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Easter Sunday: Room for Everyone

February 12, 2013

There is a story of Saint Francis eating with his friars one Easter.

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Patron Saints for Modern Challenges

November 1, 2011
Patron Saints can help us navigate these choppy secular waters.
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Saints Are Realists

November 1, 2008
“Don’t call me a saint,” Dorothy Day once said with irritation. “I don’t want to be dismissed so easily.”
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At Kolbe House, an arrested criminal is seen in this illustration photo. Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam signed legislation March 24, 2021, making Virginia the 23rd state to abolish the death penalty. (CNS photo/Victor Pena, Reuters)

Kolbe House: The Saving Grace of Prison Inmates

June 26, 2007
This parish-based agency in Chicago offers hope to those jailed in both body and spirit.
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Rediscovering Catholic Traditions: Devotion to Saints

November 1, 2006
Something I find most gratifying about the saints is that they exhibit characteristics that we find in ourselves.
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