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From California — where trends like to begin — comes word of a new website devoted to Catholic business professionals: the Catholic Business Journal. According to the California Daily Catholic: CBJ’s inaugural press release announced its ambitious August public launch, hoping within a few months to “consistently reach” more than three million Catholics business people…

We’ve heard of student exchange programs, for high school and college students. Now comes word of a priest exchange program, being tried in Kentucky, according to the Lexington Herald-Leader: Record hot temperatures in recent weeks haven’t phased the Rev. Shijo Vadakkumkara. The 28-year-old priest said he’s used to the humid and sultry weather with only…

Increasingly, churches and universities are using 21st century technology to spread the first century gospel. The latest trend: online bible study. The Dallas Morning News reports: When Catherine Kuehler of Dallas moved to Australia this summer, she didn’t want to give up the Bible study class that the University of Dallas taught at her parish.…

Confession isn’t quite what it used to be. These days, it’s more apt to be known as “reconciliation,” and the long lines of penitents on a Saturday evening have dwindled to only the most devout (or, some priests will tell you, disturbed.) The Los Angeles Times takes a look at the power of the penitential…
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