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Boots on the ground (but not on a field trip)
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Boots on the ground (but not on a field trip)

Rita BuettnerSeptember 12, 20183 min read
It’s the rainiest week of the rainiest month of the rainiest year. At least it feels that way.
Sweden’s Catholic past and future
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Sweden’s Catholic past and future

Greg ErlandsonSeptember 11, 20184 min read
For the past 500 years, Catholicism has made little impression on Sweden. Yet perhaps even now in this ardently secular country, there are small signs of change.
Fabric of Faith: A Q&A with Theresa Conlan of Happy Nest Home Goods
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Fabric of Faith: A Q&A with Theresa Conlan of Happy Nest Home Goods

Rita BuettnerSeptember 10, 20187 min read
Theresa Conlan of Happy Nest Home Goods is releasing her first cross stitch patterns this week! We took a few minutes to chat about her art, her business, and her faith.
I have seen the face of Christ
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I have seen the face of Christ

Christopher GuntySeptember 10, 20183 min read
Many years ago, I read an essay that pointed out that the church – whose head is Christ – must have a dual nature: like Jesus, both divine and human. If the church were not human, it would not be riddled with sinners and all that sin brings into our lives; but if the church were not divine, it could not have lasted two millennia, the argument went.
Clouds, a new school year, puzzles, fishing, when things fall apart, and more (7 Quick Takes)
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Clouds, a new school year, puzzles, fishing, when things fall apart, and more (7 Quick Takes)

Rita BuettnerSeptember 7, 20184 min read
Don’t you just love clouds? I don’t think I look up at the sky often enough. I saw this one last night, and I loved how it was lit up from behind like a lightbulb.
A day that takes the cake
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A day that takes the cake

Rita BuettnerSeptember 5, 20182 min read
Our younger son has been asking me to bake a cake.
A time to repent
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A time to repent

Archbishop William E. LoriSeptember 5, 20183 min read
The ongoing sexual abuse crisis in the Church has hit us with full force following the revelations concerning Archbishop Theodore McCarrick, former archbishop of Washington, and the Pennsylvania grand jury report. Once again, we were confronted with a tsunami of evil: the evil of those who perpetrated unspeakable crimes against children and young people; and […]
Pearls amid junk
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Pearls amid junk

Father Joseph BreighnerSeptember 3, 20183 min read
When you look at infinite space and countless solar systems and stars and galaxies, we’re part of a creation that is truly worthy of God.
“Raven” about a wish that came true
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“Raven” about a wish that came true

Rita BuettnerSeptember 1, 20184 min read
When you’re counting down to an event, it seems to take forever to get there. And then all of a sudden, it’s time! And you’re there! And it’s all happening in a wonderful rush.
When hard conversations have to happen
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When hard conversations have to happen

Laura Kelly FanucciSeptember 1, 20183 min read
For children’s sake, for our church’s sake, for the sake of our own souls, we cannot choose the easy way out and avoid what is difficult to say or do.
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