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October 2018

October 13, 2018
If you need a reminder, there's this item from the front page of the New...
October 13, 2018
A few years ago, for the 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time, I preached a homily...
October 13, 2018
As the blessed martyr is raised to the altars this weekend and declared, at last,...
October 12, 2018
I can't say enough good things about this idea: requiring seminarians to work for the...
October 12, 2018
He posted this today on the archdiocesan website:  Dear Brothers and Sisters of the Archdiocese...
October 12, 2018
From The Washington Post: Pope Francis on Friday accepted the resignation of Washington’s archbishop, Cardinal...
October 11, 2018
As he does every week, he did this: served up food to the homeless with...
October 11, 2018
Other places around the country have introduced programs similar to this one — the...
October 11, 2018
Some, of course, are already answering the call. The story, from CNS:  Speaking to the...
October 10, 2018
Maybe. Here's a remarkable example of investigative journalism having an impact:  Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley...
October 10, 2018
I'm not aware of other dioceses doing this, so kudos to Bishop Christopher Coyne of...
October 10, 2018
With the Supreme Court now solidly conservative, more people are asking that question. The Washington...
October 10, 2018
From CNS:  Procuring an abortion is wrong, inhumane and like hiring a hit man "to...
October 10, 2018
Amazing story: A Muslim family hid for three years two ancient Syriac Orthodox books in...
October 09, 2018
Over the summer, as the news broke about the Grand Jury report from Pennsylvania and...
October 08, 2018
Details:  The families of Eastern-rite Catholic priests give an important witness to what is healthy...
October 08, 2018
Some fascinating and important history here, from Crux:  Amid this summer’s wave of sexual abuse...
October 08, 2018
Incredible, but true, via USA TODAY:  The city of Columbus, Ohio, will not observe the controversial federal...
October 08, 2018
The scriptures this Sunday focus on a subject that doesn’t get nearly enough attention: marriage....
October 08, 2018
From The Catholic Register:  In a prestigious medical journal, doctors from Toronto's Hospital for Sick...
October 08, 2018
Details:  She will stand tall, with a torch held high, on a hilltop in San...
October 07, 2018
From The Observer:  Fourteen men were ordained as Permanent Deacons for the Diocese of Rockford...
October 06, 2018
Our choir will be favoring us with this gorgeous hymn during communion this weekend. The...
October 06, 2018
From The Pilot:  Cardinal Seán P. O'Malley ordained eight men from six parishes to the...
October 05, 2018
From National Catholic Register:  Avera Maria Santo is a 22-year-old U.S. Catholic who lives in...
October 05, 2018
From The Washington Post:  A couple of weeks ago, the prominent congregation of the Shrine...
October 05, 2018
Yesterday was the great saint's feast day. So this seems an opportune moment to clear...
October 04, 2018
Edward Pentin reports:  There is no such thing as an LGBTQ, “transgender” or “heterosexual” Catholic...
October 04, 2018
He was in the news a few months ago, as the world marked the 50th...
October 04, 2018
"Let us produce worthy fruits of penance. Let us also love our neighbors as ourselves....
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