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Catholic teacher who lost job over annullment speaks out
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deacon greg kandra
Last month, I posted the story of a Catholic school teacher who lost his job because he remarried without an annullment. That wasn’t the end of the story. According to the Des Moines Register, he’s fighting back: Tom and Molly Girsch had less than a week of wedded bliss before their lives were thrown into…
The business of being Catholic: a new website takes off
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deacon greg kandra
From California — where trends like to begin — comes word of a new website devoted to Catholic business professionals: the Catholic Business Journal. According to the California Daily Catholic: CBJ’s inaugural press release announced its ambitious August public launch, hoping within a few months to “consistently reach” more than three million Catholics business people…
Coming to America: foreign-born priests settle in
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deacon greg kandra
We’ve heard of student exchange programs, for high school and college students. Now comes word of a priest exchange program, being tried in Kentucky, according to the Lexington Herald-Leader: Record hot temperatures in recent weeks haven’t phased the Rev. Shijo Vadakkumkara. The 28-year-old priest said he’s used to the humid and sultry weather with only…
Homily for September 2, 2007: 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
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deacon greg kandra
Today’s scripture readings are about something we don’t hear mentioned very much. Humility. If you go to “Google” and type in the word “humility,” you’ll get about 8 million entries. But if you then go and type “fame,” you’ll get 83 million – 10 times the amount for humility. That about sums it up. Fame…
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