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“Currents” clips
By
deacon greg kandra
If anyone missed it — I know you were all glued to your computer screens last night (not) — you can catch part of yesterday’s debut of “Currents” at our website. Click on the screens to watch individual pieces. We hope to have a more extensive website running by fall, with complete episodes archived. But…
“Our life as monks is not set up to sit around and answer phones”
By
deacon greg kandra
Many readers may be familiar with Laser Monks, the innovative and popular ministry of some Trappists out in Wisconsin. Now, the New York Times looks at the lay women who make that ministry hum: At the ringing of a bowl-shaped bell, five monks at a remote monastery congregated in the chapel here for the fourth…
Obama v. the Church?
By
deacon greg kandra
From the Philadelphia Inquirer comes this blunt assessment of President Obama’s recent visit to Notre Dame: I’m ultimately led to a rational, if sinister, motivation on the president’s part. The Catholic Church has a long and unyielding position against abortion. Following the Supreme Court’s decision in Roe legalizing abortion, Pope John Paul II recognized the…
Well, who’da thunk?
By
deacon greg kandra
Just got word from a friend that I’ve won an award from the Catholic Press Association for this essay. Must’ve been a slow year in the publishing biz. Heh.
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