2016-09-30T17:40:32-04:00

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What you see below never happened. Read all about it: Those who watched Boston’s revered Fourth of July celebration Monday night on CBS were treated to spectacular views of fireworks exploding behind the State House, Quincy Market, and home plate at Fenway Park, among other places – great views, until you consider that they were physically impossible. As viewers began to point out yesterday, it would not have been geographically possible to see the fireworks above and behind the landmarks... Read more

2016-09-30T17:40:32-04:00

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Departing Executive Editor of the paper Bill Keller — who was raised Catholic — has a provocative thought or two: “My parents took their faith very seriously — especially my mother, who had the fervor of a convert (from Episcopalian). My brothers and I had nuns and priests as our teachers through high school, and I look back on that education with real gratitude. I’m now what my friend Dan Barry calls a ‘collapsed Catholic’ — beyond lapsed — but... Read more

2016-09-30T17:40:32-04:00

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There’s been a lot of back-and-forth over the last several hours about John Corapi’s response yesterday to the SOLT statement of 5 July, summarizing the order’s findings and directing him, under obedience, to return to the order and live in community. It might be useful for all who are interested to see what exactly was said — and what wasn’t. Below is a brief summary, based purely on what is contained in the SOLT press release and in John Corapi’s... Read more

2016-09-30T17:40:32-04:00

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A reader posted this in the comments, and I thought it too good not to share. It’s a prayer for priests by Fr. Willie Doyle, heroic priest of World War I: O my God, pour out in abundance Thy spirit of sacrifice upon Thy priests. It is both their glory and their duty to become victims, to be burnt up for souls, to live without ordinary joys, to be often the objects of distrust, injustice, and persecution. The words they... Read more

2016-09-30T17:40:32-04:00

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A young man named Adam returns to the gym for the first time since losing his leg to cancer in 2009. God bless him. Read more

2016-09-30T17:40:32-04:00

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“Pride makes everyone into ‘God,’ and you have no objective truth. The antidote is humility. If God humbled himself, who are we not to humble ourselves? Remember that humility leads to obedience, which leads to life. Pride leads to disobedience and death.” — John Corapi, 1 May 2010, St. Louis Read the rest. Read more

2016-09-30T17:40:33-04:00

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Take a look here. A snip: Regarding my personal financial situation—From the earliest days (more than twenty years ago) the Founder of the Society of Our Lady, Fr. James Flanagan, encouraged me to support myself and the Church as well. He said they could not afford to support my ministry and me personally because of the unique nature of the mission. At every step of the way, through the entire past twenty years, the Society of Our Lady’s leadership knew... Read more

2016-09-30T17:40:33-04:00

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“Hello — if this is “ministry” then it is not about the musicians and their “performance,” and it should not be applauded as though they’d provided entertainment breaks. Should we applaud the ushers? Should we applaud the priest and deacon? I keep waiting for one “music minister” — just one — to announce before mass, “we appreciate the sentiment behind the applause, but really, it’s not what we’re here for, and we really wish you would just sing out with us... Read more

2016-09-30T17:40:33-04:00

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That’s a question a lot of people are asking. But the Episcopal Church is now defending the bishop at the center of this storm. Details: The Episcopal Church is rejecting charges that its top leader, Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, mishandled the ordination of a former priest who is now accused of sexual abuse. Jefferts Schori has remained silent on the matter, which surfaced after an alleged victim filed suit last month against a Benedictine monastery in Missouri where the... Read more

2016-09-30T17:40:33-04:00

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That’s the beautiful sentiment of the novice pictured below, describing to the New York Times some of what she was thinking at the moment the photograph was taken. The Times magazine this weekend looks at the popular — and growing — Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist in Michigan.  (Mary Ann Marks — of Harvard and Forest Hills! — is a novice there , and I believe she’s seen in the photo above, on the right.)  The Times... Read more

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