No back to school fun for child laborers
By Tony Magliano It’s that special time of the year again for kids in the northern hemisphere as they start
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Columns
Paul returns an escaped slave
September 8, 2019 TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Wis 9:1-4, 17 Who can know God’s counsel? Ps 90:3-6, 12-13, 17
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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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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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Our bodies matter in life and in death
This article is part of a series from the Archdiocesan Worship Commission of which Father Gross is a member. By
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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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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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