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A reunion of folks who grew up in the care of Fr. Nelson Baker’s orphanage We were the original “Band of Brothers,’ ” said Gerald Schenk, who sang in the choir. Today, the former Baker Boys – and the women, too, who grew up in the Infant Home and Orphanage – embody the last remnants…

That’s how a guy at the hotel sports bar, talking to Michael, referred to people who can see. Well, this sightling learned a lot last week. CBA is usually a somewhat overwhelming experience, but I have to say that the convergence of over 3,000 blind people at our hotel for the national convention of the…

We’re up to day 3. More exciting by the moment, eh? Joseph and I messed around Wednesday morning, then, out of simple boredom, boarded the bus to take us from the hotel to the World Congress Center. (Riding the bus and the train being highlights of trips for 3-year olds). Got to the OSV booth…

In CT, (actually Books and Culture a Phillip Jenkins review of what sounds like a really interesting new book, Preaching Eugenics: Religious Leaders and the American Eugenics Movement Given such cooperation, it is not surprising to find a convergence of scientific and religious rhetoric in eugenic propaganda during the 1920s. Eugenic themes surfaced frequently in…

Portland, Oregon archdiocese says it willl file for bankruptcy

Well, actually next month. I finally found information on my August speaking engagement there. It’s part of an Apologetics seminar series: The Cathedral of Christ the King will begin its 7-week Apologetics Seminar, Reason to Believe, on Fridays, July 9, 16, 23, 30, August 6, 13 and 20. Mass will be celebrated each evening at…

Day 2 at the ballpark was far more successful than the first..

…would seem to be the book title that encapsulates the apparent priorities of the CBA crowd these days, especially if the epilogue was a mini-romance novel. Yes, it’s that time of year. The time of year for me to dissect pop evangelical culture as I experienced it at the annual Christian Booksellers’ Association exhibit. (And…

Lexington Catholics talk about their bishop Gainer’s stances please many conservatives. But other Catholics say Gainer has set the wrong tone since his February 2003 installation, warning dissenters and purging liberals from leadership posts. The new bishop has been criticized for removing about half of the top-ranking women from leadership positions at the diocesan center…

Baghdad bishop to speak in Chicago As leader of Iraq’s tiny Roman Catholic population, overseeing a diocese of about 2,500, Sleiman’s parishes are islands in the predominantly Muslim country. The few Christians in Iraq — about 3 percent of the population, or 800,000 people — are mostly Eastern Rite Catholics who do not follow the…
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