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November 3rd, 2011
Growing up, I always knew Dad’s side of the family was Polish. I knew we had a special affinity ...
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October 28th, 2011
Learning to love, not fear, the people in the stained glass windows
Lately, I've been considering teaching my son Matthew about the saints. At the big-boy age of 5, he's surely old enough to become captivated by their ...
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October 19th, 2011
Getting over the stress of praying the right way and simply talking with God
Last week, I paused to look out the front window of my apartment just long enough to see a middle-aged woman briskly get in her ...
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October 7th, 2011
I probably should have had an obit for Steve Jobs ready to run. We had a dry run when he resigned as head of Apple ...
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October 6th, 2011
Do you have trouble forgiving? Well, I hope I don’t shatter anyone’s image of nuns, but I do, too.
Some of the sayings connected with forgiveness ...
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September 29th, 2011
I often hear people talking about living in the present moment as if it is a struggle, some cosmic ...
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September 26th, 2011
Tekiah Shevarim Teruah
It was a Saturday morning in New York City, in a class taught by Rebbetzin Harris, that the meaning of Rosh Hashanah ...
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September 21st, 2011
As a recent college graduate, I know a thing or 12 about ...
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September 15th, 2011
My last column, about waiting patiently for a late bus, provoked some interesting comments and reactions (on the site and directly) that tease out the bigger ...
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September 13th, 2011
The poet W.H. Auden said, “Civilizations should be measured by the degree of diversity attained and the degree of unity retained.”
Indeed, civilizations are made ...
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September 12th, 2011
Mary was very perplexing to me before I became a Catholic. She was like some unnamed bird that I could not see and did ...
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September 2nd, 2011
A Prayer for Labor Day
Lord, we see our neighbors hurting as they lose their jobs to layoffs and plant closings and their homes to foreclosure. We pray that in ...
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August 29th, 2011
Developing a Spirit-centered approach to service
For my first few years as a librarian, I felt richly rewarded, a shining star of helpfulness. In a nutshell, I get paid to give ...
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August 25th, 2011
One of the most popular columns I’ve ever written is about struggling with being on time. It led to a TV interview and, ...
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August 18th, 2011
Busted Halo sits down with the new youth catechism's publisher
Everyone registered for World Youth Day is getting a free copy of YouCat in their native language as part of their registration packet, as it is officially introduced in Madrid. When YouCat was launched back ...
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August 11th, 2011
You have just enough time left if you act now to join me in the Million PALA Challenge -- a national campaign to get ...
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August 10th, 2011
Busted Halo contributor Carolyn Martone goes on silent retreat. Find out what happens during the final days of her eight days in silence and reflection ...
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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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