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You would be hard-pressed to find a vocation story more surprising than this: a married man who converted, became an active member of his church, then a deacon and, after his wife’s death, was ordained a priest at the tender age of 72. From the San Antonio Express-News: Father Philip Chung-jin Kim’s first encounter with…

Think you can’t? Think again. Watch and marvel at what one young man can do.

Here it is, a “Deacon’s Bench” exclusive: a first peek at the viral internet ad campaign for NET, the cable channel for the Diocese of Brooklyn. Want more? Visit StopGoodTV.com.

Once, this kind of suggestion would have been laughable, or just plain silly. But no more. From London: A document issued by the Catholic Education Service said facilities for other faiths should be made available in all primary and secondary schools if possible. Catholic schools in England and Wales should also consider adapting toilet facilities…

Pope Benedict took some time yesterday to recall St. Lawrence, 1,750 years after his martyrdom. The Advent-related theme was about the importance of being watchful, and vigilant: “Vigilance means spending every instant of our time within the horizon of His love without allowing ourselves to be cast down by the inevitable difficulties and daily problems.…

How do you commemorate a nightmare? The Los Angeles Times this week has this poignant and, I think, important piece on how various dioceses around the country are honoring and remembering the victims of clerical sex abuse: Oakland’s new Cathedral of Christ the Light stretches skyward, sheathed in gleaming glass that reveals a delicate skeleton…

If you want to know what it takes to be a vocations director in a busy archdiocese, the Cincinnati Enquirer today offers a rare and revealing glimpse: The Rev. Kyle Schnippel places his prayer book on the table and takes a seat, waiting for the future of the Catholic Church to arrive. It’s an early…

A man most Americans have never heard of — but who had a profound impact on our counry’s culture — has died. From the Washington Post: The Rev. George M. Docherty, the former pastor of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church who delivered an influential sermon that led to the insertion of the phrase “under…

“St. Bernard frequently returns to the idea of the ‘three Advents’ of Christ. The first of these is the one in which He entered into the world, having received a Human Nature in the womb of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The third is the Advent which will bring Him into the world at the end…

Since we are in Advent, the season of waiting, how’s this for really waiting — a story so incredible, it just has to be true. From the Chicago Tribune: Two abstinence teachers who wed in Chicago experienced their first kiss at the altar. And it was a doozy — a two-minute smooch that drew cheers…
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