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BLTs, the finches’ favorite music, and more (7 Quick Takes)
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BLTs, the finches’ favorite music, and more (7 Quick Takes)

Rita BuettnerJanuary 29, 20213 min read
The other evening I couldn’t think of anything I wanted to eat. Then I opened the freezer and saw some bacon.
Meet my mandolin
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Meet my mandolin

Rita BuettnerJanuary 27, 20213 min read
I have never considered buying a mandolin—neither the musical instrument nor the kitchen tool. But if I wanted to try to make this dish, I might as well do it right.
‘The Social Dilemma’
CommentaryFor the JourneyLent

‘The Social Dilemma’

Effie CaldarolaJanuary 27, 20214 min read
Perhaps a good question to ask as we look forward to Lent: How much time do I spend daily in prayer versus how much time on social media?
Does Holy Name Society still exist?/ Praying for all the dead
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Does Holy Name Society still exist?/ Praying for all the dead

Father Kenneth DoyleJanuary 26, 20213 min read
Father Doyle fields questions about the Holy Name Society and praying for the dead.
Names for public spaces matter
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Names for public spaces matter

Shannen Dee WilliamsJanuary 26, 20215 min read
As our nation and church continue to suffer the lethal effects of their ongoing failures to fully acknowledge and atone for centuries of slavery and segregation, the new Norman Francis Parkway is an important beacon of hope.
Cookies from a friend in heaven, losing the lottery, and more (7 Quick Takes)
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Cookies from a friend in heaven, losing the lottery, and more (7 Quick Takes)

Rita BuettnerJanuary 23, 20214 min read
The cookies are a beautiful reminder that the end of life on earth doesn’t mean the end of a friendship.
A saint’s two crowns
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A saint’s two crowns

Father Ed Dougherty, M.M.January 21, 20214 min read
Many people falsely believe that human strength is at the heart of heroism, but Maximilian Kolbe’s life demonstrates that the path to true heroism begins with humility.
Christ ‘descended into hell’/ Holy Family: Egypt or Nazareth?
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Christ ‘descended into hell’/ Holy Family: Egypt or Nazareth?

Father Kenneth DoyleJanuary 21, 20214 min read
Father Doyle fields questions about Christ’s ‘descent into hell’ and the Flight into Egypt.
President Biden’s top priority must be healing
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President Biden’s top priority must be healing

Christopher GuntyJanuary 19, 20214 min read
President Biden cannot force his opponents to listen to facts, but if he truly wants to unite the country, he needs to do things a lot different from the way past administrations have done.
Exhaustion meets new beginnings
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Exhaustion meets new beginnings

Hosffman OspinoJanuary 19, 20214 min read
The cavalier use of racist language in our public discourse, the rise of an emerging nationalism built upon anti-immigrant sentiments and the disdain for people who struggle with poverty, among other sociocultural misfits in our day, demand a communal examination of conscience.
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