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Common scents
By
deacon greg kandra
Amy Welborn paid a visit to her husband’s grave, and came back with this stunning memory: Sitting there, nothing was revealed to me that I did not already know. Not really. I did not feel closer, and in fact I might even have felt a little further away. Further away than I do at home,…
The faith of Frank McCourt
By
deacon greg kandra
With the passing of celebrated storyteller Frank McCourt this week, the world lost more than just a gifted writer. It also lost someone with a deep and complicated connection to the Catholic faith. Peter Duffy notes in the Wall Street Journal: Peter Quinn, the novelist and a practicing Catholic, wrote in an email that his…
Nearer, my God, to thee…
By
deacon greg kandra
Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel is many things to many people – a study project to an atheist student, a dream (or nightmare) assignment to a photographer, an illustrated Bible to the believer. It is also a kind of evolutionary marker in the Grand Quest, as depicted in the reach between Creator and Creature-the chasm of knowledge…
Little Sisters, big step
By
deacon greg kandra
As promised yesterday, here’s the link to the story showing the Little Sisters of the Poor taking their first profession. It’s also available for viewing on our YouTube channel.
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