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Big fat juicy ones, long slim slimy ones…
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Big fat juicy ones, long slim slimy ones…

Rita BuettnerApril 16, 20182 min read
On our morning drive to school it was gray and rainy. It looked like a long, wet, gray day without outdoor recess.As our car inched along in the drop-off line, I spotted a little girl—maybe 6 or 7 years old—bounding along the sidewalk. She was stopping every few feet to bend down to the concrete, […]
Tie tying, homework and all that jazz, learning the Apostles’ Creed, a favorite board game, and more (7 Quick Takes)
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Tie tying, homework and all that jazz, learning the Apostles’ Creed, a favorite board game, and more (7 Quick Takes)

Rita BuettnerApril 12, 20184 min read
My parents sent our second-grader a new tie with a First Communion tie tack to wear, and he could not wait to put it on when it arrived.
Good Enough Is Good Enough: Q&A with Author Colleen Duggan
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Good Enough Is Good Enough: Q&A with Author Colleen Duggan

Rita BuettnerApril 11, 20184 min read
“Writing is such a form of prayer,” Colleen told me. “When I get out of the way, the Holy Spirit can really work through me.”
The first day of baseball season
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The first day of baseball season

Rita BuettnerApril 9, 20183 min read
At that first practice, anything and everything is possible. The season lies ahead of us fresh and clean and exciting.
Mother Angelica for sainthood?
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Mother Angelica for sainthood?

Father Kenneth DoyleApril 9, 20182 min read
Father Doyle answers a question about possible sainthood for the founder of EWTN.
Saving a seat for a stranger
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Saving a seat for a stranger

Rita BuettnerApril 9, 20184 min read
The responsibility to make everyone feel welcome at Mass begins with each of us.
Trust God’s love – now
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Trust God’s love – now

Father Joseph BreighnerApril 6, 20183 min read
The key to trusting God’s power after death is to trust his power during life.
Easter dinner and eggs and bunnies, a half-birthday celebration, and a sign of gratitude (7 Quick Takes)
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Easter dinner and eggs and bunnies, a half-birthday celebration, and a sign of gratitude (7 Quick Takes)

Rita BuettnerApril 5, 20184 min read
Easter fun, eggs, babies and gratitude.
Protect children, each and every one
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Protect children, each and every one

Paul McMullenApril 5, 20183 min read
Those who turn a blind eye to the children  who are victims of human trafficking; young refugees from Afghanistan or Syria; or the young ones among us who do not have ample food, clothing, shelter and education, contribute to their neglect.
Food for thought on helpless seniors
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Food for thought on helpless seniors

Richard DoerflingerApril 4, 20184 min read
The U.S. assisted-suicide movement has ridiculed slippery-slope arguments, saying we will never follow the Netherlands in approving assisted suicide for people who only have dementia. It seems we are almost there now.
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