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Baptism update: what is it about Irish girls?
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deacon greg kandra
Well, I married one — a lovely lass named Siobhain, whose great grandmother arrived at Ellis Island with little more than a handbag and a determined attitude. And yesterday, for my first baptism, I baptized one — another determined little lass named Margaret Flanagan. It was a wonderful moment for me (and, I hope, for…
America’s only pontifical seminary opens a school for deacons
By
deacon greg kandra
Intriguing news clattered over the wire a short time ago: the prestigious Pontifical College Josephinum, the only Pontifical Seminary in North America, has announced the establishment of the Institute for the Formation and Ministry of the Permanent Diaconate at its historic campus in Columbus, Ohio. As the press release puts it: Rev. Christopher J. Schreck,…
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