Category Archives: Being Catholic

Trying to live as if loving God, and my neighbors, matters

Citizenship and Being Catholic

I like being an American, most of the time. I know that my country is far from perfect, but I’d rather be here than anywhere else on Earth. Living in Sauk Centre, a smallish central Minnesota town, probably helps. I … Continue reading

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Art, Truth, and Reflecting

(“Not All Times” – posters, art prints, greeting cards, and postcards available on DeviantArt.com.) “l’art pour l’art,” “Art for art’s sake,” popped up in the early 19th century. The idea is that “the only ‘true’ art, is divorced from any … Continue reading

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Temperance, Catholic Style

(From O. Herford, via Life Magazine/Wikipedia, used w/o permission.) (“Life” magazine, Demon Rum, and Matthew 12:45: June 26, 1919.) My household is “dry:” there’s no beer in the fridge, wine in a rack, or whiskey on a shelf. That’s partly … Continue reading

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Everyone’s Life Matters

(From BBC News, used w/o permission.) This has been a bad week. Philando Castile, cafeteria supervisor at J.J. Hill Montessori Magnet School, was killed after two police officers had him stop his vehicle: allegedly as part of a traffic stop. … Continue reading

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