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October 4th, 2003
Why Getting the Devotion Card Punched Isn't Enough
Catholics believe in the "real presence of Christ" in the Eucharist, but as a concept I think it's short-sighted at times. Not to knock the Eucharist as something ...
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August 30th, 2003
Art's power to transform reality
Art has the power to transform us into something better, something greater, so long as we don't merely place it on a pedestal. On my recent trip to Nicaragua, several images revealed the ...
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July 1st, 2003
The Magdalene Sisters and Catholic Guilt
Guilt and shame are two Irish-Catholic traits that are as typical as corned beef and cabbage on St Patrick's Day to Irish-Americans. It's one thing to be Catholic, but to be an ...
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May 3rd, 2003
Saved provides a smart critique of the evangelical teen subculture
I went to Saved , a new comedy about teenagers in a Christian high school expecting to get a few laughs at the expense of bible-based yokels. ...
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April 29th, 2003
The Moral Obligation to Rebuild Iraq
I don't like President Bush.
There, I said it. I don't think he makes many wise decisions. I didn't support his decision to go to war, and I suspect that ...
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April 9th, 2003
Mister Rogers Helped Us All to Grow Up
I was talking with my wife recently about how someone
we know shelters her children. She protects her children from the daily tragedies that she encounters and controversy never enters her ...
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April 9th, 2003
Billy Goats, the Bambino, and the Charlie Brown in All of Us
According to baseball superstition, the Chicago Cubs and the Boston Red Sox are cursed. The Red Sox curse came in 1920, courtesy of Babe Ruth, the Bambino himself, ...
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April 1st, 2003
Papal Residence Goes ‘the Way of the Fabulous'
The "Fab Five" have done a complete make-over of the Vatican this past week prompting His Holiness, Pope John Paul II, to say, "It is as it was." ...
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February 26th, 2003
Toni Smith's Silent Protest Dares to Offend
March is nearly upon us, as is the brink of war. Usually when I think of March I tend to think of college basketball and March Madness, also known as the NCAA's ...
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February 9th, 2003
Recently we had the opportunity to babysit our friends' 10-month-old baby boy. Matthew is a quiet and happy baby, smiling and ready to play. When our friends Maria and Andy went to a wedding, we ...
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