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Visuals, Rituals, Traditions: How Catholic Schools Stand Out

Most of the growth we have seen across Christian denominations in recent years has been in Christian communities that teach sure norms that are relatively stable as society changes. The […]

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‘We Should Strive to Embody the Grace We Have Received’

Diocesan Seminarian Stanley Amuchaka shares the fruits of his time spent at the SEEK Conference At the beginning of the new year, my brother seminarians and I attended the SEEK […]

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Communion: A Life-Saving Balm for Mental Illness

By Cecelia Cicone The first time I was in an in-patient locked psychiatric unit, I was overwhelmed by the amount of suffering I saw in the people there. While conversations […]

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A wrought-iron meditation

Guest Commentary by Bob Nowak Occasionally, it helps to remember our humanness. It helps to recognize the fragile nature of our shared need to simply breathe. The healthy bluster of […]

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What we know about St. Joseph

By John Fink On Dec. 8 of last year, Pope Francis unexpectedly declared the Year of St. Joseph, from then until Dec. 8 of this year, as a special time […]