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And the Vietnamese..
By
awelborn
An article on the growing number of Vietnamese American priests. This changing face of the priesthood was on display recently when the Diocese of Orange, in Southern California, ordained two Vietnamese American seminarians — and a third clergyman — at a Mass celebrated in Vietnamese, Spanish and English. There now are 50 Asian priests, predominantly…
A Shepherd in Algeria
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awelborn
A NYTimes profile of the Roman Catholic bishop of Algeria…the land of St. Augustine, where Christianity has just about disappeared. When he began his work as a parish priest in 1958, there were more than 700 churches in the country. But even then Christianity was only an implant. Within months of Algeria’s independence from France…
Circuit Riding
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awelborn
Newsday article on priests ministering to the Spanish-speaking population in Long Island. Amazing. An article on this subject that doesn’t reference how much more fantastic the Protestants are doing in this regard. In many parts of the country, seminary education has a heavy bilingual flair to it, and seminarians must learn how to say Mass…
Twice in a month to Peru!
By
awelborn
Well, sort of. Well, not really. This morning we headed an hour west to take in the Circus City Festival Parade in Peru, Indiana. From the late 19th century to the early 1940’s, Peru was the winter home of many circuses. Ringling bought out the major circus housed there in 1929 and the era of…
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