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A thorny problem
By
deacon greg kandra
Clearly, I have too much time on my hands. A former colleague from CBS posted this on his Facebook page: A band of friars lived up on top of a secluded mountain. They had hardly any money, so one day a small group got together, cut some lovely flowers out of the gardens, made them…
Ladies and gentlemen: the real Invisible Man
By
deacon greg kandra
There’s a certain mad brilliance to this kind of artistry. Check out the picture below: A website explains: 35-year-old Liu Bolin, from Shandong, China, manages to camouflage himself in any surroundings, no matter how difficult they might be. Liu works on a single photo for up to 10 hours at a time, to make sure…
Best wedding processional. Ever.
By
deacon greg kandra
I know I should probably be shocked and wringing my hanky into knots over this. It’s clearly not what most of us would have in mind as the proper way for beginning the celebration of a sacrament. (N.B., it wasn’t a Catholic wedding.) But: I loved it anyway. I couldn’t stop grinning. Married life is…
Shalom! Franciscan friars to open Hebrew academy
By
deacon greg kandra
Here’s something you don’t hear about every day: Roman Catholic Franciscan friars are to open Poland’s first privately-run Hebrew academy in October with the approval of the country’s chief rabbi and a Polish cardinal, its rector said Tuesday. “We’ve started recruiting and there’s a lot of interest. We’re thinking of accepting 45 students for a…
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