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December 19th, 2008
The only gift we can all afford this holiday season Thanksgiving is upon us, marking the beginning of the holiday season. We look to this season to lift our spirits and yet come January we ... |
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December 12th, 2008
Before "Doubt" the Oscar winner found the spirit on stage in an "unwieldy" Jesus With the much-anticipated release of Doubt, Philip Seymour Hoffman is once again receiving the kind of critical kudos reserved for actors who are generally tagged ... |
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December 10th, 2008
Busted Halo speaks with the director of "Soul Searching," a new documentary about monk, writer and peace activist, Thomas Merton
Introduction and interview by Bill McGarvey
It is no surprise that a young seeker—as Morgan Atkinson was back in the mid-1970s—would be interested in the ... |
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December 10th, 2008
Forty years after his death, Thomas Merton still causes controversy
Forty years ago today, Thomas Merton, a Trappist monk and perhaps the most popular American Catholic writer in history, stepped out of a bathroom shower ... |
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December 5th, 2008
"Visions of Sugar-Plums?" Return to the Advent calendar.
Advent Eating...
"...While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads" — from "A Visit from St. Nicholas" (better ... |
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November 25th, 2008
Surprising Info and Prizes on EACH DAY of Advent
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November 24th, 2008
For families divided by politics, gathering together this holiday season provides both challenges and opportunities I worry about the holidays this year. My relatives are an eclectic bunch, pretty evenly split—to use crude and somewhat useless political labels—between the Left ... |
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November 16th, 2008
Descended from the Jesus Movement of the 60s and 70s, The Twelve Tribes strives to restore true Christianity [caption id="attachment_5368" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Twelve Tribes members celebrate Sabbath"][/caption]
When Shuvael and Matanah Hebert sold their upscale, four-bedroom home in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, to ... |
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October 9th, 2008
A personal encounter with Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen leaves a young reporter puzzled, inspired and intrigued I recently learned of the Cause of Canonization of the late Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen (the process by which Fulton J. Sheen may become a ... |
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October 8th, 2008
When a beloved family pet passes away, how do we help children face the reality of death? We found out over the phone, while on vacation. The housesitter called us to tell us that he was at the animal hospital back home with our cat, Smokey. And then he put the ... |
