Commentary

Meaning of ‘153 fish’/ Confirmation for developmentally disabled

Father Doyle fields questions on confirmation for people with developmental disabilities and the significance of the number of fish caught by the apostles after they were commanded to cast their nets into the deep.
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This summer let young and old climb aboard the same canoe!

This summer, be intentional about bringing the generations in your family or neighborhood together.
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Wake Up: The real danger posed by the California confession bill

Catholics should, of course, rise up in strenuous protest against this very aggressive incursion—but so should anyone who cares about the freedom of religion in our society.
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What Jean Vanier taught us

Vanier changed attitudes toward the intellectually and physically disabled in ways so deep that we can hardly comprehend it.
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Did God condone aggression?/ Are deceased aware of those on earth?

Father Doyle fields questions about violent passages in the Old Testament and whether the deceased are award of those on earth.
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Call your mother

When you’re talking to your mother, she understands. And you can always just pick right up where you left off later. 
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A project worth continuing

God never gives up on us. God didn’t create us out of curiosity. God created us out of love.
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Mary, Mother of the Church

Invaluable to the Christian life is a warm and loving devotion to Mary, the Mother of God.
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A question sprung from the garden

We celebrate, we loudly proclaim "Alleluia," but we also hover in that upper room, wondering what this event means for the rest of our lives. As Christians, it is the question we cannot deny or avoid. It's the pivotal question of our entire existence.
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Spring cleaning with the ‘Trash Bashers’

The Trash Bashers of St. Mary of the Assumption in Govans take pride in their attempts to beautify York Road.
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The women who stayed

Imagine how different the story might have been if the women had not gone to the tomb while others slept, had not discovered the body gone, had not listened to the angels or had not run to tell the stunning news of Christ's resurrection that changed everything.
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Church’s stance on Medjugorje/ Can we receive Communion?

Father Doyle fields questions about the Catholic Church's position on Medjugorje and when a reconciled married couple can receive Communion.
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