4 Attitudes to Find God in Prayer
ARTICLE – According to St. Anthony de Padua, prayer is made up of four indispensable attitudes. Mary Jane Fox provides them with us in this week’s Pilgrim Log to assist us on our pilgrimage of life.
Deacon Tom and Mary Jane Fox had a re-awakening of their Catholic faith in the 1980s. While on a trip through the Holy Land, they were directed by a local priest to take a silent walk along the Sea of Galilee. There, Jesus unmistakably spoke to them each.
In September 1986, Deacon Tom and Mary Jane Fox left their respective careers in hotel management and the travel industry to work full-time for St. Matthew Catholic Church. For the first seven years, their main ministry was door-to-door home visitation; in the first few years, they visited over 10,000 families. They also helped establish other outreach ministries at St. Matthew.
In 1992, the Foxes led a group of pilgrims in the Holy Land. After escorting them to the airport, they returned to Jerusalem to spend two weeks in a hermitage in the Garden of Gethsemane. In those two weeks of prayer, they discerned that God wanted them to develop a Catholic evangelization ministry. With the help of friends and benefactors, Pilgrim Center of Hope was founded in June of 1993.
Tom was ordained to the permanent Diaconate in August 1988. They became Oblates of the Congregation of St. John in 1991.
Tom and Mary Jane’s mission has included travel to parishes in California, Kansas, Louisiana, Mexico, and within Texas to give presentations on their ministry experiences, Parish Missions and on Door-to-Door Home Visitation Outreach. In June 1989 and June 1990, they assisted the pastor of St. Ignatius Parish in Belize City, Belize, in a parish-wide evangelization effort.
Their ministry of pilgrimages has led them to Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Eygpt, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Greece and Turkey. Their speciality (and dearest to their hearts) is the Holy Land, having traveled there more than 54 times since 1986.
Their ministry work has been featured in five nation-wide Catholic periodicals and on the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) show Living His Life Abundantly in 1995 on the video I Am the Bread of Life, produced by Stepstone Productions, Inc. In February 2008, they received the Catholic Television of San Antonio (CTSA) Leadership Award. In March 2011, they received Guadalupe Radio Network‘s ’Pescadores de Hombres‘ (Fishers of Men) Award. They were invested into the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre in October of 2011. In October 2012, they received the Holy Land Christian Ecumenical Foundation’s "Living Stones Award" on behalf of Pilgrim Center of Hope.
"The call we received from the Lord to serve in the field of Catholic evangelization has been a most enlightening, inspirational and challenging vocation!"
ARTICLE – According to St. Anthony de Padua, prayer is made up of four indispensable attitudes. Mary Jane Fox provides them with us in this week’s Pilgrim Log to assist us on our pilgrimage of life.
ARTICLE – Have you felt the abundant joy of God’s love? The joy of knowing God is profound and can exist in the midst of difficulties. Do you know this? Pilgrim Center of Hope’s Co-Founder & Co-Director, Mary Jane Fox shares an encouraging message to help you along your journey of searching for true peace and joy.
ARTICLE – Let’s face it… noise; whether it’d be electronic, people, or even music; can fill us, but not fulfill us. How does one find God in silence? Pilgrim Center of Hope’s Co-Founder & Co-Director, Mary Jane Fox, shares some thoughts on how silence can lead to peace.
ARTICLE – Pope Francis has proclaimed a year of St. Joseph, from December 8, 2020, through December 8, 2021. How can YOU find inspiration and hope from the Foster Father of Jesus?
ARTICLE – When couples “tie the knot”, it is a sign of their willingness to love and sacrifice for their spouse. In this week’s Pilgrim Log, Mary Jane Fox offers great insight on this special topic.
ARTICLE – What Are You Looking For? Jesus’ question stirs in the heart of every one of us. Many people don’t know what they are looking for or how to bring meaning to their life. Find steps here to direct your search, by finding life in Jesus.
ARTICLE – Is it selfish to ask God to heal me? We offer encouragement and hope on this very topic.
ARTICLE – Happy New Year! As we begin this new year, mark your calendar, set your watch to spend time with the Triune God.
ARTICLE – How do we combat the lack of self-love?
ARTICLE – As we are confronted by life-changing issues, where are we looking for the hope for which we long?
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