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Vroom! Meet the grand priest of the Grand Prix
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
The gentleman pictured below has a special ministry to race car drivers in Michigan. (Perhaps he also enjoys a good game of checkers? Gotta love that stole.) Check out — ha! — his story right here: Before the big race on Sunday, Aug. 31, some of the drivers, pit crews and their families in town…
No one is born a priest
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
The above vocations recruitment poster comes from the Diocese of Raleigh, by way of WDTPRS. Personally, I prefer this one, with the same sentiment.
There she isn’t: “Miss Sister” contest cancelled
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
An alert reader picked up this tidbit and wanted me to spread the word. The much-bally-hooed (and derided) “Miss Sister 2008” contest has been called off. From Reuters: An Italian priest who had planned an online “pageant” for nuns has suspended the project, saying he was misinterpreted and had no intention of putting sisters on…
Coming soon: a married priest who will make history
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
Now for something completely non-political — and really, quite inspiring. America is about to get another married priest, but one unlike any other. From the Louisville Courier-Journal: David Harris never considered his conversion to Catholicism six years ago to be a rejection of the Baptist faith that nourished him from childhood in Eastern Kentucky. But…
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