Category: Church
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for your prayers
Please keep John Kraft, my uncle and Godfather, in your prayers. He had a little run-in with the hospital due to heart troubles. He has left the hospital, so things look up, but prayers would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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post-synodal exhortation on the eucharist released!
Post-synodal Apostolic Exhortation Sacramentum Caritatis, “The Sacrament of Charity”, has been released. The 100+ page document available for purchase through the USCCB, is the work of a meeting of the Synod of Bishops discussing the Eucharist. I’m still skimming over it, so I don’t know what to highlight yet. Some early highlights include a section…
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where have i been?
Over the past few weeks, I have had many missed calls that I haven’t returned, e-mailed that I didn’t respond to or other social interactions that I didn’t have. Why? The University Catholic Center Student Phonathon. The phonathon was an effort of the UCC to reach out to alumni, parents and other benefactors informing them…
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ash wednesday politics
Ash Wednesday is a crazy day for churches. For us at the University Catholic Center, we have more people come today than any other day in the year– including Sundays and other holy days. We have a Masses or other services (an interfaith service, a Liturgy of the Word service, etc) all day. Between us…
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the role of a moral leader
I think there is something to be said of a moral leader standing up and acknowledging that morality flows through all different aspects of life, “sacred” or “secular”. The way many people in our society treat undocumented immigrants would lead outside observers to question their human dignity. The United States, for better or worse and…
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china’s oldest bishop dies
AsiaNews reported that Bishop Joseph Meng Ziwen of Nanning (Guangxi) died Sunday at 103. I couldn’t find him on Catholic Hierarchy, possibly due to spelling differences, but the oldest living bishop, again according to Catholic Hierarchy, is now Bishop Antoine Nguyên Van Thien, Emeritus of Vinh Long, Viêt Nam who is 100 years old.