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Consider yourself warned
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Deacon Greg Kandra
Cover your children’s eyes. I’m told: this rating was determined based on the presence of the following words: sex (2x) steal (1x) Gasp.
Advice for priests, deacons and handball players: know how to serve
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deacon greg kandra
This newly ordained priest, from the Diocese of Rockville Center (Long Island), has an interesting tale to tell. At one time Fr. Joseph Fitzgerald was an Olympic athlete, playing handball: Father Fitzgerald participated in the World Cup and the Pan American Games, as well as the Summer Olympics. He described the sport in a 2001…
Best vocations video. Ever.
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
Last year, I had the good fortune to see this video, and someone has finally posted it on YouTube. It’s called “Fishers of Men,” and it’s a stirring and brilliantly produced vocations video from the USCCB. You can order copies of it from Grassroots Films. Below is part one, which runs about eight minutes… …and…
And every one of them wants to sit in the last pew
By
deacon greg kandra
Catholic America got a little bigger last year, according to USA Today. The official Catholic Directory, due out this week, counts just over 64 million of us. Give or take: There are probably “ghosts” in the lists, says demographer Mary Gautier, senior researcher for the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate, in Washington, D.C.…
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