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The Deacon's Bench
Ron Hansen: “Writing is a ministry”
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deacon greg kandra
I’m almost finished reading Ron Hansen’s superb new novel,“Exiles”, so I was intrigued to see this profile of the author — and deacon — and to read his thoughts on his twin vocations: Best-selling novelist Ron Hansen stood in the nave of Chicago’s St. Vincent de Paul Church on a spring afternoon under the towering…
Preparing to bury the mouse
By
deacon greg kandra
Computer geeks — or even just ordinary PC users, which seems to be everyone these days — can lower the flag to half-staff and have a moment of silence for that beloved icon of an age: the mouse. The obit is here: It’s nearly 40 years old but one leading research company says the days…
G’day!
By
deacon greg kandra
Pope Benedict, clearly getting into the Australian swing of things, as he begins World Youth Day. You can read the texts of his addresses right here. H/T to Rocco.
Worth a thousand words
By
deacon greg kandra
Actually, you can read those thousand words right here. This is a shot from my in-laws’ 50th anniversary celebration. I’m the one on the left. The fellow on the right is the celebrant, Msgr. Vincent Gatto, 82-years-young and a true gentleman.
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