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The Deacon's Bench
Would you like fries with that?
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deacon greg kandra
A Catholic foundation in Ohio is finding a new use for an old building. It’s taking over the very first Wendy’s hamburger restaurant: The original Wendy’s restaurant Downtown soon will reopen its doors, and though the new tenant won’t be slinging burgers, it will have something to offer the community. Officials with Wendy’s International and…
The Newman miracle: one deacon’s “umerited gift” — UPDATED
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deacon greg kandra
The Massachusetts deacon who was miraculously healed by the intercession of John Henry Newman is talking about the event that has lead to the late Cardinal’s beatification. Take a look: A day after Pope Benedict XVI ruled that John “Jack” Sullivan’s recovery had been a miracle, Sullivan, a resident of Marshfield, shared his story with…
“The acceptance of life makes people capable of mutual help”
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deacon greg kandra
“When a society moves towards the denial or suppression of life, it ends up no longer finding the necessary motivation and energy to strive for man’s true good. If personal and social sensitivity towards the acceptance of a new life is lost, then other forms of acceptance that are valuable for society also wither away.…
A fisher of men: meet a priest among the herring
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deacon greg kandra
From a far-flung corner of the British Empire comes this sweet tale of an old priest who is remarkably self-sufficient: ‘I’m an old man of 85. I live on fish and potatoes – we grow the loveliest potatoes in the world. I grow all my own crops; we grow them on raised beds of seaweed…
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