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The Deacon's Bench
Previous occupant: God
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deacon greg kandra
How would you feel if you saw your parish church listed in the real estate ads? Some parishioners in Cleveland weren’t exactly pleased: The members of St. Stanislaus parish will hold their final Mass this Sunday at 8:30 a.m. But even before the doors are closed for good, parishioners were shocked to see the real…
A monastery is born: Vietnamese monks establish “heavenly heart” in Texas
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deacon greg kandra
Further proof that the Church is alive and thriving in the South: word that a new Benedictine monastery is being established in the Lone Star State. From the Dallas Morning News: Here in cow country about 70 miles southeast of Dallas, amid scattered pecan trees and sloping fields of milkweed, six monks have come to…
Conversion: “The Waltons” actress transforms church into her home
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deacon greg kandra
Most of us remember her as Ike Godsy’s prim spouse up on Walton’s Mountain. But the actress Ronnie Claire Edwards is also something of a character herself, and she recently bought a Dallas Catholic Church and converted it into a living space. From the Dallas Morning News: “This was never intended as a habitat –…
Don’t kiss the saint
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deacon greg kandra
That’s evidently the latest rule enacted in Spain as a way of averting swine flu. Details: For centuries, pilgrims have visited one of Roman Catholicism’s holiest shrines—the cathedral holding the purported remains of St. James the Apostle, Spain’s patron saint. It was customary for them to hug a statue of St. James and even kiss…
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