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Deacons in the Archdiocese for the Military Services
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deacon greg kandra
Last week I posted this interesting item on deacons who serve as military chaplains in Canada. Now Roman Catholic Vocations has a follow up, with more details from the United States. The item below comes from the AMS (Archdiocese for the Military Services) website: The Archdiocese for the Military Services (AMS) does not provide a…
Churches report drop in Sunday collections
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deacon greg kandra
The economic downturn is hitting some churches in their most sensitive area: the collection plate. From the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: For weeks now, Matt McCarron has been unable to muster the strength to go to Sunday Mass. A lifelong Catholic, he’s often found solace in prayer. And though young, he tries to give faithfully for the…
Ladies and gentlemen, the Virgin Mary…
By
deacon greg kandra
That would be the young actress depicted below, Camilla Belle, who is slated to star in a new film on Mary called “Mary, the Mother of the Christ,” written by Barbara Nicolosi and Benedict Fitzgerald (who also wrote “The Passion of the Christ”). You can read more at Barb’s blog, which has the following, from…
“In the face of the media’s intense hatred of our Catholic faith…”
By
deacon greg kandra
There’s quite a storm brewing out in Illinois, involving allegations of sex abuse, lawyers, the bishop and, it seems, the media: Catholic Bishop Daniel Jenky is lashing out at the news media and Illinois courts over the handling of sexual abuse allegations made against priests. In a letter dated for distribution this weekend to Catholic…
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