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“Deacons must always remember that their sacrament of marriage always will be first…”
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deacon greg kandra
Some of you may remember the back-and-forth we had here with the wife of a deacon in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. Some readers (including Your Humble Blogger) took issue with the archdiocese’s use of the designation “Deacon Couple.” The wife who had written to be originally offered to answer my questions about this. Here…
How do you make a marriage last 70 years?
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deacon greg kandra
Meet one couple with some answers: It was at a barn dance near the small community of Munjor, Kansas in the middle of the Great Depression when Marcellus Ruder asked 17-year-old Marcella Rohr to dance with him. Little did either realize that moment would change the course of their lives forever. In October, they will…
Bono and the pope: an encore?
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deacon greg kandra
The celebrated rocker knows his way around the Vatican, and he’s no stranger to papal audiences (see the photo above.) And a report indicates may meet with John Paul’s successor later this year: Bono has been invited to meet with Pope Benedict XVI, along with more than 500 other artists and performers. This group will…
God bless us, everyone: Disney’s new take on Dickens
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deacon greg kandra
Those of us who loved Robert Zemeckis’ “The Polar Express” can now look forward to another shiny present under our Christmas tree, with his take on “A Christmas Carol,” featuring Jim Carrey as Scrooge. A first look, below.
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