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All are welcome: bringing back inactive Catholics
By
deacon greg kandra
If you want a glimpse at what the New Evangelization might mean, take a gander at this intriguing piece from a Catholic newspaper in Texas. The advice it contains seems both practical and prayerful — and sounds like plain old common sense: “There is not one single solution or magical solution available to bring people…
Kaddish and psalms for Cardinal Lustiger
By
deacon greg kandra
The funeral for Cardinal Lustiger tomorrow will reportedly be rife with symbolism and rich with meaning — as befits a man who survived the Holocaust and went on to become a leading figure in the Catholic Church: Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger, who sought to bring Jews and Catholics together in life, is continuing the mission in…
Tony Snow: “We can let love change everything”
By
deacon greg kandra
White House Press Secretary Tony Snow was profiled the other night on — ahem — some TV network. He spoke movingly about his battle with cancer. But it turns out he also wrote about it a few weeks ago, in this excellent piece for Christianity Today: The moment you enter the Valley of the Shadow…
Signs of the times
By
deacon greg kandra
Catholics don’t “do” church signs very much — it’s pretty much a Protestant phenomenon. But now someone has collected a few of the more memorable (and photogenic) ones in a book, The Great American Book of Church Signs. The good folks at Beliefnet have put up a gallery of the signs. They also describe the…
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