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More Than a Once-a-Year Holiday

by Stephanie Raha November 24, 2011

Mention “The First Thanksgiving” and people immediately think of Pilgrims in dark clothes with big white collars and brightly dressed Native Americans gathered for a feast at Plymouth, Massachusetts.  The year was 1621 and they spent three days celebrating the…

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Missal 3.0 – Part 5

by Justin Soutar November 24, 2011

Editor’s Note: On Nov. 27, the first Sunday of Advent, the new English translation of the Roman Missal will be implemented in all Catholic parishes in the United States. Here we present the final part of a five-part series about…

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Once a Sin — Now a Virtue?

by Jeffrey Tucker November 24, 2011

What makes “social teaching” different from the faith-and-morals magisterium of the Catholic Church? Most of the latter was settled early in Church history, with developments coming over time as subtle elaborations and careful applications of eternal truths.
Social teaching (including…

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“iCarly” Actor Plays “Game Of Your Life”

by Patti Maguire Armstrong November 23, 2011

What is fun, brings families together, and is free? Answer: Family Movie Night sponsored by Walmart and P & G, where even the commercials are family-friendly. (Oh, that sounds like a commercial itself, doesn’t it? But the only thing I’m…

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The Last Pure Holiday

by Michael K. St. Pierre November 23, 2011

I saw them the other day — Christmas decorations in all their glory showing up well before Thanksgiving. My first reaction was to shake my head. I thought to myself, “Doesn’t anyone enjoy Thanksgiving any more?” It seemed as if…

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Best-Selling Author Albom Brings “A Little Faith” to the Small Screen

by Patti Maguire Armstrong November 23, 2011

For some people, the journey towards God begins through relationships with people. Mitch Albom, a Detroit Free Press sportswriter who wandered far from his Jewish roots, experienced God through two very different men: one a Jewish rabbi and the other…

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SCRIPTURE SPEAKS: First Sunday of Advent

by Gayle Somers November 23, 2011

The Gospel reading sounds the call of Advent:  Be watchful!  How?

Gospel (Read Mk 13:33-37)
Our very first Gospel in this new season of Advent puts into our ears Jesus’ own words to prepare us for it:  “Jesus said to…

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“Love for Jesus and His Church must be the passion of our lives!” says Dolan to USCCB

by Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan November 22, 2011

My brother bishops: it is with that stunningly simple exhortation of Blessed Pope John II that I begin my remarks to you this morning. “Love for Jesus and His Church must be the passion of our lives!” You and I…

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Some Types of Sex Abuse More Repulsive than Others

by Dr. Jeffrey A. Mirus November 22, 2011

Nobody knows exactly who is guilty of what in the Penn State child sex abuse scandal. In 2002 a graduate assistant coach saw Jerry Sandusky sexually abusing a ten-year-old boy in the showers. Sandusky was, at the time, a former…

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The Catholic Briefcase

by Patti Maguire Armstrong November 22, 2011

Would you enter the lion’s den for your faith? It’s not a rhetorical question. People are still dying for their faith in Jesus Christ. Would you?
As a second-grader at St. Albert the Great, I asked myself that very question.…

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