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The Deacon's Bench
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deacon greg kandra
Last night at dinner, a priest asked me if I’d seen this piece in Time magazine, about the Latin mass. I confessed: no. So I sought it out online this morning. It’s a mixed bag. While the author’s appreciation of the old rite seems sincere, it sounds like she’s just tired of hearing homilies that…
Blessed are they who mourn
By
deacon greg kandra
Over at Deacon Tony’s Place, the good deacon has posted a beautiful reflection on love and loss: Ann ministered more to me than I ever expected. She led a long life and was married to her husband Jerry for over 63 years. Ann was a religious person, and before she passed to eternity, she repeated…
When the missionary isn’t a priest or nun
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deacon greg kandra
The folks over at America magazine have just put out their annual Ministry Issue, and the cover story is about how lay missionaries are stepping up to fill the void left by vanishing clergy: As the number of priests and religious in ministry around the globe declines, the number of lay people doing mission work…
What we have come to
By
deacon greg kandra
This story is the sort that just makes you shake your head in dismay and disbelief: In what is being called a ”wrongful birth” case, a jury awarded more than $21 million Monday to a couple who claimed a doctor misdiagnosed a severe birth defect in their son, leading them to have a second child…
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