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“There is no disadvantage at all of being deaf for a priest”
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deacon greg kandra
A couple weeks ago, I posted the item about Boston’s new deaf priest. And recently the Religion News Service caught up with Fr. Shawn Carey to ask him a few questions about his singular vocation. They exchanged some Q&A emails with him. An excerpt: Q: What was it like growing up as a deaf Catholic?…
Year for Priests: the website
By
deacon greg kandra
Can’t wait for the Year for Priests to get started? The USCCB is one step ahead of you: The U.S. bishops’ Secretariat for Clergy, Consecrated Life and Vocations has set up a Web site to mark the Year for Priests, a worldwide celebration from June 19 of this year to June 19, 2010. Pope Benedict…
A “Currents” affair
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deacon greg kandra
For those who have been clamoring for it, relax. Complete episodes of “Currents” are now archived at our YouTube channel. They go up the day after they air. Monday’s show is below. (You can also find other episodes of other shows from the NET at the YouTube link. Surf around. You might be surprised at…
Less is more
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deacon greg kandra
More and more, people are learning to get by with less and less, and writer Pico Iyer has shared some of his thoughts on his own self-imposed austerity in this week’s New York Times: Though I knew that poverty certainly didn’t buy happiness, I wasn’t convinced that money did either. So — as post-1960s cliché…
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