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Catholics: Vote Your Conscience
Thursday, September 11th, 2008See the video below (after the “Read the rest of this entry”), along with lots of other good resources, at CatholicVote.com. Hat tip to Carole.
The Cross Remains: Homily for 24 August, 21st Sunday, Cycle A
Saturday, August 23rd, 2008This weekend, I am in Toledo, Ohio. I will celebrate the 11:00am Mass at the parish where my father and his brothers and sisters received their first Sacraments. It’s the parish where their parents grew up. It’s the parish that my grandmother’s grandfather helped build at the beginning of the 20th century. At Sacred Heart [...]
New Christians — Sunday, 13 January 2008
Wednesday, January 16th, 2008This past Sunday, I did my first baptism as an ordained minister. The two new Christians are my brother David’s children, Luke and AnnaClaire. I know baptizing baby-dolls, as we did in the practicum course here at seminary, is easy. And I suspect baptizing newborns and adults is also fairly simple. But baptizing toddlers is [...]
Uncle Jim’s New Blog
Friday, September 21st, 2007My uncle Jim, who frequently comments here under the name “uncle jim,” has started a new blog, and it looks very nice so far. At this point, he’s planning to write about the theme of Second Chances, and so his blog is called A Second Chance. You can check it out by clicking here.