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Since we are in Advent, the season of waiting, how’s this for really waiting — a story so incredible, it just has to be true. From the Chicago Tribune: Two abstinence teachers who wed in Chicago experienced their first kiss at the altar. And it was a doozy — a two-minute smooch that drew cheers…

A couple days ago, I posted an amusing photograph from my parish’s Thanksgiving Day mass. To my amazement, it unleashed a tiny firestorm of comment and debate on the subject of girls serving on the altar. One veteran of my parish altar server society, who is now in college, was particularly upset by the reaction,…

From the In My Own Backyard Desk comes this heartening report about a novel fundraising event at a church in Brooklyn. From the New York Daily News: On Dec. 6 spotlights will crisscross the Brooklyn night sky. Avenue T between Van Sicklen St. and Lake St. will be closed off by police from the 62nd…

A couple of readers sent this my way, and I have to say: this is unbelievably cool. It’s an Advent app for your iPhone. As the good people at Mac describe it: Advent is a time of preparation and anticipation for the birth of Jesus. Advent is a time of sobriety in the face of…
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