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This was baptism Sunday for the deacon. I rotate baptisms with two priests, so I do them four times a year.  This was by far the loudest, biggest mob I’ve encountered. Let me break it down for you.  Number of babies: 11  Number of guests: 250 (give or take)  Number of babies teething, who cried…

Anyone who has planned, witnessed, catered, photographed, presided over or rehearsed a modern wedding ceremony needs to read this on-target assessment of the modern American wedding. This gives a good sense of why so many priests I know hate weddings. And wedding rehearsals. And all that goes with them. Sacraments shouldn’t be like this. But…

Do you know anyone who has more than two or three kids?  How about 12? : Returning to the site where they wed just over 20 years ago, Rob and Cecilia “Sam” Fatzinger entered the historic chapel at Sacred Heart Parish in Bowie to celebrate the Baptism of their 12th child, Kolbe Peter Fatzinger on…

Maybe.  It’s in Poland.   Fr. Z. has the scoop, which sounds a lot like a miracle that I witnessed a few years ago, in Lanciano, Italy.  
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