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For Groundhog’s Day — An Interview with Punxsutawney Phil
Every Feb. 2, Punxsutawney Phil, a groundhog, is pulled from a tree stump in Punxsutawney, PA. If he sees his…
Monthly Archives: January, 2015
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Women, The Cosmos, and Cosmetics
Any writer or speaker who offers his opinions on a topic does so with the implicit promise that he is…
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Authority over Demons
I’ve read many term papers in my day. Most of them are no more than a patchwork of quotes. That’s…
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St. John Bosco
This apostolic priest of modern times is hailed as the patron of youth. He was born in Castelnuovo, Italy, on…
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Lemons and Moons, or “How to Love”
When my grief counselor asked me to explain why I felt the loss of my mother so acutely, I couldn’t…
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The President Undercuts Stay-at-Home Parents
President Obama’s State of the Union address was predictable for a President nearing the end of his second term. It…
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St. Bathildes, Queen
ST. BATHILDES was an Englishwoman, who was carried over whilst yet young into France, and there sold for a slave,…
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Book Review: Practical Theology, Spiritual Direction from St. Thomas Aquinas
Sometimes new parents will half jokingly complain that their precious new charge did not “come with an instruction manual”. They…
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‘Volunteering’ to Die
I recently read the story of a daughter’s anguished eyewitness account of her mother’s death. It was a death chosen for the…