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When people really believed in fairies
fairies: a dangerous history by richard sugg, reaktion books, 279pp, £9.99/$16.95 do you believe in fairies? many of us would say no, then p...
David V Barrett
Walking with God among pots and pans
the life of saint teresa of avila by carlos eire, princeton, 280pp, £22/$26.95 this incisive, insightful book gets to the heart of the matte...
Alexander Jolliffe
Diary of a City Priest
pius xi announced the establishment of the feast of christ the king in an encyclical, quas primas, published in december 1925. in its introd...
Fr Dominic Allain
How to … Be an altar server
most parish priests like to be able to draw on the help of between one and six altar servers at any one time. traditionally, the lay ministr...
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Mass readings
ordinary form divine office week ii sunday, november 24: our lord jesus christ king of the universe 2 sm 5:1-3; ps 122; col 1:12-20; lk...
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Prize crossword 0620
cryptic across 5 french author died in thebes, he discovered (6) 7 fix liza with soldier, getting on board to see the pyramids here (2,4) 9 ...
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Heretic of the week: Conrad Beissel
conrad beissel (1691-1768) was born in eberbach, a town deeply divided between catholics and calvinists. as one of the latter, he took up th...
Charles Coulombe
Writing homilies often leaves me shaken
during homilies, i occasionally tell an amusing story to illustrate my point. i deliver a line i find particularly jocular, only to look up ...
Fr Michael Rennier
Saints for a new situation
everywhere in church circles today you hear a lament: our churches are emptying. we’ve lost our youth. this generation no longer knows or un...
Fr Ronald Rolheiser
Does the Vatican's new financial czar have a hope?
if you want to know how the reform of vatican finances is going, two developments are a bellwether: the appointment of fr juan antonio guerr...
Christopher R. Altieri
Living out a vocation
what does it mean to have a vocation? the term gets batted around both in religious and secular circles, and everyone assumes its meaning is...
Fr Ronald Rolheiser
Giving baddies a good send-off
enough doom and gloom, says billy connolly, quoted in the london evening standard: he thinks the news needs cheering up. “move obituaries fr...
Andrew M Brown
Heretic of the week: Valentinus
valentinus (100-160), was born in a small town in northern egypt, and moved to alexandria as a child. there he received a greek education an...
Charles Coulombe
Prize crossword 0619
cryptic across 3 two boys read quietly in school a letter from paul (11) 7 fool little boy to come to a valley near jerusalem (6) 8 it’s him...
Alun Evans
Mass readings
ordinary form divine office week i sunday, november 17 : the 33rd sunday in ordinary time mal 3:19-20a; ps 98; 2 thes 3:7-12; lk 21:5-1...
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How to… Serve the Church in retirement
parish priests today seldom live in community with other priests, which was normal half a century ago, but live alone while often trying to ...
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Why children should be taught the history of the Mass
ignorance, says lady bracknell in the importance of being earnest, is like a delicate, exotic, fruit; touch it and the bloom is gone. she wo...
Fr Dominic Allain
Heaven is not automatic
our collect for the 33rd ordinary sunday was in the 8th-century liber sacramentorum gellonensis and also in the more ancient veronese sacram...
Fr John Zuhlsdorf
Christ is our hidden strength, our hidden wisdom
the 33rd sunday of the year mal 3:19-20; 2 thess 3:7-12; lk 21:5-19 (year c) “the day is coming now, burning like a furnace; and all the arr...
Bishop David McGough
Was Shostakovich a dissident or a lackey?
shostakovich: critical lives by pauline fairclough reaktion books, 240pp, £11.99/$19 there’s a popular image of shostakovich – encouraged by...
Michael White
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