched by his writings today as I prayed the Office of Readings in our chapel:

"Through devotion your family cares become more peaceful, mutual love between husband and wife becomes more sincere, the service we owe to the prince becomes more faithful, and our work, no matter what it is, becomes more pleasant and agreeable," wrote St. Francis in his now famous Introduction to the Devout Life. "It is therefore an error and even a heresy to wish to exclude the exercise of devotion from military divisions, from artisans' shops, from the courts of princes, from family households."

In the same spirit, we lay people of the Catholic Press are called to devotion and to spread our faith in all that we do. In this Age of the Internet, it's time we embrace the various platforms of New Media and partake in the New Evangelization.

Expect regular posts from myself (Tony), our editor, Jeff Hensley, some guest posts from other staff members, and links to other bloggers we find fascinating.

So thank you for welcoming us into the Blogosphere, and Happy St. Francis de Sales Day!

- Tony Gutiérrez
Associate Editor

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