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Setting the world ablaze: anticipating World Youth Day
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deacon greg kandra
Anyone who thinks of World Youth Day as just a “Catholic Woodstock,” should read this inspiring account from the site of the next WYD, Australia: It was eight years ago in a crowded park on the outskirts of the Vatican that Melissa Dwyer arrived abruptly at the crossroads of her life. One path offered to…
Deep in the heart of Texas
By
deacon greg kandra
While so many of us have been turning East, and focusing on the events in Washington and New York over the last several days, John Allen at NCR took some time to look westward. He’s got a fascinating piece in last week’s issue about Texas Catholics — and it really looks like that corner of…
Catholics “smitten” by Penecostals
By
deacon greg kandra
We’ve heard much about the Latino influence on the American Catholic Church — and how the tide of immigrants is replenishing the faith. But not all of those who come to this country Catholic remain in the Church. And the New York Times is taking a long and interesting look at this phenomenon — and…
What do you wear to a papal mass at a stadium?
By
deacon greg kandra
My wife and I have been wondering the same thing — and so this nifty article in the Washington Post was of particular interest: “So do not worry and say, ‘What are we to eat? or ‘What are we to drink? What are we to wear?’ . . . ” — Matthew 6:31 But what…
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