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Respecting life…by opposing the death penalty
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jmcgee
That is one message that is often lost during Respect Life month, and the USCCB is bringing it to the forefront as October comes to an end: As the 2010 edition of Respect Life Month drew to a close, the issue of capital punishment was once again in the world spotlight as the Vatican called…
There be drama in “There Be Dragons”
By
jmcgee
Beliefnet’s Movie Mom Nell Minow is featuring at her blog a promotional clip for the upcoming movie, “There Be Dragons,” about Josemaria Escriva, the founder of Opus Dei. The movie is due out in the spring of 2011. Take a look.
Homily for October 31, 2010: 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time, World Priest Day
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jmcgee
In the early 1950s, some of the most important mission work in the Church was happening in a place many of us might find surprising: Florida. Back then, the total number of Catholics in Florida came to just 70-thousand. That’s not in one diocese, or in one city. That’s the entire state. Sixty years later,…
For Halloween, a musical interlude
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jmcgee
Here’s a sweet treat for your candy sack: a classic musical moment from Frank Oz’s “Little Shop of Horrors.” Ellen Green warbles about her longing for a better life in sunny suburbia. (“I cook like Betty Crocker, and I look like Donna Reed…”) A friend of mine once wryly noted that he thought it…
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