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Extreme makeover: the NFP edition
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
Some savvy person decided that Natural Family Planning (NFP) needed a facelift. Or a makeover. Or something. And the Catholic Spirit newspaper is reporting on the results: For years, many of the engaged and newly-married couples receiving instruction in natural family planning from the Couple to Couple League have been crossing their arms and closing…
Veteran, theologian, and survivor of PTSD: “God gave me my identity back”
By
deacon greg kandra
We hear a lot about returning war veterans broken in body, but less about those who are broken in mind and spirit. But here’s the story of one veteran — who is also a theologian and teacher — who is working to see that those wounded warriors aren’t forgotten: John Zemler had nightmares. For 23…
Here comes the sun
By
deacon greg kandra
There’s been a lot of buzz about our eco-friendly pope, and now the Vatican is poised to make a little bit of history with solar power: A German solar company has given Pope Benedict XVI something special for Christmas: an electricity-generating solar rooftop for the Vatican’s Paul VI audience hall. The Bonn-based SolarWorld is donating…
Caught on tape: a monastic morning
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
Just when it seemed my life was getting a little too frenzied, my favorite blogger from a cloister sent this my way. Thanks. I needed this. (And I think a lot of us do.) It comes from a wonderful web site of videos called Love To Be Catholic. Enjoy.
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