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What a parish website can be
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jmcgee
There are a lot of awful ones out there, but I have to say that the Church of the Good Shepherd in Beverly Hills may have one of the most appealing, attractive, informative and user-friendly sites anywhere. (Is it mere coincidence that a deacon, Eric Stoltz, had a hand in designing it?) Check it out.…
Wow: 9,000 confessions at parish mission
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jmcgee
Well, it was in 1891. But this clip from the Brooklyn Eagle (thanks to Pat McNamara!) offers a fascinating glimpse at the way we were: On the Tuesday after the beginning of the week’s exercises the missionaries commenced to hear confessions. By this time the sermons had prepared the people for this sacrament. The missionaries…
Bye bye bingo?
By
jmcgee
A fabled Catholic cultural institution may be vanishing in one part of the country: It seems that the “bingo bubble” in many areas of the Albany Diocese has burst. The game of chance long subsidized many parishes and schools, bringing in tens of thousands of dollars a year in some instances. But today, group after…
A home for Latin in the Lone Star state
By
jmcgee
A church in North Texas is now the official home for the Latin mass in that part of the state. From the Dallas Morning News: Jack Schmidt converted to Catholicism about a decade ago and never learned Latin. But that’s the language he prefers for Mass. “I really feel like I’ve been to Mass when…
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