You may have noticed ads on the right side of our blog for the National Catholic Register newspaper and Faith & Family magazine.

I get as tired of ads as the next guy, and that’s why we are only putting up ads for things that have been a blessing to us and through which we believe our Lord will bless you.

Gerardo and I were roommates for many years and got the Register; it is a great paper that includes the big news stories that matter and gives you a faithful Catholic perspective on them, rather than the often-twisted perspective of the mainstream media.

The Register also has articles by the illustrious Danielle Bean, Mark Shea, and many other excellent writers.

Think about this: World Youth Day has been attended by tens of millions of young Catholics throughout the world over the past ten years, and yet you hear little to nothing about it in the mainstream media.

More recently, the Holy Father’s trip to Brazil was communicated to the world by the secular press in misleading quips like “Pope Arouses Anger of Natives”, whereas in the Register you can actually read what the Pope said and discover the truth of the matter.

Faith & Family was given to us last year as a gift subscription, and we are renewing it ourselves because it is a great magazine.  It is focused more toward women than men, but I find the articles interesting and encouraging as well.

If you do decide to buy a subscription to either one of these, please click on the links on our page and purchase them (after receiving you free issues) because our little family will receive a few dollars.  Our webpage hosting and domain registration costs about $100 per year, so it will help offset that cost.

Thanks and God bless you, from St. Joseph’s Vanguard and Our Lady’s Train!

Devin & Katie Rose