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August 2017

August 28, 2017
Your Irish grandparents or great-grandparents would probably find this hard to believe. But Ireland is...
August 27, 2017
Click the video and play. What a wonderful servant of God and his people. For...
August 27, 2017
That quote comes from my bishop, who spoke about the sin of racism Thursday night: Bishop...
August 27, 2017
This is our entrance hymn this Sunday, and here's a wonderful rendition from a large...
August 26, 2017
From The New York Post: It’s hard to picture Mickey Rourke as an angel of mercy, but...
August 26, 2017
Details:  Starting Thursday, Canadians will have a new way to identify their sex on passports...
August 25, 2017
The story, from upstate New York: When the Rev. Joseph Manerowski came to St. Mary’s...
August 25, 2017
This just in, from California:  Removal of a number of statues and other smaller Catholic...
August 24, 2017
The men were ordained by Bishop W. Francis Malooly on August 19 at Church of...
August 24, 2017
Katrina Fernandez this week puts her finger on a subject that too many Catholics don't...
August 24, 2017
From Vatican Radio:  Pope Francis gave an important address on the liturgical reform on Thursday,...
August 23, 2017
From the Buddhists:  A Japanese company has introduced a new role for SoftBank's humanoid robot...
August 23, 2017
From CNS:  Saying there is an "urgent need" to address "the sin of racism" in...
August 22, 2017
This is making news in the Diocese of Arlington: A Catholic priest in Arlington, Va.,...
August 22, 2017
From CNS:  A Polish archbishop who inspected Bosnia-Herzegovina's Medjugorje shrine for the pope predicted the...
August 22, 2017
This seems to be a spreading trend: When Western University graduate Heather Gingerich saw a...
August 21, 2017
Who should I see greeting me but Archbishop (and, God willing, soon-to-be saint) Fulton Sheen?...
August 21, 2017
Following her thoughts on yesterday's scripture, Diana Macalintal posted this eloquent footnote. It strikes me...
August 21, 2017
Some of you may remember a few postings from a couple years ago on Star...
August 20, 2017
See how it's done. This is the new organ being delivered to our parish a...
August 20, 2017
This is something. It's been circulating on social media for the last day or so....
August 20, 2017
Well, my planned trip to Columbus, Ohio ended up being scrapped Friday night; the flight...
August 20, 2017
Here's another great chestnut from the 19th century. While most parishes, I suspect, don't have...
August 20, 2017
Leticia Ocha Adams made this observation yesterday, and it's one to challenge us all: The...
August 19, 2017
Words fail. The story:  A 42-year-old man stabbed to death outside a Brooklyn park was...
August 19, 2017
Not long ago, this would have been unthinkable; canon law prohibited ordaining men who were...
August 18, 2017
Keep her in your prayers: Sister Joseph Marie Ruessman RSM has been called home to...
August 18, 2017
Deacon Steven Greydanus wrote me about this topic earlier in the week and alerted me...
August 18, 2017
From the local CBS affiliate: Several people stopped by a statue of Father Junipero Serra in a...
August 18, 2017
I'm heading to scenic Ohio once more, flying tonight to Columbus to speak tomorrow at...
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