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“Reflections By The Bay”
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
That would be the Chesapeake Bay, in my beautiful home state of Maryland. And that happens to be the name of a wonderful little blog by a Redemptorist by the name of Fr. Andy Costello. A reader — another Redemptorist — dropped me a line not long ago and suggested I check it out. I…
“I got a peek at the pope”
By
deacon greg kandra
When John Paul made his first visit to these shores, in 1979, I was a “marshall” on the Washington mall — an usher, really, bused in with my parish — and vendors were selling tee shirts with that cute saying printed on the front. I imagine we’ll be seeing more like that when his successor…
It’s not “Conjunction Junction,” but “Vocation Station”
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
Remember Schoolhouse Rock? (If you don’t…well, nevermind. But the name of this new website hearkens back to that 1970’s classic.) A pal just sent this my way, and it looks terrific: a new website for vocations that specializes in the monastic and consecrated life. There’s a wealth of information here, and some great videos. Take…
Pass me a fig leaf, please
By
deacon greg kandra
Every now and then one of my favorite bloggers, The Anchoress, comes up with something so fresh and unpredictable and timely, I slap my forehead and say “Who’da thunk?!” This is one of those pieces: a well-thought-out meditation on Eden and sin and Lent and nakedness and covenants and, believe it or not, foreskin: Was…
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