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The Crux of the Matter - November 2025
Men of Signum Crucis , Happy Eve of the Solemnity of All Hallows. In other words, Happy Halloween.  Don’t you find it interesting when the culture attempts to wrestle away from the Catholic Church a beautiful tradition and over-secularize it?  It’s happened many times over (think over-commercialization of Christmas, the Easter Bunny and egg hunts at Easter, drinking green alcoholic beverages to excess on St. Patrick’s Day, romantic observances on St. Valentine's Day, and ye
Mark Rehagen
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The Crux of the Matter - October 2025
Men of Signum Crucis , happy Memorial of the Holy Guardian Angels. If you are like me, we owe a lot to our guardian angel .  Yes, the...
Mark Rehagen
Oct 18 min read
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The Crux of the Matter - September 2025
Men of Signum Crucis , happy Memorial of the great Pope St. Gregory the Great. Not to be repetitive, but he really was a great man. How...
Mark Rehagen
Sep 28 min read
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The Crux of the Matter - August 2025
Men of Signum Crucis , once again, the Church has presented to us a great spate of saints to observe this week, concluding with the...
Mark Rehagen
Jul 3110 min read
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The Crux of the Matter - July 2025
Men of Signum Crucis , today the Church observes the Feast of St. Thomas, Apostle. Â I think the life of this saint is very important for...
Mark Rehagen
Jul 28 min read
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The Crux of the Matter - June 2025
Men of Signum Crucis , today the Church observes the Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, at which time Mary, immediately...
Mark Rehagen
May 307 min read
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The Crux of the Matter - May 2025
Men of Signum Crucis , Happy Easter!! Remember that we fast for 40 days, but we feast for 50 . I hope you are celebrating well to...
Mark Rehagen
Apr 307 min read
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The Crux of the Matter - April 2025
Men of Signum Crucis , now that Laetare  Sunday and the priests wearing rose-colored vestments have come and gone, we are able to say...
Mark Rehagen
Apr 28 min read
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The Crux of the Matter - March 2025
Men of Signum Crucis , best wishes to each of you as we make our final preparations for Lent during this Year of Hope. Â Good results...
Mark Rehagen
Mar 47 min read
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The Crux of the Matter - February 2025
Men of Signum Crucis , greetings on this Memorial of St. John Bosco, Priest.  St. John Bosco, born in northern Italy in 1815, was an...
Mark Rehagen
Jan 309 min read
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The Crux of the Matter - January 2025
Men of Signum Crucis , Merry Christmas!  This is my favorite time of the year, for many reasons–first, of course, is the celebration of...
Mark Rehagen
Dec 26, 20249 min read
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December 2024 Newsletter
Men of Signum Crucis , Happy Advent! Â Andy Williams might have sung that Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year, but I think...
Mark Rehagen
Dec 4, 20248 min read
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November 2024 Newsletter
Men of Signum Crucis , today is a great day in the Church, when we acknowledge the Church Triumphant , who won the battle and are in...
Mark Rehagen
Oct 31, 20246 min read
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October 2024 Newsletter
Men of Signum Crucis , many men spoke to me after Mass at our last gathering, telling me how inspiring it was to hear Father Clark’s...
Mark Rehagen
Sep 26, 20247 min read
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September 2024 Newsletter
Men of Signum Crucis , I was amazed and inspired at the huge turnout at our August gathering– 24 new men joined the fraternity that...
Mark Rehagen
Aug 30, 20248 min read
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August 2024 Newsletter
Men of Signum Crucis, I hope your summer is going swimmingly! As you might know, I was in Indianapolis a few weeks ago, celebrating the...
Mark Rehagen
Aug 6, 20246 min read
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July 2024 Newsletter
Men, Happy Feast Day of St. Junipero Serra! The Feast Day of St. Junipero Serra is especially significant this year, because the western...
Mark Rehagen
Jun 30, 20246 min read
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June 2024 Newsletter
Men, it is with a very heavy heart that I begin this newsletter with the news of the passing away of Men of Signum Crucis Planning Group...
Mark Rehagen
May 31, 20246 min read
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May 2024 Newsletter
Men, I hope your Easter has been blessed. Happy Easter! Alleluia! I love this time of the year–the sun is in the air, the gardens are...
Mark Rehagen
May 6, 20248 min read
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April 2024 Newsletter
Men, He Has Risen as He said! Alleluia! Happy Easter! Alleluia! Easter is not over–far from it. We in the Church have the great...
Mark Rehagen
Apr 2, 20246 min read
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