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Father Gollob: Pope Francis and words of hope

Friday, March 27, 20200378 It is Friday, the 27th of March. The harbingers of spring are all around us as we wait out the COVID-19 pandemic. Spring comes with a gust of hope when we can see the...

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Father Esposito: Faith in the time of two quarantines

Friday, March 27, 20200404 The word “quarantine” as we use it today was first coined in 14th century Venice – the leaders of that most serene watery republic ordered a mandatory period of...

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Father Bayer: Fasting in the Rule of St. Benedict during Lent

Saturday, March 21, 202001466 We’re a few weeks into Lent, and since we’ve had some time now to try our Lenten disciplines of praying, fasting and almsgiving, let’s take a moment to reevaluate...

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Father Dankasa: Understanding God’s Will: The story of my vocation

Friday, March 20, 202001011 When I was discerning my vocation to the priesthood shortly after high school, I was deeply conflicted because of my interest in the sciences. I couldn’t decide...

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Father Esposito: The faith of a Catholic woman in Auschwitz

Friday, March 6, 20200324 By Father Thomas Esposito Special to The Texas Catholic January 27 marked the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, the most notorious of the Nazi...

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Father Bayer: We are More than the Sum of our Parts

Saturday, February 22, 20200396 I recently finished a fascinating book by Norman Doidge on neuroplasticity, “The Brain that Changes Itself.” It’s a very readable book about how science is...

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Father Gollob: Thoughts on finding inscape at diocesan formation center

Friday, February 21, 20200192 The Diocese of Dallas has a wonderful facility, the Catholic Formation Center, right off Interstate Highway 35 and Zang Boulevard in Oak Cliff. Here many retreats,...

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Father Esposito: Discussing Prudence, Providence and Proper Discernments

Friday, February 7, 20200565 If posed to a general audience, the question “What is prudence?” would likely elicit a series of memorable and perhaps depressing answers, ranging from “a name for...

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Father Dankasa: Our Spirituality Too Needs Updating

Thursday, February 6, 20200482 When I was in seminary we were always told that the formation we received in the seminary was the beginning of our learning experience, not the end, that when we became...

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