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“The way it goes in America”
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deacon greg kandra
As we get ready to celebrate another 4th of July, another Independence Day, Peggy Noonan has offered us a reminder of what it means to be an American, and it involves a story about Brooklyn and a priest: I was at a wake for an old family friend named Anthony Coppola, a retired security guard…
The pope is a-Pauled
By
deacon greg kandra
As reported a couple of weeks back, Pope Benedict today made it official: next year will begin a special jubilee year in honor of St. Paul: The pope said the Pauline year will run from June 28, 2008, to June 29, 2009, to mark the approximately 2,000th anniversary of the saint’s birth. He made the…
Let it pour
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
We had a fierce storm in New York City last night that did a very good job of flooding some roads and knocking out some power in pockets around town. So it is with a little irony, and a lot of gratitude, that I stumbled on this post from David Kuo, which introduced me to…
Set your TiVow
By
deacon greg kandra
I’ve spent most of my adult life working in television. It never ceases to amaze me what TV executives think people want to watch. And when I saw this story pop up, I was surprised all over again: there’s a new TV drama called “Vows,” created by Karen Hall, which actually treats the priesthood with…
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