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The True Story of Thanksgiving: Squanto, the Pilgrims, and the Pope
We and the Mayflower Pilgrims owe thanks to the Pope and some Catholic priests for the Thanksgiving of 1621 with…
Browsing: History
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Castellani’s Eyeglasses
I have a dear friend in Buenos Aires, Fabián Rodríguez Simón, a voracious reader and recalcitrant freethinker. Every time we…
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Remembrance Day
There is an old country graveyard near the town where I live. For years the small Clearwater Cemetery was all…
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Reformation Day: To Celebrate or Lament?
Last year on Reformation Day (October 31) one of my cousins mentioned the Protestant “holiday” on Facebook. It was a…
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Struble’s Holy Land Adventures a Generation Ago
With the Middle East in mayhem, I’ve been thinking back to my travels in Egypt and Israel during a less…
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The Hope of Lepanto: the Feast of the Holy Rosary
We are not to lose hope even in the face of the nightly evening news. We have Jesus and all…
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Treasures of Tradition: St. Clement’s Letter to the Corinthians
When beginning a consideration of the Church Fathers almost everyone will begin with Clement. Considered the second, third or fourth…
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June 1-2: Triumph with Messenger of The Truth on PBS
This Sunday, June 1, and Monday, June 2, a miracle of sorts takes place on mainstream TV as PBS affiliates…
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A Study of Transcending Disability
I keep a bust of Ludwig van Beethoven on the fireplace mantle in my home. It reminds me of the…
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Jesus Gets His Hands Dirty
Back in the mid-1990’s, before the internet ruined our lives (I’m kidding. Kidding) I was in the seminary, discerning a…