by SrDeniseSickinger | Sep 23, 2023 | a current event, Ad maiorem Dei gloriam and the salvation of souls!, Choose Life, Choose to Love, Courage, Faith
Join us and other coalition partners to demand legislators STOP voting for Anti-Child, Anti-Parent, and Anti-Life legislation. Click here to email us that you will be attending one of the protests. We can send you more details and answer specific questions (parking, signs, rules, etc…) Serving the families of New Jersey, The NJFPC...
by SrDeniseSickinger | Jun 19, 2023 | Ad maiorem Dei gloriam and the salvation of souls!, Catechesis, Faith, FREE Catholic resources, Technology, Truth
by Jeffrey Bruno – published on 06/12/23 Original article published in Aleteia: Techies use Catechism to train AI, share results (aleteia.org) They have created an interactive platform that allows users to engage with the Catechism in a natural, conversational format. The debut of ChatGPT by OpenAI sent shockwaves through the tech world, captivating audiences far and wide. In the Catholic world, we’re all as mystified as everyone else. For those who are unfamiliar with ChatGPT, it’s an artificial intelligence (AI) technology that possesses the ability to generate remarkably human-like text responses. At its most basic level, ChatGPT is built using a technology called deep learning. It’s a type of AI that tries to mimic the way our brains work. Just as our brains have millions of interconnected neurons, deep learning models like ChatGPT have millions of artificial neurons, called artificial neural networks. But it doesn’t “know” anything. The process of “teaching” it something is referred to as “training.” The training process of ChatGPT involves feeding it with lots of text from various sources. It could be books, articles, websites, or any other text-based information available on the internet. By exposing ChatGPT to such a wide range of texts, it learns patterns, associations, and even...
by SrDeniseSickinger | Mar 31, 2023 | a current event, Ad maiorem Dei gloriam and the salvation of souls!, Education, Evangelization, Events / Calendar, Faith, Formation, FREE Catholic resources, Online Course
Original publication: https://aleteia.org/2023/03/30/free-summer-audit-program-and-life-changing-classes-are-a-gift-to-the-church/ Courtesy of St. Bernard’s Adjunct professor Fr. Peter Van Lieshout Zoe Romanowsky – published on 03/30/23 The COVID shutdown led St. Bernard’s School of Theology and Ministry in Rochester, New York, to find a way to offer formation, education, and hope to students around the world. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, St. Bernard’s School of Theology and Ministry in Rochester, New York, wanted to give back to the community. The school, led by President Dr. Stephen Loughlin and Vice President Dr. Matthew Kuhner, thought there was no better way to do that than to give the gift of learning — to offer formation, education, and hope in an accessible way during a trying time. That’s how the school’s One Free Summer Audit initiative was born. The initiative ended up being so successful, it’s become an important feature of every summer semester. Now in its fourth year, the program continues to attract people from across the country and around the world, last year drawing over 350 auditing students — a 92% increase in participants compared to the year before. Auditors were from Ireland, Hong Kong, Japan, Canada, South Africa, Nigeria, Germany, Italy, Indonesia, and several other countries, as well as Americans from 35...
by SrDeniseSickinger | Dec 20, 2021 | a current event, Accompaniment, Ad maiorem Dei gloriam and the salvation of souls!, Advent, Faith, Films
DECEMBER 20, 2021 from Catholic Exchange FR. JOHN S. HOGAN Editor’s note: The following is a homily from the Fourth Week in Advent, 2008. It was given at St. Peter’s Church, National Shrine of St. Oliver Plunkett, in Drogheda, Ireland. You can find it and other homilies in the book Advent Reflections, which is edited by Brandon McGinley and published through Sophia Institute Press. Loreto is a small medieval city, perched atop a small mountain overlooking the Adriatic Sea on the east coast of Italy. If you look up from the plains below, you see a great wall reminiscent of a fortress, a forbidding citadel; in reality, it is a spiritual doorway, a place of meeting. Within the walls is a great basilica and, beneath the dome of the basilica, a marble chapel within which is an ancient house, simple in its construction but resonant with history. This is the house of Nazareth where the Annunciation took place, where it is believed the Holy Family lived and St. Joseph died — the Holy House that was and is a witness to the mystery of the Incarnation. Loreto is a place where it is easy to pray. The ancient stones of the Holy House seem to...
by SrDeniseSickinger | Dec 20, 2021 | a current event, Ad maiorem Dei gloriam and the salvation of souls!, Christmas, Faith, Films, God's Mercy
From The National Catholic Register ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ turns 75 but the story remains timeless. Henry Travers as guardian angel Clarence Odbody, after rescuing George Bailey played by James Stewart. (photo: Public domain) Joseph Pronechen FeaturesDecember 19, 2021 Before Jimmy Stewart portrayed George Bailey, his guardian angel surely watched over him as he was flying harrowing combat missions in World War II. When Stewart was leaving for Air Force duty as a B-24 bomber pilot, his father slipped a copy of Psalm 91 into his uniform pocket, telling his son to pray it often — assuring him it would help him get through the war safely. This simple incident made its way into Stewart biographies along with the poignant prayer: “You shall not fear the terror of the night nor the arrow that flies by day. … Though a thousand fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, near you it shall not come. … For God commands the angels to guard you in all your ways. … With their hands they shall support you, lest you strike your foot against a stone. … Whoever clings to me I will deliver; whoever knows my name I will set...
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