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Commission for Social Development
The climate crisis is intensifying and it’s touching every part of our lives. Global efforts to address climate change are more urgent than ever.
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Lenten Conferences of Fr. Lacordaire No. 24
Lenten Series of reflections taken from the Conferences of the Rev. Lacordaire.
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A Closer Walk (John 2:13-25)
Early in St. John’s gospel, we see Jesus resolutely striding into the outer courtyard of the Jerusalem Temple, a space bordering on what the Jewish people acknowledged to be God’s own Dwelling place.
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“Real Families”
In my active years of helping families, I often heard two seemingly contradictory thoughts about parents in “real families.”
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Lenten Conferences of Fr. Lacordaire No. 23
Lenten Series of reflections taken from the Conferences of the Rev. Lacordaire.