| author archive Brett Hoover, CSP : 33 article(s) Fr. Brett Hoover is the former editor of BustedHalo.com | December 30th, 2009 This was the gathering of all the world’s Catholic bishops in the early 1960’s to renew the Catholic Church. It was called by ... | | December 2nd, 2009 The tabernacle is the chamber where leftover Eucharist is reserved for the sick or dying or to be used at a later mass. ... | | October 10th, 2009 When my son was three weeks old, he was admitted to emergency for a life saving operation - pyloric stenosis. The hospital baptized him Catholic prior to surgery. A week later he was able to come home and two weeks later, we had his Baptism at our family parish. Now, many years later, someone mentioned in a class that the 'second' Baptism was not official - that the hospital's Baptism was the 'real' one. How exactly would that work? I think I can explain what was happening here.In Catholic belief and practice, baptism is a 'once for all time' sacrament. You only get it once and it is effective forever. No one can ever ... | | July 1st, 2005 Novelist Mary Gordon confronts faith and forgiveness in her new novel So, do you really have to buy all that stuff for Catholic faith to mean something? I mean, does a person really have to be a believer?At first, this ... | | August 13th, 2004 The sacraments, the internet and the wisdom of Andy Warhol Supposedly, Andy Warhol once said that sex and parties were the only two events where you actually had to be there.For a long time I've been wondering—are sacraments the third?Virtual JesusIn May of 2004 BH ... | | June 6th, 2004 Mercy and Mourning for My Enemy I couldn't help it. "Good riddance," I mumbled, as the news came through that Ronald Wilson Reagan, 40th President of the United States, had died on Saturday, June 5, ... | | March 6th, 2004 Solidarity As a Tool Against Terror Spring arrives, and young people's hearts turn to?terrorism.On screen It must have been just about the 21st day of March 2004 that I walked into the Columbus Circle subway station, approached a ... | | February 25th, 2004 Long Awaited Catholic Soul-Searching with Mixed Results The two reports released Friday, February 27, 2004, on sexual abuse by the Catholic clergy are unprecedented in the history of any institution.When the reports, one conducted by the National Review Board of the U.S. ... | | December 6th, 2003 Catholics and the Complications of U.S. Immigration Policy "There's so many of them," the septuagenarian remarked to a large gathering of us over dinner that night. "With all the people coming here from everywhere, can New York City really ... | | October 10th, 2003 Non-Hispanic America Realizes Who's Arrived in Town Times have changed. Have you noticed how different things are today?As a generic white kid growing up in Southern California, I couldn't help but notice the prejudice local Latino folks endured. ... |
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