Ora - the podcast of Madonna House Publications

Finding the Sparks of God

By Fr. Pat McNulty, published in Restoration - January 2009

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By Suzanne Stubbs, published in Restoration: April 2021

Read by Hope Mercugliano

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by Catherine Doherty, published in Restoration December 2000

Read by Hope Mercugliano

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This special musical selection for Christmas is from "Madonna House: The Music of Advent and Christmas Vespers"

Recorded from Our Lady of the Woods chapel in Combermere, Ontario, the Madonna House community invites you to join us in our musical tribute to the blessed season of Advent, followed by our celebration of Christmas Vespers. It is our hope that this extremely unique and prayerful recording will greatly enrich your own holiday celebrations.

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This special musical selection for the 4th Sunday of Advent is from "Madonna House: The Music of Advent and Christmas Vespers"

Recorded from Our Lady of the Woods chapel in Combermere, Ontario, the Madonna House community invites you to join us in our musical tribute to the blessed season of Advent, followed by our celebration of Christmas Vespers. It is our hope that this extremely unique and prayerful recording will greatly enrich your own holiday celebrations.

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Written by Catherine Doherty, published in Restoration, December 2022

Read by Hope Mercugliano

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This special musical selection for the 3rd Sunday of Advent is from "Madonna House: The Music of Advent and Christmas Vespers"

Recorded from Our Lady of the Woods chapel in Combermere, Ontario, the Madonna House community invites you to join us in our musical tribute to the blessed season of Advent, followed by our celebration of Christmas Vespers. It is our hope that this extremely unique and prayerful recording will greatly enrich your own holiday celebrations.

Available at https://madonnahouse.org/store/

Written by Eddie Doherty, from the book "Donkey Bells - Advent and Christmas" available here: https://madonnahouse.org/store/

Includes meditations to prepare the heart for Christ’s coming, Advent and Christmas traditions as lived at Madonna House, and stories to be read aloud year after year, Donkey Bells brings the celebration of Christ’s birth into the home and into daily life.

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By Fr. David May, published in Restoration, December 2007

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by Caryll Houselander

Excerpted from The Reed of God (1978), pp. 36–38. Arena Lettres. It is now published by Ave Maria Press. This excerpt was published in Restoration, December, 2022

Read by Hope Mercugliano

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by Fr. David May, published in Restoration, November 2024

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by Helen Porthouse, published in Restoration, November 2000

Read by Hope Mercugliano

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The Joys of Letting Go

By Fr. David May, published in Restoration: November 2010

by Catherine Doherty

From "Not Without Parables", available from Madonna House Publications:

https://publications.madonnahouse.org/collections/books/products/not-without-parables

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By Doreen Dykers, published in Restoration - October 2024

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by Tom Kluger, published in Restoration August 2005

Read by Augustine Mercugliano

Something unusual happened recently here in Combermere. We had a change of editors for Restoration. It was only the 5th time in 76 years. Catherine and Eddie Doherty were the original editors and founders of the paper. Then, between 1975 and 2023, came Fr. John Callahan, myself, Denis Lemieux (now Father Denis), and Paulette Curran. Teresa Reilander is the new editor and is already busily engaged at the task of putting together an 8-page newspaper 10 times a year.

Fr. David May

This recorded article appears in Restoration, November 2023,

A Chitchat Apostate

An Interview with Mamie Legris by Paulette Curran

Catherine coined the phrase "chitchat apostolate" for what is exactly that: greeting the neighbors and all we come in contact with and chatting about this and that. It's a way of getting to know people, of loving and serving them, of building relationships and community. It leads to friendship and sharing on a deeper level, and it is often a vehicle for bringing people to God.

A story about a horse at St. Benedict's Farm, by Scott Egan

This recorded article appears in Restoration, March 2003

by Mary Pennefather

Mary P. wrote these three short articles when she was a fairly new staff worker.

by Steve Heroux

This is an excerpt from a talk given during our summer program.

This recorded article appears in Restoration, February 2024

By Chuck Sharp

This recorded article appears in Restoration, October 2000

Celebrating 75 years of Madonna House Combermere

This recorded article appears in the May-June 2022 issue of Restoration.

A short introduction to Ora, the podcast of Madonna House.