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Where’s Our Lady of Crosby?
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deacon greg kandra
Here’s a fascinating nugget from McNamara’s Blog. He notes that today marks the anniversary of the death of Bob Hope, a late-in-life convert who funded a chapel at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington: The name of the chapel? Our Lady of Hope! In 1994 the Washington Post announced: A new chapel…
Speaking of dancing…
By
deacon greg kandra
My Anglican e-pal Bosco Peters, in New Zealand, noting the kerfuffle over that wedding march, has pointed me to this intriguing video of an Episcopal parish in San Francisco which regularly uses dance as part of its liturgy. Below is a snippet from its Easter Vigil — which, I dare say, is unlike any that…
Tim Tebow: “Yep, I’m a virgin”
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deacon greg kandra
Okay. Confession time: I don’t follow college sports. So the name “Tim Tebow” doesn’t ring any bells with me. But this guy is on the cover of Sports Illustrated, and evidently a very big deal. So it was an even bigger deal when this muscular, wildly popular jock admitted to a gaggle of reporters —…
And to think, it all started with the church bulletin…
By
deacon greg kandra
I can’t believe I missed this story a couple weeks ago. But with a cheerful wave of the deacon’s stole to Charm City blogger Fr. Austin Murphy (who saw it first), I happily post this account, from the Baltimore Sun, of an astonishing act of multiple generosity: It all started when a Virginia man read…
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