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A vocation website with something for everyone…almost
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deacon greg kandra
A pal sent this my way, and it’s too good not to share: a wonderful blog devoted to vocations, run by a fellow named Brad Watkins (seen on the left with an older priest who may be familiar to you…). According to his profile, Brad is married, with four young children, and in formation to…
Lest we forget: 62 years ago today
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deacon greg kandra
Jim Wallis over at Beliefnet posted this haunting poem, from a Catholic poet named Mitsuyoshi Toge, who survived the dropping of the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima: How could I ever forget that flash of light! In a moment, thirty thousand people ceased to be, The cries of fifty thousand killed At the bottom of…
The “open book” will be closing
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deacon greg kandra
Amy “Open Book” Welborn has launched a brand spanking new blog called, simply, “Amy Welborn”. If you want to know why, here’s part of her explanation: Because it takes a lot of time and energy that you just can’t see. There’s this cumulative expectation, built up over the years, that my blog had to be…
Serving up vocations
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deacon greg kandra
For nine days, leading up to the feast of St. John Vianney, August 4, my parish prayed a novena for vocations to the priesthood. Then, on August 4, at the 5 p.m. vigil mass, we had a special mass to conclude the novena. The celebrant was a newly ordained priest from our diocese, with six…
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