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By Sr. Constance Veit
Our motherhouse is located on a large property in a tiny village in rural France. With its old stone buildings, expansive pastures, flower gardens, and shaded pathways, it’s a gorgeously bucolic setting and the most peaceful place I’ve ever been. During the year that I lived there I don’t think I heard a single airplane […]
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By Mary Beth Bonacci
Several weeks ago, I was invited on short notice to help “fill a table” at a benefit dinner. The theme of the evening was the Roaring ‘20s. (The 1920s, not the current decade, which seems to “roar” decidedly less.) So, I hit the interwebs and found a long sparkly gown to rent for the weekend. […]
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By Elizabeth Foss
Are you weary today? Does it all just feel like too much? Can you rally just a little? God sees you there, tired and maybe a little lost. He recognizes that you feel alone and abandoned, even if you are actually in the midst of a great number of people. (Moms who are surrounded by […]
Books
By Regina Lordan
The following children’s books are suitable for gift-giving at Christmas. “The Curious Christmas Trail” by Haley Stewart, illustrated by Betsy Wallin. Pauline Books & Media. (Boston, 2022). 80 pp. “The Curious Christmas Trail” has all the makings for an epic — if somewhat unexpected — mystery. The author of an irresistible read, Haley Stewart tells […]
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By Mark Pattison
WASHINGTON — The Christmas carol “O Holy Night” ranked first in a list of hymns most played in December at Christian churches in the United States. “O Come All Ye Faithful” and “Silent Night” ranked second and third, respectively. The list was compiled by Pushpay, which offers electronic giving options for churches and their congregants. […]
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By Russell Shaw
These are not the best of times for Catholic marriage in America. Numbers illustrate the point. According to the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate, in 2020 — when U.S. Catholic population stood at 73 million — Catholic marriages numbered a measly 97,200. But, you say, 2020 was the Year of Covid, the Year […]
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By Nicholas R. Young
“How do Christmas lights get so tangled in the box?” I wondered to myself. Year after year it was the same routine: dig the boxes of Christmas decorations out of the closet; locate the lights, untangle the cords, then test for burnt-out bulbs. Drag the ladder from the garage and — my least-favorite part — […]
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By Kolbe J. Tucker
Is there anyone who truly strives for mediocrity over perfection? Mediocrity is never the goal we pursue; it is a result we settle for begrudgingly. The desire for perfection is ingrained in us: our work, our school, our everyday lives, because we are all made in the image and likeness of God, who is perfect. […]
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By Timothy D. Banach
Familiar emotions hit me as I took in the beauty of the Chesapeake from the Bay Bridge on the three-hour drive from seminary. I was heading back to the Arlington diocese for Vocation Awareness Week, and my feelings ranged from excitement to be back in the diocese to nervousness to be speaking after every weekend […]
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