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Lost and found: man reconciles with Church after 80 years
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jmcgee
A remarkable odyssey has finally come to a close. From the Louisville Courier-Journal: In the annals of people who returned to their childhood faith after a time of alienation, few have had a longer sojourn than James O’Bryan. The Louisville native has reconciled with the Roman Catholic Church after being away from it for more…
Beyond Ground Zero: the Pentagon “mosque”
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jmcgee
While much of the news attention these days is focused on the proposed mosque near Ground Zero, another place of worship near the 9/11 attacks has gone largely unnoticed. From ABC News: Sometimes misidentified as the “Pentagon Mosque,” the non-denominational Pentagon Memorial Chapel maintained by the Pentagon Chaplain’s Office is where department employees who practice…
What’s a deacon do?
By
jmcgee
This website today posted a few answers — though it’s riddled with some pretty basic mistakes. (“Transitory” deacons? “Deaconate”?) Check it out and see what you think.
Of vocations — and vacations
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jmcgee
Your Humble Blogger is about to take a little down time — blogging will be light for a couple weeks — but before I go, here’s a nice picker-upper from The Anchoress: It’s that time of year again, when postulants receive the habit, novices take their first vows and some finally arrive at the long-hoped-for…
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