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Category: Features

If you could choose your child’s gender, would you?

Posted on Mar 17, 2016Mar 16, 2016 in Features
If you could choose your child's gender, would you?

By Lindsay Steele Recently, pregnant model Chrissy Teigen received a lot of press attention for mentioning that she and her …Read More

Visiting the North American College: a homecoming of sorts

Posted on Mar 10, 2016Mar 9, 2016 in Features
Visiting the North American College: a homecoming of sorts

By Fr. Thom Hennen Director of Vocations Last month I had the opportunity to visit our two seminarians studying at …Read More

A few misspoken words

Posted on Mar 10, 2016Mar 9, 2016 in Features
A few misspoken words

By Kathy Berken I’ve been haunted by this story for some time now. A couple of years ago, I had …Read More

Lent for the grief-stricken soul

Posted on Feb 25, 2016Feb 24, 2016 in Features

By Mike Duffy During Lent we fast; In my grief, my appetite is gone! During Lent we get reminders from …Read More

Having it all together…

Posted on Feb 25, 2016Feb 24, 2016 in Features
Having it all together...

By Fr. Jake Greiner I recently had lunch with a parishioner who paid me a wonderful compliment. “Father,” he said, …Read More

Chance encounters and being saved

Posted on Feb 11, 2016Feb 10, 2016 in Features
Chance encounters and being saved

By Kathy Berken The day I stopped at Trader Joe’s I was not in the mood for God to show …Read More

An update from the vocations director

Posted on Feb 11, 2016Feb 10, 2016 in Features
An update from the vocations director

By Fr. Thom Hennen Before sitting down to write this I decided to look back to see when I had …Read More

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