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40 Days, 40 Ways to Grow in Holiness During Lent

By Kathy Schiffer|2018-01-27T17:39:38+00:00January 31st, 2016|Books & Film|

Are you ready for Lent? This year, Lent begins on February 10. If you, like me, have been stalling about “getting ready for Lent,” with the expectation that all the prayers and sacrifices and stuff

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Feline Spirituality: Lessons Learned from Christopher’s Cat

By Kathy Schiffer|2018-01-27T17:39:38+00:00January 31st, 2016|Books & Film|

“For he purrs in thankfulness when God tells him he’s a good cat.” Eighteenth-century English poet Christopher Smart was a complex man. A gifted poet and writer, a successful magazine editor and composer of music

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The Madonna of the Candelabra

By Kathy Schiffer|2018-01-27T17:39:38+00:00January 30th, 2016|Politics & Culture|

Back in 2011, the U.S. Postal Service issued a Christmas stamp titled “Madonna of the Candelabra.”  The stamp, which is still available for purchase today, is sold in books of 20 self-adhesive “Forever” stamps.  It

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Wise Words in Soft Brown Leather: Patristic Wisdom for Daily Living

By Kathy Schiffer|2018-01-27T17:39:39+00:00January 30th, 2016|Books & Film|

I love a beautiful book.  And A Year With the Church Fathers is certainly beautiful, with its gilded pages, its ribbon marker, its beautiful art, its presentation page!  I could smell the soft leather when I tore

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Tom Monaghan Funded the Catechism? Who Knew?!

By Kathy Schiffer|2018-01-27T17:39:57+00:00January 28th, 2016|Elsewhere on the Web|

Before we begin,” said Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, “I want to thank Tom Monaghan for funding the Catechism.” It was September 2003, and the group gathered at the archbishop’s palace in Vienna gasped. Despite occasional snippets

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Just in Time for Lent: Fr. Longenecker Brings Back the Master Tempter Slubgrip

By Kathy Schiffer|2018-01-27T17:39:57+00:00January 28th, 2016|Books & Film|

Lent is a season of penitence:  Giving up chocolate.  Turning off the TV.  Fasting from between-meal snacks, and abstaining from eating meat. It’s also a season for personal growth:  Prayer.  Reading.  Reflection. So who says you

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50 Books by G.K. Chesterton for $1.99

By Kathy Schiffer|2018-01-27T17:39:57+00:00January 26th, 2016|Books & Film|

Everyone loves a bargain! And readers love the works of English writer, philosopher and apologist G.K. Chesterton. So I thought I’d share this outstanding deal which came to my attention:  Fifty (FIFTY!!!) books by Chesterton, in

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Wait, What? Carl Sagan Was NOT an Atheist?

By Kathy Schiffer|2018-01-27T17:39:57+00:00January 26th, 2016|Faith|

I don’t know where I got this idea, but I’ve always thought that Carl Sagan, the astronomer whose popular show “Cosmos” incited interest in the heavens, did not believe in Heaven.  Nor, I thought, did

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The Neighbor We Don’t See: Pope Francis Admonishes Internet Trolls

By Kathy Schiffer|2018-01-27T17:39:57+00:00January 26th, 2016|Politics & Culture|

It's a problem that bloggers know only too well: Comment boxes filled with flaming insults, name-calling, and personal attacks. If you write about controversial topics, you're going to hear from people who disagree; and too

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UPDATE: Amid Pressure, Archbishop Nienstedt Resigns Temporary Post

By Kathy Schiffer|2016-01-24T15:21:17+00:00January 24th, 2016|Politics & Culture|

I am sorry to report that Archbishop John Nienstedt, former spiritual leader of the Archdiocese of St. Paul-Minneapolis, has left his temporary position assisting an ailing priest in Kalamazoo in the face of mounting pressure. Last

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