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First Communion for 500
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jmcgee
‘Tis the season for First Communions and Confirmations — and a parish in California may well have one of the largest First Communion classes anywhere. How’s THIS for feeding the multitude? From Catholic San Francisco: Saturday morning first Communion instruction at St. Francis of Assisi Parish in East Palo Alto is too big by…
“A good priest is hard to find”
By
jmcgee
That’s the title of a stem-winder of a rant that is must reading for anyone involved in parish life. It was prompted by this post, wherein the blogger notes a sad state of affairs: Lately I’ve taken to reading the obituaries and I’ve noted how many people seem to have no church burials or services…
Why give to your parish?
By
jmcgee
Here’s one answer, from my parish in Queens. It’s part of our annual stewardship drive, and this video is being shown Sunday at all the masses. Kudos to one of our trustees, Roger Aguinaldo, who shot and produced it. (Shameless plug: look closely and you’ll see Your Humble Blogger once or twice…)
Want to buy an altar? Cleveland’s Catholic inventory is up for sale
By
jmcgee
One American diocese is having what sounds like the world’s biggest church garage sale: The scattering of sacred and religious artifacts from parishes closed by the Cleveland Catholic Diocese is under way. The diocese’s online liquidator is advertising hundreds of items for sale: Baptismal fonts where generations of area Catholics entered the church. Ornate altars…
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