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St. John Paul on savoring nature

A drive through the mountains evokes words of Pope St. John Paul.

The risk of being more like Mother Teresa

I saw the statue of Mother Teresa during a visit to the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. earlier this year. A pleasing and apt tribute, but a little unsatisfying, and it took me a minute to figure out why: the image is fixed and still, while its subject was so oftenContinue reading “The risk of being more like Mother Teresa”

Sunday Best: a NH Catholic Church re-opens

One of the old ethnic churches near my New Hampshire home has been re-opened after being shuttered for 15 years. Bishop Peter Libasci asked an order of priests dedicated to the Latin Mass to set up shop, and the order obliged. The first Sunday Mass under their auspices at St. Stanislaus Church in Nashua wasContinue reading “Sunday Best: a NH Catholic Church re-opens”