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Egan hospitalized
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deacon greg kandra
It was a more-dramatic-than-usual Palm Sunday at St. Patrick’s, as Rocco reports, with updates: Cardinal Edward Egan was taken to St. Vincent’s Hospital [late Saturday] after experiencing stomach pains… Doctors were running tests Sunday. Egan was awake and alert. Doctors were unclear what his problem was, but Church officials said the situation was not serious.…
Life is for sharing
By
deacon greg kandra
Yes, it is, and this inspired commercial makes you want to share — and dance, and just grin. Enjoy. A jolly H/T to Sister Boogaloo herself, The Anchoress. Meantime, if you want to know how they did it, watch this. And for something altogether different, there’s this version. You’ll never think of “The Sound of…
Here comes everybody: 2009 edition
By
deacon greg kandra
With a tip of the cap and a raised glass of Guiness to James Joyce, The Bench takes a cheerful look at the elect who are preparing to become the converted at next weekend’s Easter Vigil. A snapshot of the story in Baltimore, from the Sun: A police officer assigned to watch over a church…
“I have seen the Almighty and I saw Him in the eyes of the children”
By
deacon greg kandra
I’ve just stumbled on this engaging blog by a priest in the Church of England, who offers these thoughts about why he is serving in Iraq right now: In reality I am here because I believe The Almighty wants me here. I have a profound and simple faith. I have to admit I have never…
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