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Pride and Prejudice: The uneasy relationship between gays and lesbians and their church

Wednesday, February 22, 2012
By Online Editor
Pride and Prejudice: The uneasy relationship between gays and lesbians and their church
As church leaders turn up the volume on same-sex marriage, gay and lesbian Catholics find themselves wondering just where they stand in their church.On a clear, windy Sunday in March 2010, Father William Breslin told his parishioners at Sacred Heart of Jesus in Boulder, Colorado why the parish school would not re-enroll a child of same-sex parents for the coming school year.“I hate the fact that I
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Bring remarried Catholics back to the table

Tuesday, January 10, 2012
By Online Editor
Bring remarried Catholics back to the table
The Austrian bishops have offered remarried Catholics a path to the sacraments for 30 years now. Let’s follow suit.A number of years ago, during a forum for divorced and remarried Catholics at a Jesuit retreat house in Austria, a woman shared her story: “After my divorce I went through a long period of deep self-doubt and depression. In addition I had difficulties with my two children.
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Parishes: Let's stop ignoring domestic violence

Friday, October 14, 2011
By Online Editor
Parishes: Let's stop ignoring domestic violence
It’s time for parishes to help battered spouses and their children step out of the shadows and get the assistance they need.Not long ago Juan and Carmen came to see me to register for the baptism of their third child. I had officiated at their wedding 10 years before.
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The mamas and the papas: What it's like for Catholic parents of GLBT children

Monday, February 20, 2012
By Online Editor
The mamas and the papas: What it's like for Catholic parents of GLBT children
Parents have much to say about the church and their children.The young priest preached on the sanctity of life at a Denver hospice. Afterward an older couple asked him if their son, who had died of AIDS, would be in hell forever. The priest said he couldn’t answer that.More than 20 years later Shawn Reynolds still remembers the anguish on the couple’s faces.
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Alabama to Latino immigrants: No room at the inn

Friday, February 17, 2012
By Online Editor
Alabama to Latino immigrants: No room at the inn
In the wake of a harsh new immigration law, the popular devotions of a small Alabama parish mirror the new fears and hardships of its members.Last December’s Posadas and Our Lady of Guadalupe celebrations were different at St. Mary’s Church in Opelika, Alabama.
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Off the corporate ladder: Working for the church

Wednesday, January 18, 2012
By Online Editor
Off the corporate ladder: Working for the church
Some professionals are quitting their day jobs and stepping up to a new spiritual calling.if someone had told Barbara Evans a decade ago that she’d be working as the director of religious education for a parish in New Jersey, responsible for the faith formation of children and teenagers, she’d have told them they were crazy.She had a solid corporate job as director of financial operations for a co
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Degrees of service: More on lay ministry programs

Friday, January 13, 2012
By Online Editor
Degrees of service: More on lay ministry programs
What types of lay ministry formation programs are available?
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Not in it for the money: Why some Catholics jump off the corporate ladder and into church ministry

Friday, January 13, 2012
By Online Editor
Not in it for the money: Why some Catholics jump off the corporate ladder and into church ministry
Those who enter lay ecclesial formation programs do so for a variety of reasons, but not usually because they expect to find a job with a whopping paycheck at the end.
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Hold the applause: Save the praise for God alone

Tuesday, December 20, 2011
By Online Editor
Hold the applause: Save the praise for God alone
We’re all part of the Body of Christ, so why are a select few soaking up all the attention at Mass?
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Let's not make Mass about the ministers

Wednesday, September 21, 2011
By Online Editor
Let's not make Mass about the ministers
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