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There’s a renewed push in many parishes to lure back Catholics who have wandered away from the faith. And this item, about one deacon’s efforts, illustrates one move underway in Memphis: Dressed in cream-colored robes, beneath a portrait of the crucifixion, Deacon Jack Conrad radiates religious devotion. Assisting with a recent service at St. Ann…

Jeff Miller, the Curt Jester, notes the following: Using just anecdotal evidence I wonder if today’s Holy Day of Obligation is the least attended. Year after year no matter what parish I might go to on the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God there is but half the people there you would see on a…

A local station here in New York has been running a “Honeymooners” marathon all day today — and I was lucky enough to catch this episode, which always just slays me. I’ve seen at least a dozen times, and it gets me every time. Enjoy. And Happy New Year!

We come like the magi,as wise and as foolish men and women to kneel before the Christ child.We bring our regrets from the past year,our shame, our guilt,acknowledging our failures and ready to begin afresh. Touch us with your hand of forgiveness.Help us also to forgive ourselves. We come like the shepherds,from out on the…
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