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Marge Fenelon - who has written 11 posts on Catholic Exchange.


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When’s God Gonna Call Me Back?

Posted on 19 January 2010

Melanie sat in the pew, listening to the Sunday homily. She became more and more infuriated. The priest was talking about abortion methods and their devastating effects on child and mother.

He has no right to tell me what to

The Genius of Our Faith

Posted on 23 October 2009

Mark and I just celebrated our 27th Wedding Anniversary and I find it ironic that things seem to have come full circle since the day we were married. Girls are back in bell bottomed hip huggers, baby doll tops,…

Brighter than the Noonday

Posted on 07 July 2009

I just returned from five heavenly days. Literally. My husband, Mark, and I were attending the annual workshop for our Schoenstatt community — five awesome days of education, formation, prayer, and fellowship in an environment of sheer joy. The experience

A Shepherd to Love, Imitate… and Miss

Posted on 28 April 2009

On April 15th, American Papist blogger Thomas Peters reported that Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan took New York by storm. Anybody from Milwaukee could have told you he’d do that. In 2002, he took us by storm, albeit in a…

What the Resurrection Really Means

Posted on 16 April 2009

I felt the warm, soft wax between my fingers and looked down to see that I’d formed the Easter taper into a “J” — candy cane style. I’d been holding it so tightly entwined between my fingers that I’d…

Soldiers are People, Too

Posted on 29 November 2008

I had a good dose of reality the other night. I went to a Family Readiness Briefing with our oldest son, Matt. His brigade is being deployed soon and so the National Guard arranged a meeting to inform and support…

Why I Refuse to Call Myself a Journalist

Posted on 11 October 2008

I have a journalism degree from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, but I refuse to use the term “journalist” to describe what I do. Why? It’s my personal protest against the abominable, reckless, flesh-gouging “journalism” practiced by secular media…

Babushka’s Garden

Posted on 07 October 2008

I’ve been thinking about Babushka a lot lately. “Babushka” is our (loving) nickname for the elderly woman who lives across the alley. She’s from Bosnia and can barely speak English. She lost a number of family members in the uprisings…

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The Wild Wild West

Posted on 18 March 2008

My father taught me one of the most amazing lessons I've ever learned about forgiveness. It happened when I was a young girl, about eight years of age or so. I was at home with my mother and two sisters…

Master Game Maker

Posted on 09 June 2003

The other day, I was sorting through some of the kid’s toys and ran across the “Mouse Trap” game that John had received for his sixth birthday. If you’ve never played it before, you’re really missing something.



“Mouse Trap” is…

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