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December 14th, 2008
Gaudate Sunday
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Advent Fast Fact
On the third Sunday of Advent — also known as "Gaudete Sunday" or "Rejoice Sunday" — the ...
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December 13th, 2008
The Advent Images
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Advent Fast Fact
In England, an old Advent custom called for poor women to carry around the "Advent images" — ...
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December 12th, 2008
A Child, a Child, shivers in the cold...
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Surprising others this Christmas...
"A Child, a Child, shivers in the cold"(from the Christmas carol "Do You Hear What ...
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December 11th, 2008
Feast of the Seven Fishes
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Advent Eating...
A tradition of Sicilians and Italians is Cena Della Vigilia di Natale, a seven-fish dinner on Christmas Eve—one ...
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December 10th, 2008
Anne Rice on Christmas commercialism
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Advent Quotable
It seems to me in retrospect that the department stores and the dime stores did an ...
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December 9th, 2008
St. Martin's Advent Fast
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Advent Fast Fact
Advent has been around since the 4th century, when it was a time of great fasting, similar ...
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December 8th, 2008
Feast of the Immaculate Conception
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Surprising others this Christmas...
Susan Harrison is living proof that attitude, ...
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December 7th, 2008
That's the Way It Was... One Christmas Eve
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Advent Quotable
During the Vietnam War, after a holiday cease-fire had been announced, veteran news anchor Walter Cronkite ...
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December 6th, 2008
St. Nicholas
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Advent Fast Fact
Saint Nicholas of Myra, a Greek Christian bishop of the fourth century, is the primary inspiration for ...
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December 5th, 2008
"Visions of Sugar-Plums?"
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Advent Eating...
"...While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads" — from "A Visit from St. Nicholas" (better ...
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December 4th, 2008
American Elites and Their Response to Torture
Panel 2, part 1 (see part 2 and Further Reflections below)
The photographs that revealed the torture and abuse of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib shocked the world. American military personnel and civilian contractors are seen ...
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December 4th, 2008
Who created manger scenes?
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Advent Fast Fact
St. Francis often gets credit for creating the Nativity scene. However, his scenes were live ones—with real ...
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December 3rd, 2008
Ho, Ho, Ho, Ay?
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Advent Fast Fact
Canada Post, tired of seeing too many letters addressed to Santa end up in the dead letter ...
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December 2nd, 2008
Popular Culture, Graphic Representations of Torture and Violence
Panel 1, part 1 (see parts 2 and 3 below)
The photographs that revealed the torture and abuse of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib shocked the world. American military personnel and civilian contractors are seen engaged ...
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December 2nd, 2008
Surprising others this Christmas...
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While we are all warm and snuggly around a family fireplace, men and women are serving our country in ...
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December 1st, 2008
Sartre
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Advent Quotable
While serving in the French army in 1940, Jean-Paul Sartre, the existentialist philosopher and playwright, was ...
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November 30th, 2008
Where does the idea for an Advent wreath come from?
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Advent Fast Fact
The Advent wreath actually has pre-Christian Germanic origins. During the shortest day of the year (the winter ...
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November 25th, 2008
Surprising Info and Prizes on EACH DAY of Advent
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September 17th, 2008
Busted Halo® Contributors Sound Off On What They're Reading On The Web Right Now
Busted Halo's® contributors are an eclectic bunch of media-lovers who spend a good deal of their ...
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April 23rd, 2008
Paulist Productions launch their first web-based series
The Paulist Fathers, who founded and continue to sponsor BustedHalo® have a long and distinguished reputation for being at the forefront of the convergence of faith, media and technology. Paulist Press, whose founding dates back ...
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