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April 15, 2017

Embracing the Ordinary: Digging through Mama’s jewelry box

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April 15, 2017

7 Quick Takes Friday: Gearing up for St. Patrick’s Day, how Lent is going, enjoying toy trains, the flashlight that might be at the end of a tunnel, meatless dinners, and reading fortunes

Now that our Chinese New Year festivities are complete, we are gearing up for all the Irish-American fun we can muster.That will mean corned beef and cabbage, a viewing of The Quiet Man, and some homemade Irish soda bread. I’m not sure we’ll make it to Baltimore’s St. Patrick’s Day
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April 15, 2017

Urgent need at the Baltimore Basilica for those committed to Eucharistic Adoration

“The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few.Pray therefore the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.”
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April 15, 2017

Wisdom from the sea: Lessons learned about making a difference from the starfish parable

Photo by Marissa Elion of SouthFloridaPaddle---For many years I worked with young people as their Campus Minister at John Carroll, encouraging them to make a difference in the world. It's a theme that I repeat often in my talks, my prayers and invocations, and my writings. “A single, ordinary person
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April 15, 2017

7 Quick Takes Friday: The pope is coming, visiting a dinosaur forest, a baptism gift, the Blessed Mother’s birthday, a school project, and a praying mantis

So…the pope is coming! Are you going to see him?
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April 15, 2017

7 Quick Takes Friday: We found the Advent wreath, class participation, lasagna chefs, home decor, doorway acrobatics, and more

Advent started! Luckily our kindergartener came home from school with a wreath he had made, reminding us to find our larger wreath.Then we added Advent calendars to the mix because nothing says, “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel,” like the Avengers and little pieces of chocolate.We haven’t even started filling our
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April 15, 2017

Philippine nun: DiCaprio’s speech reflects churches’ concern on resources

Be like Leonardo DiCaprio.” That was the call of Sister Aloha Vergara, who praised DiCaprio’s speech at the Feb. 28 Academy Awards.~ By Catholic News ServiceMANILA, Philippines – “Be like Leonardo DiCaprio.”Ucanews.com reported that was the call of Sister Aloha Vergara of the Handmaids of the House of God, who said DiCaprio’s speech at the...
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April 15, 2017

7 Quick Takes Friday: The first camp of the summer, video games at the library, pizza for Father’s Day, Cheetos, and a lack of car shopping

Our sons have spent the week at a nature camp, and they’ve really enjoyed it. That might not surprise you, but I thought one would love it, and one might tolerate it. But they have hiked, made friends, explored a stream, made their own stomp rockets, soap, and clocks, and done service
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April 15, 2017

7 Quick Takes Friday: Back to School Night, supporting adoption at Wendy’s, an unexpected gift, a veggie cake, rockets, and how much I love missing soccer season

We had Back to School Night last night and then I met with my prayer group. So forgive me if these takes are quick, quick, quick.I don’t know how other people feel after Back to School Night, but I always leave feeling great about the Catholic education our children are
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April 15, 2017

31 Days of the Little Way: What I Forgot to Send to School

The school year is well upon us, and I am feeling the weight of it.Our children’s folders come home full of forms to complete and homework assignments that are due tomorrow or next week or in three weeks. I just add them to the pile.I believe our children should manage their
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April 15, 2017

31 Days of the Little Way: Witnessing a Moment of Affection

I was almost-but-not-quite-late to my annual dermatologist appointment, and I was signing in at the desk when I realized there was a couple standing behind me.As I turned to sit down, I saw that they were both a bit stooped, maybe in their early 80s. But it wasn’t their age
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April 15, 2017

7 Quick Takes Friday: A mouse update, our lucky day, snow fun, pretzels for dinner, Cub Scout excitement, and more

Having a mouse in the house is cramping my blogging style. I usually sit up late at night writing, but I can’t seem to focus due to my inordinate fear of mice. I wrote the blog about the mouse—or, I should say the mouse wrote his blog—typing into my phone
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