2016-09-30T17:02:12-04:00

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FOB (Friend of the Bench) and assistant managing editor of the Catholic Review in Baltimore, George Matysek, tied the knot this weekend at Charm City’s historic basilica — just in time for the annual fall gathering of the USCCB just down the road. George’s new sister-in-law writes about the wedding here.  The happy couple has been writing about their Catholic engagement and wedding plans at a blog called, aptly, Treasa and George.  It’s a great chronicle of Catholic love and courtship.... Read more

2012-11-13T08:28:22-05:00

Last updated on: November 13, 2012 at 8:28 am   By

Deacon wife and FOB Paula Gonzales Rohrbacher from Alaska sent me the picture seen here, from a retreat she and her husband — Deacon and iconographer Charles Rohrbacher — gave a couple years ago. Since I don’t post much on deacons up in Alaska, I asked her to tell me about this group. She wrote back: The Yupik Deacon program was established in the Fairbanks Diocese to serve the people of the remote villages. They minister to the people by visiting... Read more

2012-11-13T08:23:24-05:00

Last updated on: November 13, 2012 at 8:23 am   By

They were ordained by Bishop William Patrick Callahan on October 27. The men shown above are, from left to right: Ray Heitzinger, Greg Kaiser, Bryan Hilts, Bob Reidl, Erv Burkhardt, Bishop William Callahan, Tom Skemp, Bob Zietlow, Tom Tierney, Jerry Ruesch. Congratulations and welcome, brothers!  Ad multos annos!  Read more

2016-09-30T17:02:12-04:00

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A remarkable and utterly 21st century experience from Concord Pastor Fr. Austin Fleming: Yesterday afternoon I was called by a hospice chaplain at a local nursing home to come and administer the Anointing of the Sick to a dying resident.  I found “Maria” in the company of her three daughters and a son-in-law.  Maria is young and has only been sick since mid-summer and has rapidly declined in the last 24 hours. I had noticed a laptop at the foot... Read more

2016-09-30T17:02:12-04:00

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From the New York Times, a rare look at how churches and congregations are also suddenly homeless because of Hurricane Sandy: Across the vast region hit by Hurricane Sandy, dozens of houses of worship are dealing with an extraordinary circumstance. Normally, their clergy members and lay leaders would be spending these weeks occupied with the urgent mission of feeding and caring for congregants hurt by the storm. But leaders of congregations whose buildings were flooded, damaged or destroyed are finding... Read more

2016-09-30T17:02:13-04:00

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With word out that the bishops will consider a return to abstaining from meat on Fridays, it looks like a few places are already ahead of the curve with “Meatless Mondays”: For one day each week, the Los Angeles City Council wants residents to go vegetarian. In a unanimous 12-0 vote, the council approved a resolution Friday endorsing the “meatless Monday” campaign and asking residents to make a personal pledge to ditch meat for one day a week. The resolution... Read more

2016-09-30T17:02:13-04:00

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More “Les Mis” music! Below, the international trailer for what looks, increasingly, like something truly great. Read more

2016-09-30T17:02:13-04:00

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From A Journey Through NYC Religions: Tomorrow, Mark Thompson takes over as the new President and CEO of The New York Times. Thompson is a practicing Catholic who believes “that the truths of the Christian faith are objective truths, rather than being entirely subjective.” The position is primarily focused on running the business aspects of the Times. Thompson turned the British Broadcasting Company into a global online media powerhouse, and the Times management feels that he could do the same here. The New York... Read more

2016-09-30T17:02:13-04:00

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This is roughly the equivalent of an American president — or, perhaps, the Attorney General—ordering an investigation into the Catholic Church hierarchy in America. Details: Australia’s prime minister ordered a federal inquiry Monday into allegations of child sex abuse in state and religious institutions and community groups following a string of sexual abuse accusations against priests and claims of a Catholic Church cover-up. Prime Minister Julia Gillard had faced mounting pressure to order a wide-ranging investigation after the New South... Read more

2016-09-30T17:02:13-04:00

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Here’s the press release from the USCCB for the report connected with the blogging encounter the Patheos Posse attended Sunday: Sixty-two percent of adult U.S. Catholics, representing an estimated 36.2 million people, have a profile on Facebook; 58 percent of Catholics age 30 and under share content such as pictures, articles and comments at least once a week on social media; and nearly a third of all surveyed said they would like their pastors and bishops to blog, according to... Read more

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