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Diocese of Orange celebrates National Catholic Schools Week
Imagine a cool, crisp morning here in Orange County California. Early sunlight is starting to paint the sky. Birds are painting the "sound scape" with their chirping. Children in clean uniforms,...
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Cigna's in Denial
This is a real life drama I hope never happens to you. Moms, you may want to keep this one from your children. Dads, I invite you to listen up. On National Cancer Awareness Day, this seems like an...
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Cigna's in Denial: Part 2
There I sat, bursting at the emotional seams, holding in 24 oz of water, trying to reach anybody of importance at Cigna, hoping to go back and finish the cat scan.During lunch time, the day before...
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The Pharisee Syndrome
Sounds like the title of a hit movie, doesn't it.It puts a three word label to the point Jesus made time and time again in the Gospels: don't get so far into the trappings of...
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The Easter Cathechism. Back at The Laguna Playhouse.
Sister's Easter Catechism, the hilarious episode of the Late Nite Catechism comedy series that wowed critics and audiences last year, is back at the The Laguna Playhouse for a repeat...
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Remembering now Saint John Paul II
He supported Solidarity against the Communist regime. He initiated the new evangelization movement. He helped bring down the Itron Curtain. He attracted great crowds whenever he appeared.But no matter...
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Remembering a religious experience
No angel visited me in a dream. I never saw tears from a statue. Jesus never showed me His face in the clouds. My most memorable religious experience came in high school, compliments of my senior...
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The problem with sola sciptura
Jesus endured the desert for forty days. I’ve had to endure 40 days of radiation treatments. But the comparison goes beyond the number of days. I also had to face a good number of challenges to my...
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Black Mass scheduled for Tulsa performance. Begs to be banned.
Believe it or not, the Tulsa Civic Center Music Hall is selling tickets for a Black Mass to be held September 21.Its producers, the occult group Dakhma of Angra Mainyu, are promoting the event as a...
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Charter Schools: yes. Vouchers: no. Fair: you be the judge.
You can use your tax dollars to send your children to a independent study program, housed in a converted shoe store, where all they do is complete workbooks, take multiple choice unit tests (no...
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Should our high schools be supporting a "culture of death"
Maybe “Respect for Life” week has heightened my awareness.Maybe I’m really starting to see just how deeply Pope John Paul’s “culture of death” has permeated our society.It’s not...
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Is divorce a career goal?
I was teaching a high school writing class in which life goals after high school were the topic for discussion. Once the question was posed students broke up into small groups to share their plans for...
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Our First Thanksgiving was actually Catholic
When most Americans think of the First Thanksgiving, we envision pictures of Plymouth Pilgrims in knickers and brass buckled shoes, sharing their fall harvest with peaceful Indians, after reading...
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Retailers that support Christmas. Those that don’t.
If you care about patronizing retailers that support Christmas, it might be worth your while to review the "naughty and nice list" put out each year by the American Family Association (AFA).Their...
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Why Christ came as a baby: new version
For Christmas I usually respond to my readers request to repost the “Why Christ came as a baby” article I wrote several years ago. (There’s a link below if you’d like to read it...
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Catholicism 101: The grace system
If you accept Catholicism you accept the “grace system.” If that concept doesn’t ring true with you, or strike a spiritual chord, let me explain.Catholics define grace as the actual sharing in the...
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The dilemma of Celiac Catholics
“Celiac Catholics.” Almost sounds like a religious sect from the Middle East, doesn’t it?If that was only the case.Unfortunately “Celiac Catholics” are those who suffer from Celiac disease, a malady...
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Good news for celiac Catholics
No longer do you have to settle for receiving Holy Eucharist under the species of wine or spiritual communion (if you cannot tolerate alcohol.) Communion hosts that are virtually gluten-free are now...
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Miracles happen every day
It was late Saturday afternoon. I just finished an exhausting day hiking the sites at Yellowstone. After cleaning up I thought I’d check out local Mass times for the next morning. Lo and behold I...
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Assumption afterthought
Granted, there are theological reasons why Mary’s body was spared from decay and corruption. It makes perfect sense since that was an effect of Original Sin and she is the Immaculate Conception. But...
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