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Randy Pausch: an update
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deacon greg kandra
How could anyone forget Randy Pausch? Last year, I first posted the story of his amazing “last lecture” — and I even preached about it one Sunday in a homily. Steve Hartman, Oprah Winfrey and Diane Sawyer have all profiled him. His video has been watched by millions, and stories about him have hurtled around…
Lift high the cross (or crucifix)
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deacon greg kandra
As the plans for Benedict’s visit in April start to come together — and the itinerary becomes finalized — everybody wants to get into the act. And an effort seems underway to try and involve as many locals as possible, so that the Church (big C) will be represented by churches (small c), and that…
Worth a thousand words
By
deacon greg kandra
We got the season’s first big snow in New York City today. Here’s someone shoveling outside a business in Queens, just a few blocks from where my wife and I used to live. Photo: by Daniel Acker/Bloomberg News
French priest chronicles “Holocaust by Bullets”
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deacon greg kandra
Generations after the Holocaust left its mark on the world, there are still new chapters being written about that dark moment in history. The Chicago Tribune today has news of a French priest helping to tell the story: At first glance, Rev. Patrick Desbois seems an unlikely Holocaust investigator. Yet this modest Roman Catholic priest…
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