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“The spiritual gateway” of Georgia looks to the future
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jmcgee
Some months back, I posted on the capital campaign underway at the Trappist Monastery of the Holy Spirit down in Georgia. Now this development has made the local news. Take a look: Father Methodius Telnack has lived on the grounds of the Monastery of the Holy Spirit in Conyers for 61 years. When he first…
Distraction for a Saturday afternoon
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jmcgee
Bored? Try this on for size. Weird Al’s inspired — dare I say, ingenious? — re-invention of an old Bob Dylan video, done entirely in palindrome. (Clearly, I have too much time on my hands…) And, for comparison, the original, below.
Homily for May 16, 2010: Seventh Sunday of Easter
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jmcgee
“The Stoning of St. Stephen” by James Michaels As I was looking over the readings for this weekend, I thought they sounded very familiar, and then it dawned on me: these were the same readings at my Mass of Thanksgiving, celebrated three years ago just after I was ordained. As I approach the anniversary of…
Nun approved abortion at Catholic hospital
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jmcgee
The circumstances were extraordinary — and the decision, I’m sure, was not easy to make. But the result has sparked a growing controversy in Arizona, where even the bishop has now intervened. From the Arizona Republic: A Catholic nun and longtime administrator of St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix was reassigned in the…
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