Adjutorium Nostrum in Nomine Domini

Michael A. Parkes, 27 New York, senior accountant, Marsh & McLennan Michael A. Parkes, 27, had an MBA and a good job as a senior accountant, but his passion was working with young people. He volunteered as a scoutmaster, camp counselor and leader of a church youth group, somehow finding enough time to sleep. He [...]

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We’ve finished the first of four years of formation for the Permanent Diaconate (PD) and I’m tying up some loose ends. One of those loose ends is an assignment to write a 5-7 page reflection on my perception of the PD. While I was attempting to muster up some motivation to begin a classmate emailed a link [...]

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This blog’s patron Saint for 2011 is Blessed Matthias of Arima – see the sidebar. If you’d like a patron saint visit http://yourpatronsaint.blogspot.com

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I feel compelled to break my blog silence. Our mass media, as are so many of us everyday Catholics, no longer applies reason and intellect to interpret what is read or heard. We reduce what is consumed to some lowest common denominator which often turns out to be a complete misunderstanding of the original. This [...]

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I have begun studies for the formation for the Permanent Diaconate. Blogging will be infrequent at best.

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