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Blizzard Warning and Sunday Routines

A blizzard warning, Sunday routines, and being Catholic: practicing our faith and common sense, here in central Minnesota. Continue reading

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Bonding With My Dad: Our Way

Good memories from my childhood, involving an overstuffed arm chair, a desk, books, and time with my dad. Plus hearing a homily inside a stuck elevator. Continue reading

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Lenten Misery Misses the Point

It’s Lent and I’m a Catholic. So how come I’m not sitting in some dark corner, reflecting on doom, gloom, and how perfectly rotten I am? Or at least moaning and wringing my hands over the world’s dreadfully dire state: … Continue reading

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Our Lady of Angels: My Home Parish

Last Saturday I learned that my home parish, Our Lady of Angels in Sauk Centre, will almost certainly close this year. I’m not happy about that. At all. There’s some detail here: And a little background on the Area Catholic … Continue reading

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Satan, Sin, Politics, and Making Sense Anyway

I may offend pretty much everyone this week. Then again, maybe not. Either way, instead of what I’d planned on writing, I’ll be sharing a video which, despite some rather dated terminology, makes good points about the devil: and why … Continue reading

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