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Three batches of 7 Quick Takes Fridays (the 21 not-quite-so-quick takes edition)

For the first time in forever—or in three weeks, I suppose—I am able to participate in 7 Quick Takes Friday! Due to technical problems, I wasn’t able to blog for what felt like such a long time, but was really just a couple weeks.Living without a blog may not be
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Archbishop Lori dedicates new Women’s Care Center across from abortion facility

We’re here to bear witness by extending love and hospitality and caring to women, children and families,” Archbishop Lori said.~  By Erik Zygmontezygmont@CatholicReview.orgTwitter: @ReviewErik  OVERLEA – A young pregnant woman was recently dropped off at Whole Woman’s Health of Baltimore, an abortion provider on Belair Road, but felt drawn instead to the small storefront building...
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31 Days of the Little Way: Celebrating “Mass” in the Living Room

Our younger son has a bad cold, so we decided to keep him home and go to separate Masses.Not long after I told our boys the plan, they started setting up “Mass” for their stuffed animals in the living room.I can’t remember the first time we held a pretend Mass,
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31 Days of the Little Way: The Beauty of a Children’s Choir

At the beginning of the school year our younger son asked to join the parish children’s choir. I don’t know whether our 6-year-old has any natural musical talent, but I do know that he loves music. I was happy he was so excited to try something new—and that it was
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7 Quick Takes Friday: Christmas is coming, gift-giving, peace apples for Christmas Eve, a dip party, two missing front teeth, and a little bit of snow

Our Christmas tree is up! I can’t believe it. I thought this might be the year for a Christmas Eve tree-decorating event, but the tree is in place, the stockings are hung, and we are done. I’m not sure whether I have all the gifts I need, but some of
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French archdiocese opens beatification inquiry for martyred priest

A formal inquiry has been opened into the cause for beatification of Father Jacques Hamel, who was killed while celebrating Mass.
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Shall we gather at the river?

By Christopher Gunty The Catholic Review Saturday, on the road from Jerusalem and Jericho in Israel to Petra, in Jordan, our intrepid pilgrims stopped by the Jordan River and the place where John the Baptist is believed to have baptized our Lord. The site where the actual baptism probably took place has the ruins of...
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