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Critter Prayers and Transhumanism

by George Weigel May 25, 2012

Posed as ever on the cutting edge of the politically correct and theologically dubious, the Episcopal Church–U.S.A. will soon consider adopting a Burial Service for Beloved Animals, in which the following two Collects appear:
At the burial of a farm…

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Hear the Word

by Fr. George W. Rutler May 24, 2012

It can be disconcerting to watch the ranks of people walking along the city streets with wires in their ears, oblivious to the lives being lived around them, and tuning in only to what they choose to hear.  It is…

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Catholics Love A Good Birth Story

by Cari Donaldson May 14, 2012

You know who loves a good birth story?
Catholics do.
We’re kind of obsessed with them, if you think about it, or at least, obsessed with one in particular.  We retell it in pageant form, in song form, in picture…

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Fake it ’til You Make it

by Dwija Borobia May 14, 2012

It seems that being an 11 year old girl is really hard.  I mean, there’s a lot of heavy sighing and eye-rolling to be done.  You have to constantly correct people even when the situation doesn’t pertain to you in…

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Pope: Prayer

by Alexandra Richards May 1, 2012

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The Ease of My Reach

by Jane Sloan April 5, 2012

Recently in a senior religion class, I used Michelangelo’s The Creation of Adam to give students a visual example of the ‘gap’ between God and self we sometimes feel during prayer.  I described the miniscule space between the two fingers…

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St. Joseph is not a Leprechaun

by Dwija Borobia March 30, 2012

I know I’m late to the St. Joseph Post Party, that one I totally missed out on last week.  Luckily this isn’t really about St. Joseph.  Or leprechauns.  Oh, please don’t make that super sad face.  Stay with me just…

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Pope: Spiritual Excercises

by Alexandra Richards March 28, 2012

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First World Catholic Problems or Persecution?

by Daria Sockey March 27, 2012

Today’s Liturgy of the Hours, like much of the liturgy throughout lent, seems tailor-made for applying the rising attack on Christianity by  the forces of atheism, secularism, and recently, the United States government. With these psalms, we can complain and…

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A Balloon Could Save a Life

by Dwija Borobia March 19, 2012

The thing about getting to know your parish community is that your parish community knows you.  They pray for you and ask how you’re doing with this-and-that project and come up with ideas for you when you hit sticky spots…

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