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The Deacon's Bench
“The successful priest or deacon is the one who is in love with Christ”
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jmcgee
Hundreds of clergy gathered earlier this week for the first-ever joint convocation of priests and deacons in the Brooklyn Diocese. Boston’s Cardinal Sean O’Malley delivered the keynote (which contained the sterling quote in the headline). The story, from “Currents,” below.
Cheers: priest opens bar in a Roman crypt
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jmcgee
Not only that, but it’s named for a beloved pope. From AFP: The beer is cheap, the waiters are talkative and the music is 1960s Motown — but the new pub that opened its doors this week in a historic crypt in central Rome is not really like any other. Start with the landlord being…
Habit-forming
By
jmcgee
“We human beings need symbols to remind us that we are not made for this world but, as St. Elizabeth Seton used to say, we are ‘children of eternity.’ Each piece of the habit reminds the person wearing it that she is made for God. The tunic reminds her of the baptismal garment, the scapular…
The priest in the Hawaiian shirt
By
jmcgee
Earlier, I posted on a priest developing a reality TV series. In a time-honored fashion, someone at a local TV station saw the story, and has tracked down the priest for a profile. See below. View more news videos at: http://www.nbclosangeles.com/video.
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