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The Deacon's Bench
Nearly 600 couples renew wedding vows in Washington
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jmcgee
It happened at the National Shrine this past weekend — and the Catholic News Agency article spotlights a deacon and his family: More than 580 couples renewed their marriage vows at a Sunday Mass celebrated by Archbishop of Washington Donald W. Wuerl at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. Couples offered…
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…
Worth a thousand words
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jmcgee
Bishop Gerald Kicanas of Tucson, Arizona, baptizes an inmate at the Southern Arizona Correctional Release Center in Tucson last month. Details, from CNS: A hazy sun settling slowly behind Tucson’s “A” mountain softly illuminated the 20 women in bright-orange uniforms who were gathered in the razor-fenced yard. Every face was aglow and smiling as they…
Priest accused of breaking seal of confession
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jmcgee
I can’t remember the last time I read about an incident like this, or saw it reported in the media. But here it is, one of the most serious charges a priest can face, reported in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: A Waukesha County Catholic priest has been placed on administrative leave while the Archdiocese of Milwaukee…
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