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The wages of celibacy

Friday, 17 May 2013 14:36

Recently an op-ed piece appeared in the New York Times by Frank Bruni, entitled “The Wages of Celibacy.” The column, while provocative, is fair. Mostly he asks a lot of hard, necessary questions.

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A letter from the pope: Affirmation to those on the margins

Friday, 17 May 2013 00:00

On Holy Thursday, 12 incarcerated minors at Sylmar’s Barry J. Nidorf Juvenile Hall had their feet washed by 12 Jesuit novices and the Jesuit Master of Novices — just as Pope Francis washed the feet of detainees at Casal del Marmo, a juvenile detention center in Rome. The juveniles wrote letters to the pope, praising him for his action.

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Motherhood: Humbling and joyful — for life

Friday, 10 May 2013 14:18

What are your most cherished experiences of being a mother?

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For those receiving their First Communion

Friday, 10 May 2013 14:10

Dear Second Grader,
Before you were born, your parents thought about certain days. They thought about and wondered exactly when you would be born.

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Boldness with God

Friday, 10 May 2013 14:03

Some years ago, a woman shared this story at a workshop. She had a six-year-old son whom she had conscientiously schooled in prayer. Among other things, she made him kneel beside his bed every night and say aloud a number of prayers, ending with an invocation to "bless mummy, daddy, grandma and grandpa.”

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Papal intentions for June: That a culture of dialogue, listening, and mutual respect may prevail among peoples; That where secularization is strongest, Christian communities may effectively promote a new evangelization.