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The Deacon's Bench
One man’s call: “You mean, people are actually doing that?”
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deacon greg kandra
Just before Christmas, the New York Times had a terrific piece on the good work being done by the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal (Fr. Benedict Groeschel’s boys) in the South Bronx. Take a look: Hearing a knock at the door, Brother Nicholas White peeked through a small cross-shaped window and opened the door at…
Wholly family: “Ordinary lives touched in a special way by God’s grace”
By
deacon greg kandra
With the Feast of the Holy Family on Sunday, the Catholic Standard in Washington has a wonderful glimpse at how one family aspiring to holiness produced two priests — one of whom is about to be ordained a bishop. And their father? He was a deacon. Read the remarkable story of Barry Knestout: Sometimes as…
Clearly showing the effects of too much eggnog
By
deacon greg kandra
Your Humble Blogger, with Fr. Frank Passenant and my pastor, Msgr. Joe Funaro, just before Midnight mass.
How do you solve a problem like Maria?
By
deacon greg kandra
If your name is Von Trapp, and you’re the grandson of that fabled former nun, you decide to turn the lemons of Hollywood into lemonade. The New York Times catches up with the family heirs and what they’re up to today: When Sam von Trapp, the grandson of Maria, the singing nun made famous by…
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