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Alison Blanchet

Don’t wait to plan for Heaven

October 27, 2015 Alison Blanchet | The Catholic Miscellany

Not to brag, but I consider traveling one of my talents. Scouting the best airfare, shopping for accessories, choosing planes, trains or ferries — I love every step. I was especially excited to plan the […]

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Glorious novelty

October 26, 2015 Father Bryan P. Babick | The Catholic Miscellany

A regular musical feature sung at the Lord’s Supper is the Gloria. The Gloria is one of the most ancient of Christian hymns. The most recent version of the guidelines governing the celebration of Mass […]

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Political correctness and an excuse for bullying

October 21, 2015 Mary Hood Hart | The Catholic Miscellany

Much is being said about political correctness these days. Apparently being politically correct has come to mean that we fail to speak truth because we are trying too hard not to offend. At one time, […]

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Godly ringtones

October 15, 2015 Father Bryan P. Babick | The Catholic Miscellany

One feature church buildings of many Christian denominations have in common is some system of ringing chimes. From full towers to systems of electronic imitation, the sound of bells seems to be something that diverse […]

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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

Unwrap the gifts God has given to you

October 15, 2015 Alison Blanchet | The Catholic Miscellany

When Jim and I celebrated the Sacrament of Holy Matrimony last October, we received so many wonderful gifts. We left them all, unopened, at my parent’s house until November, when we returned to visit my […]

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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The eternal flame

September 27, 2015 Father Bryan P. Babick | The Catholic Miscellany

A distinguishing feature of any Catholic church is its tabernacle. Meaning “dwelling place” in Hebrew, the tabernacle may be made of diverse elements and found in different parts of a church, but always features a […]

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‘Laudato Si’ is not a total novelty

September 20, 2015 Caroline

Among the summer’s newsmaking stories were wildfires in western states, an outflow of wastewater from an abandoned gold mine rushing downriver in Colorado, and searing temperatures worldwide. Just before summer, on Pentecost Sunday, Pope Francis […]

Charleston Deanery

The holy smoke

September 12, 2015 Father Bryan P. Babick | The Catholic Miscellany

We live in strange times. Cigarette smoking is demonized, but recreational marijuana is decriminalized to the point that, according to the University of Michigan, daily usage is at a 35-year high on college campi. Like […]

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