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A new religious community: We are not the problem, we are the solution," says Fr Thomas Coughlin, a deaf Honolulu priest who has founded the Dominican Missionaries for the Deaf Apostolate with five other deaf men. Deaf since birth, it was Fr Coughlin’s lifelong dream to start a religious community where sign language is the…

In a long NYTimes Magazine profile  of a young actress, Vera Farmiga, we find this lovely quote from Farmiga, was was raised by Ukrainian Catholic parents, attended Ukrainian Catholic schools and didn’t speak English until she was 6: She took off her wig, exposing her short blond hair. Suddenly, she looked 10 years younger. “I…

A couple of parents of college freshmen post about orientation: Anthony Esolen posts at Mere Comments about the experience at Providence College, which is also where he teaches. Some of the normal, diversity, college life business, which prompts some of Esolen’s typically thoughtful meditation and then some good news: On the other hand … The…

The Lord’s Day always takes precedence of course, but September 3 remains the feast day of St. Gregory the Great, no matter what! Today at the Angelus, Pope Benedict spoke of Gregory: A pope as a model for public administrators? The suggestion came from Benedict XVI as he recalled the figure of St Gregory the…
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