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Pope Benedict took some time yesterday to recall St. Lawrence, 1,750 years after his martyrdom. The Advent-related theme was about the importance of being watchful, and vigilant: “Vigilance means spending every instant of our time within the horizon of His love without allowing ourselves to be cast down by the inevitable difficulties and daily problems.…

A few months ago, one of my classmates who was ordained with me just last year died after a brief illness. The deacons of Atlanta have now suffered a similar loss. I got the following e-mail earlier tonight: Deacon Dale Lister, Archdiocese of Atlanta, ordained this past February, went to be with the Lord last…

This is noteworthy, mostly because it’s the sort of thing that doesn’t usually get much attention. But it should. It’s a story about a group of deacon candidates being admitted to the ministry of reader (or lector) in Kansas: Be faithful to the church and proclaim the Word of God precisely, Bishop Robert W. Finn…

A reader who knows about this sort of thing wrote me with this exciting news, which has gone largely unreported: it seems the fella just named the new auxiliary bishop for Washington, Msgr. Barry Knestout is the son of a deacon — and the first ever named to the order of bishop. Not only that,…
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