Ordinary<\/a>, which is a video blog about a priest fresh out of seminary and working his first diocesan job. I haven\u2019t finished the first season yet, but what I saw so far was amazing. Not only does it show that priests are people without resorting to my most hated stereotype of priests in the media, but the characters are all people you\u2019ve probably seen at your parish as well, or at least dramatized versions of them.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
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As I was checking my news feed, I saw a lot of fundraisers going on. Since Lent is the time for almsgiving, I want to promote some stuff going on in the hopes that you might donate to them. \u00a0 One of my favorite singers is having another Kickstarter. Except Audrey Assad isn\u2019t promoting an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2156,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[52,518,519,520,521,523,522],"class_list":["post-2109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-audrey-assad","tag-fundraising","tag-kickstarter","tag-new-car","tag-ordinary","tag-short-film","tag-web-shows"],"yoast_head":"\n
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