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If you’ve been itching for something altogether different this Christmas, try this: instructions on how to make a Hawaiian-style Advent wreath, from the Hawaii Catholic Herald: Materials you’ll need: + Greenery from a Norfolk Pine, Ironwood, or other local evergreen, or any hardy plants found in your backyard or neighborhood such as eucalyptus or ferns…

I’m not sure why this bit of news shocks me — given the poor-to-God-awful state of catechesis here in the U.S., it’s par for the course — but it’s quite an eye-opener: A new study has uncovered a surprising lack of religious knowledge among both Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland. Contradicting the impression that…

You know the craze for bottled water has reached its apex when even the Church is getting in on the act: Inspired, perhaps, by vitamin and energy waters, a number of new companies have begun making more explicit claims: their water doesn’t just promote good health, it actually makes you good. Holy Drinking Water, produced…

Like a lot of you out there, I was taught by nuns. But I never had one do something like this: Sister Kathy Avery won’t put up with swearing on the playground at her school, and she’s not above repeating the offending language to make sure everyone understands which words she won’t tolerate. The principal…
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