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Happy Labor Day, from Pope John Paul
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
Karol Wojtyla, as a young factory worker in Poland. “I come from your midst. I come from the quarries of Zakrzowek, from the Solvay furnaces in Borek Falecki, and then from Nowa Huta. Through all these surroundings, through my own experience of work, I boldly say that I learned the gospel anew.” — Pope John…
“To grow in holiness, that’s what I want to do”
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
A fellow blogger sent his my way, and it’s too good and too rare to pass up. It’s the story of a teenager who is planning to become — are you sitting down? — a nun. From The Catholic Globe newspaper of Sioux City, Iowa: At 19 years of age, to the world, Emily Morse…
Ah, Sunday
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
Periodically, people ask me what my Sunday is like. It varies week to week, but most of the time it has this common theme: it’s not a day of rest. This weekend was a little different, because it was a long holiday weekend, which meant masses were less crowded and one of our priests was…
Looking for vocations in the military
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
The Archdiocese of St. Louis has a high-profile priest (who is also the son of a deacon) who is planning to do a little field work in the months ahead. But his field will be an airfield. This comes to us from St. Louis Review: Former vocations director Father Michael T. Butler may be answering…
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