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January 2015

January 31, 2015
I received the following email from Deacon John Coughlin, Co-Director of Permanent Deacon Formation for...
January 31, 2015
Danny Karetea-Goddard at his ordination in July 2014, from New Zealand Catholic. From Radio New...
January 31, 2015
Image: Good Housekeeping Magazine cover, 1908 / via Wikipedia  Over at Pray Tell, they've posted...
January 31, 2015
The full list is here.    The Holy Father Francis, for the XIV General Assembly...
January 30, 2015
I wish it would. This was staged in London a couple years ago. For some...
January 30, 2015
I don't know what could top this.  Truly.
January 30, 2015
I remember posting on (then-Deacon) Paul Schenck when he was ordained. He's back in the...
January 30, 2015
From The Arizona Republic and azCentral:   You could say, it's a different kind of Super Bowl...
January 30, 2015
From The Burlington Free Press:  The Most Rev. Christopher Coyne, the Roman Catholic Church's first...
January 30, 2015
This essay by Fr. Paul Scalia (son of Supreme Court Justice Antonin) popped up on...
January 30, 2015
He made some astute and timely observations during his homily yesterday. From Vatican Radio:  Pope...
January 29, 2015
From HuffPo:  Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio), a longtime opponent of abortion, announced in an op-ed on Tuesday...
January 29, 2015
From CNS: When Pope Francis celebrates the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul in June,...
January 29, 2015
As Burlington's new bishop gets ready for his installation on Thursday, he's continued blogging—and posting...
January 28, 2015
American Bible Society headquarters in New York via Wikipedia  A big deal, from The Philadelphia...
January 28, 2015
"St. Joseph with the Infant Jesus" by Guido Reni (c. 1620) via Wikipedia From Vatican...
January 28, 2015
Fr. Mario Majano by Pete Baklinski / LifeSiteNews From LifeSite News:  When he was a young...
January 28, 2015
Rick Santorum prays at a fundraiser in 2012 by Gage Skidmore / Wikipedia Commons From Bloomberg:  It is...
January 27, 2015
Dachau entrance, 1945, from National Archives / Wikipedia Lest we forget: Seventy years ago today,...
January 27, 2015
It happened in Rhode Island: The storm has forced multiple businesses and schools to shutdown,...
January 27, 2015
This is a scream. From the mischievously creative mind of Fr. Darryl Millette, from the...
January 27, 2015
Jack Maguire, Social Media Coordinator at Ascension Press, dropped me a line today: Ascension Press just...
January 27, 2015
You may remember that Bishop James Conley of Lincoln, Nebraska announced he would celebrate Mass...
January 27, 2015
A follow-up on this story from last week, from SF Gate:  The Rev. Joseph Illo, pastor...
January 27, 2015
From The Washington Post:  There are reports in Spanish publications that Pope Francis has accepted a transgender...
January 27, 2015
That was the three-word assessment from our doorman this morning when I went outside to...
January 26, 2015
"The Calling of St. Matthew" by Caravaggio (1599-1600) via Wikipedia My friend Fr. Scott Hurd...
January 26, 2015
By all accounts, we're in for a whopper in New York City. As we await...
January 25, 2015
From NCR:  Fr. Richard McBrien, who as a scholar brought distinction to a university theology...
January 25, 2015
Someone sent this to me this afternoon, and it's too good not to share. From...
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