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Facundo’s family left Argentina to find work in California.…

A mother of six wants her daughters to avoid female genital mutilation.…

A Jamaican national with several American citizen children wants to stay in the country.…

Walter did not know he was undocumented until he was applying for college.…

A Fijian student, who was applying for residential paperwork, became the only undocumented member of her family.…

How To Confess…

You asked, we ignored. You pleaded, we contemplated. You begged, we acquiesced. The Official Busted Halo Merchandise Store is now open for business! Our store is now home to all types of products to fulfill your burning desire to wear Busted Halo on your chest, coffee cup, child’s bib… the possibilities are endless (almost).
This is a big step for us; it was only a few years ago that our editor in chief had to hand crank the Coleco computer to get the website up and running, interns had to travel over eight miles by foot to send out the mailings and staffers had the cumbersome task of using rotary phones! But now, thanks to the internal combustion engine, fluoridated water and better labor laws, we’re…

Episode #9 — The Velveteen Rabbit

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Send us your questions!
We encourage you to email us questions, or record a short video with your question and send it to us. If we use your video in a future episode, we will give you a $25 Amazon gift certificate. Send in your questions to weddings@bustedhalo.com and hear Dr. Christine Whelan, author of the Pure Sex, Pure Love column go head to head with Father Eric Andrews, a Paulist priest with more than 15 years of wedding experience as they debate your questions: Why can’t you get married on the beach? Why is the priest being such a jerk? Why do we have…

The Diocese of Brooklyn’s newly revamped cable channel, NET (New Evangelization Television) recently started the first daily Catholic news television program entitled Currents. Deacon Greg Kandra — a 26-year veteran writer and producer for CBS News and a contributor to Busted Halo — now serves as the channel’s news director. He invited senior editor Mike Hayes to join the nightly conversation to discuss current trends in church-going as well as other issues surrounding the church’s engagement with younger people.
Watch the entire show here.…

Four years ago when a relatively new technology called podcasting started gaining in popularity, Busted Halo® Director Fr. Dave Dwyer and Senior Editor Mike Hayes decided to dust off the skills they’d each honed in previous careers as broadcasters and started the Busted Halo Cast. This would be the first step into a much larger venture in which with Fr Dave became the full time host of The Busted Halo Show on Sirius XM Radio’s The Catholic Channel.
Despite the bigger venue on satellite radio, the Busted Halo Cast has ventured forth for 200 episodes with Fr. Dave and Mike now joined by Development Director Brittany Janis in answering your questions of faith each week. No question has ever been too far out…

Episode #8 — Interfaith Marriage… What about the kids?

NEXT WEEK: The Princess, The Priest and… The Velveteen Rabbit?!
Want to see more? Watch other episodes of “The Princess, The Priest and the War for the Perfect Wedding” here.
Special thanks to Rabbi Jill Hausman of The Actors Temple, NYC. Contact her at cantorweddings.com
Send us your questions!
We encourage you to email us questions, or record a short video with your question and send it to us. If we use your video in a future episode, we will give you a $25 Amazon gift certificate. Send in your questions to weddings@bustedhalo.com and hear Dr. Christine Whelan, author of the Pure Sex, Pure Love column go head to head with Father…

Episode #7 — Can we have an interfaith wedding?

NEXT WEEK: Interfaith marriage — What about the kids?
Want to see more? Watch other episodes of “The Princess, The Priest and the War for the Perfect Wedding” here.
Special thanks to Rabbi Jill Hausman of The Actors Temple, NYC. Contact her at www.cantorweddings.com/

Send us your questions!
We encourage you to email us questions, or record a short video with your question and send it to us. If we use your video in a future episode, we will give you a $25 Amazon gift certificate. Send in your questions to weddings@bustedhalo.com and hear Dr. Christine Whelan, author of the Pure Sex, Pure Love column go head to head with Father Eric Andrews, a Paulist…

Episode #6 — Why Can’t We Get Married To The Beatles?

NEXT WEEK: Can we have an interfaith wedding?

Want to see more? Watch other episodes of “The Princess, The Priest and the War for the Perfect Wedding” here.

Send us your questions!
We encourage you to email us questions, or record a short video with your question and send it to us. If we use your video in a future episode, we will give you a $25 Amazon gift certificate. Send in your questions to weddings@bustedhalo.com and hear Dr. Christine Whelan, author of the Pure Sex, Pure Love column go head to head with Father Eric Andrews, a Paulist priest with more than 15 years of wedding experience as they debate your questions: Why can’t you get…

Episode #5 — How can we keep our wedding simple?

NEXT WEEK: Why can’t we get married to The Beatles?
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Some links to discount wedding gowns
From Christine… “Here’s a link to a great place called VOWS in Newton, MA that has lots of discounted wedding gowns — I looked there myself, actually, and I can tell you there are wonderful dresses: www.bridepower.com… as of my writing this, there are 69 dresses under $500. There are also some wedding dresses on sale at jcrew.com for under $200 as well. Target did a great line of wedding dresses last year, but discontinued…

Our own Father Dave Dwyer, CSP, will appear in a show on the History Channel about the new movie Angels & Demons. It will air on Saturday, May 16th at 8 p.m. Eastern and Pacific time (7 p.m. Central; 6 p.m. Mountain). Check your local listings for channel number and to confirm the time. The 2-hour documentary, Angels & Demons Decoded, will re-air on Sunday, May 17th at 12 midnight Eastern/Pacific, and again on Sunday, May 24th at 4 p.m. Eastern/Pacific. The show also features director Ron Howard and star Tom Hanks. Fr. Dave appears several times throughout the show.…

Episode #4 — What Does a Celibate Priest Know About Sex?

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Watch other episodes of “The Princess, The Priest and the War for the Perfect Wedding” here.

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We encourage you to email us questions, or record a short video with your question and send it to us. If we use your video in a future episode, we will give you a $25 Amazon gift certificate. Send in your questions to weddings@bustedhalo.com and hear Dr. Christine Whelan, author of the Pure Sex, Pure Love column go head to head with Father Eric Andrews, a Paulist priest with more than 15 years of wedding experience as they debate your questions: Why can’t you get married on the beach? Why is the priest being such…

Episode #3 Why Can’t We Get Married On The Beach?”
(Please note: due to some technical issues encountered while recording,
portions of Fr. Eric’s video and audio are slightly distorted.) 

Up Next: “What does a celibate priest know about sex?”
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Send us your questions!
We encourage you to email us questions, or record a short video with your question and send it to us. If we use your video in a future episode, we will give you a $25 Amazon gift certificate. Send in your questions to weddings@bustedhalo.com and hear Dr. Christine Whelan, author of the Pure Sex, Pure…

Episode #2 “The Jerky Priest!”

Up Next: “If Life’s A Beach, Why Can’t I Get Married On One?”
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Send us your questions!
We encourage you to email us questions, or record a short video with your question and send it to us. If we use your video in a future episode, we will give you a $25 Amazon gift certificate. Send in your questions to weddings@bustedhalo.com and hear Dr. Christine Whelan, author of the Pure Sex, Pure Love column go head to head with Father Eric Andrews, a Paulist priest with more than 15 years of wedding experience as they debate your questions:…

Return to the Lent calendar.

Easter
John 20:1-9
On the first day of the week,
Mary of Magdala came to the tomb early in the morning,
while it was still dark,
and saw the stone removed from the tomb.
So she ran and went to Simon Peter
and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and told them,
“They have taken the Lord from the tomb,
and we don’t know where they put him.”
So Peter and the other disciple went out and came to the tomb.
They both ran, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter
and arrived at the tomb first;
he bent down and saw the burial cloths there, but did not go in.
When Simon Peter arrived after him,
he went into the tomb and saw the burial cloths there,
and the cloth that had covered his head,
not…