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By: The Catholic Post - May 13, 2023 -
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Cause of Our Joy l Katie Faley I was raised in a family where home meant everyone was welcome. The door of my childhood home was always revolving with family and friends and friends that felt like family. Home is a place, a feeling, a family, and an entire existence. Home is everything. For me, […]
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By: The Catholic Post - April 29, 2023 -
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My Vocation Is Love l Lindsey Weishar Happy Easter! What a joy it is to be able to say this until Pentecost. We had 40 days of fasting and now we are in the midst of 50 days of feasting. What a gift! Though I delight in the fact that there is ample time to soak […]
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By: The Catholic Post - April 14, 2023 -
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Council Comments l Sister Sandra Brunenn, OSB Thank God for springtime! Flowers and fruit trees are blooming. Farm machinery is prepared for action. Garden centers are bursting with new arrivals. AND it’s mushroom hunting season! What beauty . . . what hope . . . and what productivity surrounds us. (I read recently that McLean […]
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By: The Catholic Post - April 14, 2023 -
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Cause of Our Joy l Katie Faley April is National Autism Awareness Month. While there’s technically an official patron saint of those with autism (St. Thorlak), there’s a lesser-known patron hiding in the shadow of her very famous sister. Léonie Martin was the older sister of St. Thérèse of Lisieux. There wasn’t much known about […]
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By: The Catholic Post - April 3, 2023 -
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My Vocation is Love l Lindsey Weishar This Lent marked my first foray into the world of “The Chosen.” This multi-season show about the life of Christ just released its third season at the end of 2022, and continues to move hearts. I am happy to count my own heart among them. For me, the show has been speaking […]
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By: The Catholic Post - March 25, 2023 -
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On Ordinary Times l Lucia A. Silecchia Every year, when I flip my calendar to December, thoughts of Christmas overwhelm me with anticipation of the joys to come and the great gift of Christ’s Nativity. Yet, when I open that same calendar to the month of March, my initial thought has never been, “The Solemnity […]
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By: The Catholic Post - March 19, 2023 -
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In My Father’s House l Paul Thomas Moore EDITOR’S NOTE: This is Paul Thomas Moore’s last regular column. He will return to the pages of The Catholic Post in the April 2 issue, however. More to come. . . . — This column began when I jotted down my reflection on the eve of Advent 2018, […]
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By: The Catholic Post - March 19, 2023 -
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Cause of Our Joy l Katie Faley In the Church we tend to forget guardian angels frequently. Except for when we’re little kids and we’re told that we have a constant friend watching out for us in our guardian angel, we really don’t hear too much about them. Since angels don’t have physical, earthly bodies like […]
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By: The Catholic Post - March 3, 2023 -
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My Vocation is Love l Lindsey Weishar Perhaps one of the greatest personal challenges for living out Lent is remembering that I am both body and spirit. That might seem a bit obvious — every person is both body and soul. However, so many times in history, the temptation has been to in some way […]
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By: The Catholic Post - February 17, 2023 -
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In My Father’s House l Paul Thomas Moore It’s my impression that the readership of The Catholic Post tends to skew somewhat toward the traditionally conservative. If you (like me) fit in this category, perhaps you — like me — find some of what the media reports Pope Francis as saying on certain issues to be […]
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