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Dispensation from abstinence/ Feelings after miscarriage

Father Doyle fields questions about dispensation from abstinence and feelings after a miscarriage.
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Goodness and virtue must not give way to violence and fear

It’s not so much a question of how can we change those who commit violent acts as it is a question of how can I live a virtuous and good and decent life in the midst of daily tragedies. 
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Ego, be gone

In 2018, Father Breighner suggests allowing God to enter our lives each day of the new year, so we can become the presence of God in our world.
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Oh, I want pugs for Christmas. Oh, only pugs will do.

This Christmas season as we were making paper towel snowmen and paper towel nativity figures to give as presents, I had an idea for a gift for a friend and her family.
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A year in review

At the start of a new year, let's take a moment to look back at some of those special moments from 2017.
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It’s cold outside, preparing for Epiphany, great Christmas gifts, and a happy New Year (7 Quick Takes)

If the wind chill is 5 degrees on Thursday, how many cups of hot chocolate will Judy need when the wind chill is 15 degrees below zero on Friday?
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Matched through adoption: The first time we saw our son’s picture

I knew then that what I had heard other adoptive parents say was true. You can fall in love with a photo.
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A saintly bishop and like a second father 

My father passed away back in 1988, when I was 24. As I looked back in my interactions with Bishop Curlin, I now realize that he was, in many ways, like a second father to me.
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A New Year’s Resolution: Giving others the benefit of the doubt

As I encounter people in my daily life—whether those who are close to me or those who are strangers—I am going to try to assume that they are acting with good intentions and their best understanding of situations.
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Resolutions for 2018

If you are casting about for resolutions, or afraid you have too many of them, I have four suggestions that may save you either anxiety, guilt or both.
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Found in translation

It is beautiful, in fact, to get so close to the language of the early Church (even if it is the written and not spoken language) and to enter into the heart of God’s Word.
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Have yourself a merry little pot-luck

There are holiday gatherings, and then there are holiday gatherings with wonderful punny themes.
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