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The Catholic Doctor: Nurses are the real heroes
May 6-12th is designated National Nurses week. May 6, National Nurses Day, begins the week honoring the dedicated nurses across this country for their exemplary work. The week ends on […]
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The ethics of New Age medicine
Patients who face serious illnesses are sometimes attracted to alternative medicines, also referred to as “holistic” or “new-age” medicines. These can include treatments like homeopathy, hypnosis, “energy therapies” like Reiki, […]
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Distractions in prayer
The question is not whether we will fight distraction when we pray. We all will. The question is how we handle those distractions. There may be some souls who are […]
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St. Dymphna, patron saint of mental health
Catholic tradition promotes saints for various devotions and in support of numerous causes. These include the feast of St. Dymphna, known for miracles involving mental health, anxieties and general mental […]
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Who put Christ on the cross?
In art, the crucifixion of our Lord is almost always depicted showing the torture from asphyxiation on the cross, the nails, the wound made by the spear, the crown of […]
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Before you buy your child that cellphone
Any parent of a teen or preteen knows that since smartphones were introduced in 2007, social life for children has changed dramatically. Teen social life now takes place online far […]
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Care for creation: A moral issue and a Catholic issue
You need look no further than the rising sea waters threatening Miami or the erosion of coastal Alaska, where entire villages must be relocated in a state that’s becoming a […]
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Evangelization by hitchhiking: How to find an on-ramp
The place infants nod off and teens open up is also where road-weary adults will probe their spirituality: in the car. That’s the secret behind a new religious community, the […]
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‘The Look’: men, sin and mission?
A kid can live and die by the look on his mom’s face! Her smile can light up his day, while her disappointment or anger can be a dark cloud. […]
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Recalling the apostles’ Good Friday weakness
Tenebrae, meaning shadows or darkness in Latin, is a Holy Week service that uses the simplicity of mostly darkness and some candlelight, along with psalms, prayers and music to reflect […]
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Beautiful strength
Mariana is a beautiful woman in her sixties, a former professional ballerina trained in the Russian classical style. She performed as a principal dancer in the Israeli Ballet and is […]
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Medically based talk on the Shroud of Turin and crucifixion
What did Christ really go through, in the last day of His earthly life? Dr. Thomas McGovern, a Fort Wayne physician, opened “The Passion Through the Shroud of Turin” talk […]