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The Deacon's Bench
Promises to keep
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deacon greg kandra
It’s not often that you stumble on a journalist of deep faith, writing about that faith honestly and forthrightly in the secular media. But this comes to us from Tracy Grant, the Weekend editor of the Washington Post — a heartfelt meditation on making a deal with God: I’ve started hanging out at the Cathedral…
“Behold your angel”: one deacon’s journey
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deacon greg kandra
I love a good vocation story — especially when it involves a deacon. And this one, from California, is a real inspiration. Get a box of Kleenex and read on: Tom Ciccarelli’s path to becoming a deacon for the Catholic Diocese of Stockton is a tale of tragedy, romance and changed hearts, with a little…
Making “Bella”: “It was an incredible leap of faith”
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deacon greg kandra
The new movie Bella, scheduled for release next week, has generated a lot of favorable buzz in the Catholic press — and now The Tidings newspaper in Los Angeles tells the story behind the story, and reveals how it came to be: The back story of Metanoia Films, opening its first feature film, “Bella,” nationwide…
The Ricky Nelson hit that’s paid off for the Dominicans
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deacon greg kandra
This story from CNS is such a jaw-dropper, I’ll let it speak for itself: So what’s a nice, mild-mannered, 72-year-old Dominican priest doing collecting thousands of dollars in royalty checks for a rock ‘n’ roll classic that he co-wrote in the 1950s — a song eventually made famous by Ricky Nelson and one that has…
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