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February 2018

February 04, 2018
This aired during the first half of the game and comes to us from the...
February 04, 2018
Here's a lovely rendition of a mournful hymn, adapted from Psalm 34, performed by John...
February 03, 2018
Attention: Pulitzer Prize committee. If you're looking for a candidate for this year's Best Feature...
February 03, 2018
Is that a stunning picture, or what?  This appeared on the Diocese of Brownsville Facebook...
February 03, 2018
So pleased to see this great write-up about my old friend Deacon Jim Hoegemeier from...
February 02, 2018
Even without a Hail Mary pass. Some insight, from Brian Caulfield at the Knights of...
February 02, 2018
My Facebook friend Matthew Livingstone posted this earlier today and I reprint it here with...
February 02, 2018
Details:  The Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., formally resolved Saturday to eliminate all gendered references...
February 01, 2018
That's the sentiment of a priest from the Church of England—and now that church is...
February 01, 2018
From Ball State:  After more than three months — a total of 100 days —...

January 2018

January 31, 2018
The Holy Father offered more catechesis on liturgy today and turned his attention to the...
January 31, 2018
A great read about a great American icon, from The Washington Post: Americans seem to...
January 30, 2018
This looks sensational. This feature, starring Jim Caviezel as Luke, opens at Easter time. Deacons:...
January 30, 2018
This video was produced by the Archdiocese of Washington for NCEA (National Catholic Education Association)...
January 30, 2018
From USA TODAY, more details about Mel Gibson's long-anticipated follow-up: Jim Caviezel is very much...
January 30, 2018
The details:  The Catholic Church in Australia says new laws aimed at curbing interference by...
January 29, 2018
From The Chicago Tribune:  The Rev. Gary Graf hasn’t touched solid food in 10 days....
January 29, 2018
As you may have heard, that's the situation this year: Thinking about making Valentine’s Day...
January 28, 2018
This is remarkable, via The Washington Post:  Former gymnast Rachael Denhollander used her statement Wednesday...
January 27, 2018
On March 21, 2006, a social media pioneer Jack Dorsey did something no one had...
January 27, 2018
Sit back and drink in the beautiful, soulful harmonizing of the Choir of Sommerville College...
January 26, 2018
I stumbled on this essay today in The New York Times: seminary professor Kate Bowler...
January 26, 2018
From CNS: After special study, the German bishops' conference decided to stick with the traditional...
January 26, 2018
And the slope just got more slippery:  Fifty-nine days ago, a monkey in Shanghai gave...
January 26, 2018
A great story about an initiative in the Diocese of Camden: A day of service...
January 25, 2018
Details from CNA: An Irish priest and exorcist is asking the country's bishops for more...
January 25, 2018
Add this to the list of amazing moments I never thought I'd see on television....
January 25, 2018
From The New York Times:  Albertus Magnus College, a Catholic institution in New Haven, on...
January 24, 2018
Details:  “You are called to be salt and light in a very special way,” Bishop...
January 24, 2018
Every diocese should do this. From The Michigan Catholic:  Parishioners need their priests. But priests...
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