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Old Zhou sends this along: According to this Italian news story by ANSA in Milano, a parish priest put up a sign reading: Dio conosce gia’ il tuo ombelico (God already knows about your navel) at the entrance to the parish church (S.Martino di Cinisello Balsamo) because they did not have any budget for "guards"…

Yeah, so we no longer have an Octave of Pentecost, but that’s not going to stop us. Go read Mike Aquilina on the Church Fathers and Pentecost. His blog should be one of your daily stops anyway. Writing about 198 A.D., Tertullian testified that Pentecost was one of the great feasts of the Christian year.…

A NYTImes Op-ed According to her friend, Dr. McCarron was in despair in recent weeks because Katherine’s language had regressed markedly. Every parent of a child on the autism spectrum knows this feeling: I’ve done everything possible; why isn’t he better? The answer is simple: Because this is the way autism works. There are roadblocks…

Pentecost edition: Just to clarify for any new readers: This is a recurring feature here at Open Book in which I invite readers to share their experiences at this past Sunday’s Mass (or church service – we often have folks from other denominations contribute), with a focus on music, homily and anything "special" – since…
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