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Coming soon: a diocese with only 65 priests?
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
Grim news from the American northeast, where the number of priests continues its decline, and where dioceses are taking some radical but necessary steps. This, from the Sun Journal paper in Maine: The number of Catholic priests in the city will shrink again. Lewiston parishioners were told Saturday that Monsignor Marc B. Caron and two…
Looking for a few good men
By
deacon greg kandra
Here’s a little something to lift your heart on a Sunday, a story about a huge gathering of men in Milwaukee, all eager to learn and live the gospel message: Father Larry Richards, host of Relevant Radio’s “Changed Forever” program, didn’t pull any punches as the leadoff speaker for the second annual Men of Christ…
A prayer for Lent
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
God of all compassion, Father of all goodness,to heal the wounds our sins and selfishness bring upon usyou bid us turn to fasting, prayer, and sharing with our brothers and sisters. We acknowledge our sinfulness, our guilt is ever before us:when our weakness causes discouragement,let your compassion fill us with hopeand lead us through a…
The Catholic town without a Catholic parish
By
deacon greg kandra
The people who have settled in at the Catholic town of Ave Maria in Florida are facing a curious contradiction. They don’t have, officially, a parish: For four years, the idea of a parish in Ave Maria has been on the table for the town that is attracting Catholics from all over the country since…
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