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Going Dutch: inventing their own mass in Holland?
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
In some places, it seems, the era of liturgical innovation is far from over. And one of those places is Holland. Sandro Magister from Rome has done a little digging into what is happening to Catholicism in the land of tulips and windmills: In restoring full citizenship to the ancient rite of the Mass, with…
“More than ever, the world needs souls who will climb up on that mountain”
By
deacon greg kandra
Here’s a remarkable vocation story: a Franciscan who is also a musician — and who is about to enter a cloister in Italy. It comes from The Catholic Moment newspaper in Indiana: Music often tells a story, and a concert at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church let Father Maximilian Mary Dean, FI, share his…
Kerry: “I can’t take what is an article of faith for me and legislate it”
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deacon greg kandra
John Kerry — remember him? — popped up the other day and spoke to a group of reporters about religion, faith, and some of the controversy over abortion that dogged him in the 2004 presidential campaign. This, from Catholic News Service: On the first day of November 2007, U.S. Sen. John Kerry finally gave a…
I’m full of fudge — and chutzpah
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
Lo and behold, I return from a four-day retreat with Trappist monks — four days spent blissfully chanting the psalms at four in the morning, conversing with geese, napping at mid-day, and devouring brandy-laced fudge at dinner — when what do I find in my e-mailbox but a cheerful note from my favorite blogger in…
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