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[Note: This homily was delivered last Sunday to about 250 deacons and their wives at the opening liturgy of the annual gathering of the National Diaconate Institute for Continuing Education (NDICE) at Xavier University in Cincinnati. I was also privileged to be the keynote speaker later that night. The homily was designed, then, for a…

I’m heading this morning to Cincinnati, to speak at the annual gathering of the NDICE (National Diaconate Institute for Continuing Education) at Xavier University. If you’re there, stop by to say hello! Blogging will be very light until my return on Monday. So I’ll leave you with this classic, from my youth. (Whatever happened to…

A couple weeks back, a parish in Manhattan drew a lot of attention — and criticism — for its involvement in New York’s annual “gay pride” parade. I posted an item on the controversy and it got some lively comment. On “Currents,” we decided to take a closer look at the parish and its outreach…

The simmering thread about church music got me to thinking about church architecture. (No, I’m not going to start another Top 10 list…but it’s tempting…) I remembered a conversation I had when I met Fr. George Rutler, at his magnificent church, Church of Our Savior. I commented about how beautiful the church was and he…
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