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Now playing: Jesus, Judas, and a Jesuit
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deacon greg kandra
Jesuit Father James Martin wears many hats — editor, essayist, raconteur, priest — and is probably most familiar to American Catholics as the author of the instant classic “My Life With The Saints” (coming in paperback in October.) Now he’s donned another hat, play doctor, and has written about his experience in the world of…
Here comes Father. And his family.
By
deacon greg kandra
A parish in Arkansas is facing something it never expected: a new pastor. And his wife and kids: Students returning to St. Joseph School will have something different this fall: They’ll be joined by the son of the parish’s new pastor. Father Bradley Barber, 51, is a former Episcopal priest who has since converted and…
Evangelicals seeking tradition beat a path to the Orthodox Church
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deacon greg kandra
What’s an unhappy evangelical Christian to do? In growing numbers, members of various Protestant denominations have decided they’ve had enough, and are converting. And more often than not, they’re joining the Orthodox Church. According to The New Republic: While it’s unlikely that the Orthodox Church–which, according to the best estimate, has only 1.2 million American…
St. Teresa of Calcutta?
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deacon greg kandra
With the 10th anniversary of her death approaching, Blessed Mother Teresa is very much in the news. A collection of her letters, in which she details her spiritual struggles and doubts, is about to be published. Instead of throwing cold water on her cause for sainthood, I suspect it will only fan the flames; the…
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