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1.7KCalled to be a parish priest
Father Eugene Wolf reflects on what parish life meant to him When Bishop John Treacy placed his hands on me on May...
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Merle Haggard and the New Evangelization
Does the name Merle Haggard ring a bell? For those 30 and older, it likely does. Does the name Merle Haggard make...
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The transforming power of the Eucharist
St. Raymond Parish in Fall Creek and St. Mary Parish in Altoona Father Sakowski reflects on the impact adoration can have —...
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Called to profess, not success
“God has not called me to be successful. He has called me to be faithful.” — Mother St. Teresa CALLED In the...
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An Old Fashioned Lent
When I was asked to produce a few hundred words about Lent, my thoughts turned to the daunting task of coming up...
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We march humbly for a cause
“Babies are loud, smelly, and expensive, unless you really want one” – this Planned Parenthood billboard ran many years ago and it...
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Maribel comes home
I was 28 years old and living in Austin, Texas, when I got the news: I was going to have a foster...
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Praying for the living and the dead
Earlier this past summer, I was riding shotgun in the lead vehicle of a funeral procession — a position I quite commonly...
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Instructing the ignorant
An unexpected opportunity for a one-liner Ann Lankford Director of the Office for Catechesis and Evangelization Recently, I returned to my hometown...
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A Pack of Dogs and Understanding Ministry
By Chris Rogers Director of the Office for Youth and Young Adult Ministry The year was 1995. I was a college student...