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The Deacon's Bench
A deacon sticks his neck out …
By
jmcgee
… on the topic of wearing the collar, after this post veered off the rails and became a debating exercise for deacons. Snip: Should deacons wear clericals? In my opinion, this is a decision best left to the deacon in question. The reason that the OBLIGATION to wear clerical attire is waived for permanent deacons…
A Catholic mother and “the current church”
By
jmcgee
Andrew Sullivan has posted this letter from a Catholic mother: My husband and I are raising our sons in the Catholic Church. We are active in my church, I teach religious education, we perform corporeal works of mercy with our fellow parishioners (our food pantry has added 100 families in the last six months). We…
“We get to carry each other, carry each other…”
By
jmcgee
The always-resourceful Frank Weathers over at Why I Am Catholic just posted a couple great videos, dedicated to the martyrs in Iraq. Here’s Bono and U2: One love, one blood, one life, you got to do what you should.One life with each other: sisters, brothers.One life, but we’re not the same.We get to carry each…
Your tax dollars at work
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jmcgee
Read this and weep.
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