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The Deacon's Bench
The journalist and the bishop
By
deacon greg kandra
This is just too good and interesting to pass up. As a journalist who happens to be a member of the clergy (or a clergyman who happens to be a journalist, take your pick), I found this encounter between a venerable columnist and a bishop both heartening and fascinating. The columnist is the Providence Journal’s…
‘Tis the season
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
This has been working its way around the ‘net for some time now, but since it is wedding season, I think it’s always good to remind ourselves that sometimes the Perfect Day…isn’t. (The baptism included in this compilation is a riot, too.) It’s been said by someone (Hallmark?) that angels fly because they take themselves…
Did you remember to send a card?
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
“Obviously, of course, big holiday over the weekend. And I would like to wish all of you a happy belated 800th anniversary of the conversion of St. Francis of Assisi.” — Stephen Colbert on The Colbert Report this past Monday. All this and more, from Catholic Colbert, a thriving and delightful website for my fellow…
A deaf man hears the call
By
deacon greg kandra
From the newspaper Catholic San Francisco comes this wonderful vocation tale, of a deaf man named Paul Zirimenya, who was just ordained a priest: “I am proud of my deafness and never in my life have I ever wished to be hearing,” wrote Father Zirimenya in a recent e-mail. “Mainstream culture says, ‘You need to…
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