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The Deacon's Bench
Coffee? Tea? Absolution?
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deacon greg kandra
Imagine running a parish with 50,000 members and 20 masses a week. That about sums up life for the chaplains working at some of America’s busiest airports. They worry less about security than about salvation: Can you find holiness at an airport? Father Michael Zaniolo thinks so. Father Zaniolo has been an airport chaplain at…
Well, a certain grilled cheese sandwich that I know will not be impressed
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
That grilled cheese would be this gal, who pointed me to this little nugget. Now I’m hungry. You Are a Ham Sandwich You are quiet, understated, and a great comfort to all of your friends. Over time, you have proven yourself as loyal and steadfast. And you are by no means boring. You do well…
“…But only God can make a tree.”
By
deacon greg kandra
The Vatican is making big plans for Benedict’s visit to Vienna next month, and those plans are already drawing fire from environmentalists: Four stately lime trees ceremoniously planted near a popular Roman Catholic shrine in 1983 for a visit to Austria by the late Pope John Paul II are being uprooted to make way for…
Does this Baker have a recipe for success in Birmingham?
By
deacon greg kandra
As Whispers in the Loggia hinted, and as I speculated yesterday, the soon-to-be-bishop of Birmingham is a fella named Baker: Robert Baker of Charleston. Rocco once again has the scoop: As bishop of Charleston, Baker has presided over rapid growth; thanks to a combination of Rust Belt transplants and adult converts, the Palmetto State’s Catholic…
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