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The “open book” will be closing
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deacon greg kandra
Amy “Open Book” Welborn has launched a brand spanking new blog called, simply, “Amy Welborn”. If you want to know why, here’s part of her explanation: Because it takes a lot of time and energy that you just can’t see. There’s this cumulative expectation, built up over the years, that my blog had to be…
Serving up vocations
By
deacon greg kandra
For nine days, leading up to the feast of St. John Vianney, August 4, my parish prayed a novena for vocations to the priesthood. Then, on August 4, at the 5 p.m. vigil mass, we had a special mass to conclude the novena. The celebrant was a newly ordained priest from our diocese, with six…
A pope who transfigured the Church
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deacon greg kandra
Pope Benedict used his Angelus address yesterday to remember one of his predecessors — a man who, arguably, redefined the Church for modern times, Pope Paul VI. He has been both revered (for Humanae Vitae) and reviled (for the Novus Ordo mass) but few can deny that he proved how much of an impact one…
“Preaching in high definition”
By
deacon greg kandra
If you haven’t heard of Tom Allen, chances are you have heard of his work. He’s the mastermind and editor-in-chief of the Catholic Exchange, a leading Catholic web portal, and something of a mini-mogul in the world of Catholic media. He’s also a New York native with a love of the Mets. A local paper…
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