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Teaching kids it’s not “weird” to pray
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jmcgee
When was the last time your kids saw you pray? This columnist suggests it doesn’t happen often enough: Years ago, well before I had children of my own, I was giving a talk to the parents’ Sunday school class at a church in downtown Memphis. The topic was how to keep teens involved in church.…
For Memorial Day: “Earn this”
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jmcgee
The beautifully rendered conclusion of “Saving Private Ryan.” We remember. With gratitude and sorrow and love.
Just in time for Trinity Sunday…three new deacons
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jmcgee
It happened in Buffalo: Donald Weigel left his job six years ago as a corporate executive at a Fortune 500 company to pursue a different calling, to become a permanent deacon in the Catholic Church. He returned to Western New York from Richmond, Va., and over the course of five years, he taught and worked…
Screening seminarians: “When was the last time you had sex?” — UPDATED
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jmcgee
That’s just one of the cringe-inducing questions that potential seminarians now have to answer, as part of the vetting process. And the New York Times takes a look at what that process entails in 2010: Every job interview has its awkward moments, but in recent years, the standard interview for men seeking a life in…
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