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The Deacon's Bench
Missing from the pews, but not from the faith
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
Anyone curioius about what Catholics really think of the Church — and why so many of them aren’t there for Sunday mass — should check out the Rhode Island Catholic for an interesting piece on Catholics who are absent, but still “Catholic”: It is no secret that Mass attendance has fallen across the United States…
Faith and politics: “Things seem to be getting out of kilter”
By
deacon greg kandra
Is any candidate good enough? These days, maybe not. Peggy Noonan has some thoughts this morning on the impact that Christian conservatives have had on American politics: The Republican race looks–at the moment–to be determined primarily by one thing, the question of religious faith. In my lifetime faith has been a significant issue in presidential…
On Mary: “She adapted herself to the mentality of her audience”
By
deacon greg kandra
The Vatican has used yesterday’s feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe to issue some thoughts on what it means to be a Catholic communicator. As a Catholic, and a communicator, I found this pretty interesting: Like Our Lady of Guadalupe, Catholic communicators must share the message of the Gospel in a way that reflects the…
“You don’t see the Stations of the Cross”
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
The other day, Rocco posted about St. Louis’s Fr. John Jay Hughes, whose homilies have become the stuff of legend. The good padre now has started posting them to a blog. One of my readers sifted through some of the homilies and came across this wonderful nugget: “The Lord came to me more recently, and…
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