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Here’s some news that, at least in theory, should make everyone smile. Happiness is catching. From the Los Angeles Times: They say misery loves company, but the same may be even more true of happiness. In a study published online today by the British Medical Journal, scientists from Harvard University and UC San Diego showed…

A thoughtful reader alerted me to this wonderful news, an early Christmas present to the Church: St. Joseph Cathedral was filled to capacity on Saturday November 29th to witness the ordination of fifteen men as Permanent Deacons for the Diocese of Columbus. The men processed into the cathedral accompanied by their wives and took seats…

Good grief. They’ll write about anyone these days. Or anything.

Evidently this item made it to Drudge. You can read more about it here. Click on the image above to enlarge.

I’ll bet you’ve never seen this before: the making of communion wafers at the Cavanaugh Company in Rhode Island, the largest manufacturer of altar bread in America. This comes from Michael Paulson, who posted it last week at Articles of Faith, the religion blog of the Boston Globe. Fascinating stuff. Take and watch.

Suddenly, for some reason, I feel like Don Draper, the dashing ad executive from Sterling Cooper on “Mad Men”. (A series whose absence from the air waves still fills me with ennui.) Anyway: the folks at Ad Age have now posted an item about the ad campaign for my channel, NET. A snip: Let’s say…

…maybe she’s been reading my mind (or reading my blog?) but Amy Welborn has been inspired to link to this very good address by the pope to altar servers from 2006: Dear Altar Servers, you are, in fact, already apostles of Jesus! When you take part in the Liturgy by carrying out your altar service,…

Ever been to a papal audience? Amy Welborn has — and she posted this neat little account, with pictures, over at her blog. I’ve been to two of them — one in St. Peter’s Square, the other in the Paul VI Hall, both with JPII — and Amy captures the ambience and atmosphere perfectly. True…

I’ll admit up front: I’m not a fan of this guy. But I know many who are, and what Bill O’Reilly has to say here about his Catholic upbringing is pretty interesting. Take a look. This comes from Long Island’s newspaper, Newsday: You know him as the eponymous commentator on Fox News’ “The O’Reilly Factor.”…
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