Gun safety laws and the church’s teaching on respecting life
Reducing gun violence is a pro-life issue. At the heart of gun violence is a disregard for the dignity of
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Author: Bret Fear
Kids crave discipline
http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/ Our budding philosopher, still just a teenager, claimed with great authority, “Kids crave discipline.” I laughed so hard milk
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On holding a banquet
September 1, 2019 TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Sir 3:17-18, 20, 28-29 In praise of humility Ps 68:4-7, 10-11 You
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God is calling us to break violence’s stranglehold on our world
The recent tragic mass shootings in Dayton, Ohio and El Paso, Texas, killing at least 29 people, point to an
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I will send fugitives to the nations
August 25, 2019 TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Is 66:18-21 I will send fugitives to the nations Ps 117:1-2 Praise
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Presentation Sisters celebrate 60 years of religious life
DUBUQUE — On July 17, Sisters Benjamin Duschner, Deborah Paige, Irma Ries and Leanne Welch celebrated their 60th anniversary of
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Come to set the earth on fire
August 18, 2019 TWENTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Jer 38:4-6, 8-10 An attempt on Jeremiah’s life Ps 40:2-4, 18 Lord,
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Presentation Sisters celebrate 60 years of religious life
DUBUQUE — On July 17, Sisters Benjamin Duschner, Deborah Paige, Irma Ries and Leanne Welch celebrated their 60th anniversary of
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Catholics protest U.S. practice of caging immigrant children
By Tony Magliano Many of us are not fond of seeing animals in cages. But when desperate human beings –
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