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Quote of the day: “We are particularly concerned about blogs…”
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jmcgee
“Secular media often falls into a trap of being cynical, disrespectful and sensationalist. Whatever is rudest or most sensational is what they often gravitate to. Catholic media can model what a civil, substantive media can and should be. Civil, substantive media pursues and presents stories of substance and depth that enrich all of our lives.…
Corpus Christi in Queens
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jmcgee
A parishioner sent these along this morning: some snapshots from our Corpus Christi procession at Our Lady Queen of Martyrs in Forest Hills, Queens. It was a beautiful event — with hundreds of parishioners and dozens of altar servers.
Mary Matalin, new Catholic
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jmcgee
The Republican strategist, editor and talk show host (and wife of Democratic loud mouth, James Carville) spoke to the Catholic Media Convention last weekend. At one point, she mentioned that she was raised Methodist, but joined the Catholic Church this past Easter, through RCIA. From Catholics News Service, via the Catholic Spirit: She shared her…
After 27 years, a deacon becomes a priest
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jmcgee
Stories like this one in Kentucky are rare, but not unheard of. But it’s big enough that is made the local paper: James Reinhart is accustomed to being called dad, grandpa or deacon, but he’s still getting accustomed to his new title. “I’m not used to being called Father Jim,” Reinhart said Sunday as he…
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