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Details about the awaited miracle

September 4, 2017 Caroline

Fatima – Sept. 13, 1917: The ridicule of the secular press increased the noonday crowd by a few thousand more than in August. The preliminary signs were increased. There was a sudden cooling of the […]

Alison Blanchet

Protecting children against accidental impurity

December 22, 2015 Alison Blanchet | The Catholic Miscellany

Middle school is a jungle. As annoying as adulthood can be, with its monthly bills and preoccupation with fiber intake, there’s no way I’d want to go back to seventh grade. In seventh grade, the […]

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One saint’s Christmas letter

December 21, 2015 Sister Pamela Smith, SSCM

There are a number of saints who can be ranked among the world’s collection of geniuses. St. Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Catherine of Siena, and St. Teresa of Avila would definitely be among them. […]

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Sacramental inclusion

November 17, 2015 Father Bryan P. Babick | The Catholic Miscellany

One common question posed to the Catholic Church is why non-Catholics are asked not to receive Holy Communion. Someone once observed that not welcoming everyone to Communion was like inviting someone for dinner, but not […]

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Promises, promises: Some reflections during the Year of Consecrated Life

November 14, 2015 Caroline

One of the prayers in the liturgy for Ordinary Time asks this: “Send us as witnesses of gospel joy into a world of fragile peace and broken promises.” We don’t have to study statistics to […]

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‘Laudato Si’: What’s the controversy?

October 15, 2015 Caroline

Poor Pope Francis. An awful lot of what he says gets misconstrued. With ‘Laudato Si’, the environmental encyclical, his comments on global warming and air conditioning opened the floodgates. On the first topic, one online […]

Alison Blanchet

Help your children navigate the challenges to their faith

October 2, 2015 Alison Blanchet | The Catholic Miscellany

Dear Parents of 2015, I feel for you. I don’t think parenting has ever been easy — and I feel personally responsible for helping my own parents take several years off their time in purgatory […]

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Book Reviews

May 30, 2012 Staff Reports | The Catholic Miscellany

‘The Gift’ is a book worth giving, ‘The Vow’ comes with a surprise Reviewed By Zane Knauss Twenty years ago, writer Katherine Valentine hit on an idea to demonstrate her deep love of God and […]

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Living with a grateful heart

November 22, 2011 Sister Margie Lavonis, CSC | The Catholic Miscellany

Many years ago a missionary friend of mine told me about a beautiful tradition practiced by the people who live in Uganda, East Africa. From a very young age children are taught to live with […]

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Pride and profits

September 13, 2011 John Carroll | The Catholic Miscellany

When a business operates at a high level of performance and profitability, mainstream and business media are quick to deify the CEO or chairman, study her or him closely and report their findings. Audiences are […]

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