It started with the discovery last summer of an ornate, embroidered canopy in a closet in my parish …
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By CLAUDIA McDONNELL
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6/29/22
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It’s springtime, and for many Catholics that means it’s the season for sacraments, especially first Communion. It’s a time of preparation and prayer, of observing beloved traditions and …
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By CLAUDIA McDONNELL
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5/18/22
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One morning in late September 1981, I entered the newsroom of Catholic New York in Manhattan and walked to my desk. On top of it, and on top of every other desk, fresh from the press, lay the first …
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By CLAUDIA McDONNELL
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11/16/22
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A few days after the death of Queen Elizabeth II at age 96, I visited another nonagenarian, one whom I know very …
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By CLAUDIA McDONNELL
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9/21/22
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Like many other Catholics, I subscribe to a monthly prayer book that contains the Order of…
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By CLAUDIA McDONNELL
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7/27/22
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A shadow lies over Easter this year, dimming, in a way, the light …
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By CLAUDIA McDONNELL
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4/20/22
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I read something long ago that always comes back to me at this time of year. It was a comment by an author; I don’t recall which one, but it might have been the English novelist and poet Thomas …
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By CLAUDIA McDONNELL
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10/19/22
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Gathering newspapers one evening for recycling, I came upon an article I had saved to read when I had …
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By CLAUDIA McDONNELL
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8/24/22
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