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Working with Rod Dreher’s “I’m Still Not Going Back…to the Church”
Rod Dreher’s article in Time, “I’m Still Not Going Back to the Catholic Church,” is a real good piece to reflect upon. Dreher, 46, reflects upon his experience in the Catholic Church and skillfully...
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Stimpson’s not leaving the Catholic Church: a follow up to Dreher
Yesterday, I posted Rod Dreher’s essay, “I’m Still Not Coming Back to the Catholic Church.” Here is Emily Stimpson’s essay, “Why I’m Never Leaving the Catholic Church” where she tries to respond to Rod...
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Rebuilt: Awakening the Faithful, Reaching the Lost, and Making Church Matter
I’ve mentioned a recently published book, Rebuilt: Awakening the Faithful, Reaching the Lost, and Making Church Matter by Father Michael White and Tom Corcoran. I am in the process of digesting the...
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Francis on the New Evangelization: There is need of the oxygen of the Gospel
The Clementine Hall of the Apostolic Palace was the setting of a meeting between the Holy Father and the Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization, led by...
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This year, as we celebrate World Mission Day, the Year of Faith, which is an important opportunity to strengthen our friendship with the Lord and our journey as a Church that preaches the Gospel with...
View ArticleEvangelii Gaudium
Today, the Holy See officially released Pope Francis’ Apostolic Exhortation, Evangelii Gaudium. This is first work that comes from the papal office. The first paragraph of the Exhortation reads, The...
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Blessed Giacomo Alberione
A fascinating priest and zealous missionary of the twentieth century is today’s blessed, Giacomo Alberione (1884-1971). His call to do something striking for the Lord came while he was adoring the...
View ArticleHow are far are you willing to change your mind and evangelize?
Catholics need to change direction: to move from the Counter-reformation approach, what is now too ghetto-like today, to one that is more evangelical. We are indeed moving in that direction but as far...
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Pope Francis prays for a listening heart fixed on Christ’s gaze
Dear families, good evening! The evening falls on our assembly. It is the hour in which one willingly returns home to the same meal, in the thick of affections, of the good that has been done and...
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Brew Evangelization –Benedictine styled
The idea of sharing anew the beautiful, the true and the good of the Catholic faith with baptized Catholics, with other Christians, and with those justing seeking Someone greater, is popular these...
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