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People sometimes think that once you’ve answered the call, entering religious life is a piece of cake. Not so. Religious communities don’t accept potential members unless they are free from worldly ties, responsibilities and burdens. Including…student loans. One blogger is asking for some help in paying off her student loan so she can enter the…

The Church Music Association of America is pulling together a fun Frappr map of Gregorian Scholas across the land. One of those scholas is located at the parish pastored by the new bishop of St. Charles. FYI. The CMAA website has lots of interesting stuff, including their fine publication, Sacred Music, and even a Cafe…

Canonist Ed Peters has an interesting column exploring an answer given to a question in the "God Squad" Q & A column . It’s worth a read because of what Ed has to clarify about the nature of the Eucharist and our reception of Communion, particularly since he brings the Eastern Churches into the picture…

Every year, at the enormous Los Angeles Religious Education Congress, Cardinal Mahony has participated in an online chat – two, in recent years, one with schoolchildren, and the other with adults. Here’s the transcript of the latter. Some excerpts: James: I’ve read that Pope Benedict is concerned about the liturgy and is about to issue…
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