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Image and quote from Sister Damien Hinderer, OSF

Sister Damien Hinderer, OSF

November 19, 2020

A simple yes to a one-time good deed transformed into a lifelong ministry for Sister Damien Hinderer, OSF.

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Theresa Diersen

November 18, 2020
When Theresa Diersen walks into the dining room at St. Francis Seraph Ministries in Cincinnati, Ohio, guests immediately take notice: Faces light up; hugs are in abundance.
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Marcellino Micallef, OFM

November 17, 2020
In response to the growing number of refugees, poor, and the homeless, Father Marcellino and the friars decided to transform their historic monastery’s former refectory into a soup kitchen.
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Cynthia Perkins: Serving the Overlooked

November 16, 2020
As many as 4,538 residents experience homelessness on any given day. Milwaukee, in particular, is beset by homelessness, prostitution, and human trafficking.
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Young person contemplating suicide

Confronting Teen Suicide

October 2, 2020
Young people have never been more connected or more isolated. A psychologist and a teen advocate for suicide prevention shed light on this crisis.
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Celebrity chef Father Leo Patalinghug displays a Lenten seafood pasta meal he prepared in his Baltimore kitchen Feb. 24, 2016. During a Nov. 22, 2019, session at the National Catholic Youth Conference in Indianapolis, Father Patalinghug, better known as the "the cooking priest," provided a different kind of recipe, "Five Steps to Become a Teenage Saint," to help youths get to heaven. (CNS photo/Chaz Muth)

Father Leo Patalinghug: Connecting Food and Faith

May 14, 2020
Why do we have to limit Thanksgiving to once a year? That’s what this food-loving priest wants to know.
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Stained glass of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton

Elizabeth Ann Seton: A Profoundly Human Saint

May 9, 2020
Daughter, wife, mother, widow, friend—all of these describe Elizabeth Ann Seton, this first American-born saint.
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