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August 2013

August 27, 2013
I've seen her on the subway, shopping at Key Food, nibbling on french fries at...
August 27, 2013
A friend passed along a recent issue of The Tablet, the weekly magazine from the...
August 27, 2013
Researchers say monks invented one of the most commonly used internet abbreviations. From Huffington Post: ...
August 27, 2013
Who knew? Details from CNS:  During summer vacation season, when there is no congregation of...
August 26, 2013
Well now: there's a picture you don't see every day. Complete with altar server in...
August 26, 2013
Jimmy Akin writes, from a deep well:  Every year in August I have a series...
August 26, 2013
If you're wondering: he's the one on the left. From CatholicPhilly.com:  In late May Father...
August 26, 2013
Today, the Boston Globe offers a glimpse inside the Anglican ordinariate.  Details:  Before Mass on...
August 26, 2013
A priest reader sent this my way and he said he found it "sobering." I...
August 25, 2013
  One of the Redemptorist priests I met last week on retreat was Fr. John...
August 25, 2013
Deacons, too, of course! This gives new meaning to the idea of "exercising your ministry."...
August 25, 2013
Photo: Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal Details, from the Lewiston-Auborn Sun Journal:  Few prayers remain for St....
August 25, 2013
Advice from a man whose 16-year marriage just ended:   There’s something about my divorce being...
August 25, 2013
A UK court has ruled that it would be lawful to withhold some medical treatments from the severely...
August 25, 2013
From Pope Francis today: Jesus tells us that there is a gate that allows us...
August 24, 2013
"In Catholic belief, all human life, no matter how wounded, flawed, young or old, is sacred because...
August 24, 2013
The rock star went cold turkey from sex a few years back and realized it...
August 24, 2013
As America marks the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, many people may not...
August 24, 2013
A reader alerted me to this a couple weeks ago, but as yet the Joliet...
August 24, 2013
Priests have been known to use them for celebrating Mass and for preaching. But the...
August 23, 2013
This will undoubtedly have the Catholic blogosphere buzzing this weekend. In a dramatic turnabout, Joseph...
August 23, 2013
A parishioner shared this with me, and it's priceless. A little ditty by Richard Stilgoe...
August 23, 2013
Watch what happens when a man who appears to be Muslim needs help getting his...
August 23, 2013
With beer! From CNS: Even before retired Pope Benedict XVI set up a pontifical council...
August 23, 2013
Yes, editors are seriously wrestling with this question. Evidently, some contend that a person's desire...
August 23, 2013
From the Baptist Press via the Biblical Recorder:  As Hispanic populations across the United States,...
August 22, 2013
Behold, Nicholas Selby's jaw-dropping welcome speech to students at Georgia Tech this week.  It almost...
August 22, 2013
That's the title and tagline of a new reality series about to debut on cable....
August 22, 2013
We talked about this a little at the Redemptorists' conference in New Jersey this week....
August 22, 2013
A small but significant change appears to be forthcoming, according to Sandro Magister:  The Sunday...
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