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August 3rd, 2011
Ten years ago, if anyone told me I would attend a silent retreat to start the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius, I would have ...
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August 1st, 2011
The pope has made several comments this year concerning vacations, which were highlighted in a piece on the Vatican Radio website. Summer is halfway over already, but ...
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July 18th, 2011
Meet Busted Halo’s new editor-in-chief
I remember my first post-college work experience, which took me from my hometown in rural Pennsylvania to Jackson, Mississippi. I was a full-time volunteer in ...
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July 14th, 2011
One of the things I notice whenever I spend time on retreat at a monastery (as I did a few weeks ago) is how much ...
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July 13th, 2011
When I came into the Catholic Church nine years ago, the farthest thing from my mind was how its rituals and liturgy might mesh so ...
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June 15th, 2011
Give yourself the gift of time with no goals -- on retreat, on vacation and at home
Our new level of connectedness is a wonderful thing -- perhaps the greatest blessing technology has brought us. But it has created a new problem. In this hyper-connected world, time in which you can do ...
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June 10th, 2011
Why doesn't the Church sell this?
Trying to explain Confession (the Sacrament of Reconciliation) to non-Catholics reminds me of that old cartoon by James Thurber where a woman is in the ...
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June 2nd, 2011
Reviving an abstinence tradition that never really went away
A few weeks ago, when the bishops of England and Wales decided to reestablish the practice of abstaining from meat on Fridays, I had been thinking about the issue already after seeing friends struggle with ...
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May 26th, 2011
Spending time outside is nurturing for you spiritually and physically
Making sure to fit nature into my life, and encouraging others to do to the same, is a passion of mine. As a writer, it's easy enough to stay holed up indoors in a room ...
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May 5th, 2011
The construction of the Mormon temple in Rome and the role of temples in worship
There was tenderness and reverence in his voice as Thomas S. Monson, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons), said the Mormon temple being built in Rome, Italy, "uniquely, is being ...
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May 4th, 2011
A look at the responses to bin Laden's death
I was going to stay quiet on the whole issue of the public reaction to bin Laden's killing, but after an hour or so of ...
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May 3rd, 2011
The man who plays St. Josemaria Escrivá in the upcoming There Be Dragons talks about forgiveness, Opus Dei and how playing a saint has affected him
When I talked last week with Charlie Cox about his role as St. Josemaria Escrivá in the movie There Be Dragons (written and directed by ...
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May 2nd, 2011
Young adults in St. Peter's Square
Busted Halo®'s Fr. Dave Dwyer, CSP, was in Rome this past weekend ...
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April 25th, 2011
Reflections from RCIA
There is perhaps nothing so inspiring as someone who has been called to join the Catholic Church as an adult, who in the midst of ...
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April 21st, 2011
Busted Halo talks with Fr. Joseph Fessio about the pope's new book
When we sat down recently with Fr. Joseph Fessio, S. J., founder and editor of Ignatius Press, to discuss the YouCat, the new youth ...
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April 20th, 2011
An Easter meditation
I always go to the Easter Vigil. I don't do it out of duty; I do it out of love. My own baptism happened at ...
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April 18th, 2011
A Good Friday reflection
I am thinking about death. And ashes. Possibly this is because Easter is looming on the horizon, and if you have any truck with Jesus ...
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April 5th, 2011
A devastating church fire offers lessons in impermanence and perspective
At 5:30am Sunday someone driving up Route 9 saw our church on fire and called the fire department. Orange flames flew heavenward, taking with them ...
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February 25th, 2011
A look at the discussion about lying sparked by the Lila Rose videos
An interesting thing has happened because of the debate over Lila Rose's tactics in going after Planned Parenthood. A serious discussion has erupted across the ...
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February 10th, 2011
Helpful tool or digital distraction?
As Ginny Moyer's recent article here on e-readers and the reader responses showed so eloquently, you're either comfortable with digital replacements for technologies or ...
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