Monthly Archives: February, 2013
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St. Serenus, a Gardner
SERENUS was by birth a Grecian. He quitted estate, friends, and country to serve God its celibacy, penance, and prayer.…
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UN Commission Reinforces Role of Family for Development
Last week a UN commission that formulates social policies acknowledged the role of the family as the natural and fundamental…
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The Vatican Responds to Blackmail Allegation
“[N]ews reports abound which are often unverified or unverifiable, or completely false…” –Communique this morning from the Vatican’s Secretariat of…
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Poem: “Life IX”
Life IX The heart asks pleasure first, And then, excuse from pain; And then, those little anodynes That deaden suffering…
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The Other Woman
I overheard him make the plans. On his way home from work he picked up the perfect wrist corsage. He…
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Memorial of St. Polycarp
ST. POLYCARP, Bishop of Smyrna, was a disciple of St. John. He wrote to the Philippians, exhorting them to mutual…
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Were Italian Journalist’s Blackmail Allegations Baseless?
“…As we grow older the world becomes stranger, the pattern more complicated…” –T.S. Eliot, The Four Quartets, East Coker The…
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Why We Are Silent No More
The first time I saw women holding Silent No More Awareness Campaignsigns, I was overwhelmed with contradictory feelings. “I regret my…