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God Can Survive Your Questions

March 25, 2021 By Erin Jean Warde 2 Comments

Lately I’ve been praying through my spiritual past, letting memory guide me through how I became a Christian in a non-Christian family, how I traversed fundamentalism to later become Episcopalian, and how the Episcopal Church dared to ordain me both deacon and priest

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Filed Under: Spiritual Practices Tagged With: Annunciation, Blessed Virgin Mary, Feast Days, fundamentalism

Saint Patrick and Marking One Year

March 17, 2021 By Meaghan Brower 3 Comments

I live in Newport, Rhode Island where there is a small but mighty Irish population that has been celebrating Saint Patrick’s Day with vigor for 65 years.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: coronavirus, Family, Feast Days, Music, Patrick

Preparing for Joseph with an Altar and Feast

March 12, 2021 By Elizabeth Brignac Leave a Comment

I grew up in New Orleans, a city with a strong Roman Catholic presence. A lot of the kids I knew attended Catholic schools. Statues of the Virgin Mary adorned every third front yard. Fridays in Lent meant that someone was always holding a fish fry.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: altar, Feast Days, food, home altar, St. Joseph

Matthias: Humble and Ready to Grow

February 24, 2021 By Ryan Kuratko 1 Comment

‘Humility.’ We can use the word in such ugly ways, but humility simply means to be real, to be honest, to be ourselves. If you’re doing Lent, it’s a good Lenten word.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: Feast Days, humility, St. Matthias

Presentation of Jesus in the Temple

February 2, 2021 By Lauren Kuratko 1 Comment

I love thinking about Simeon holding Jesus in the temple singing about how his eyes have finally seen God that light to enlighten the nations.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: children, Feast Days, Holidays, Presentation of our Lord Jesus Christ

Celebrating the Conversion of a Man So Sure About Everything

January 25, 2021 By Ann Benton Fraser 2 Comments

I’m making another king cake for the Conversion of Saint Paul. The epiphanies will keep coming, whether by guiding star or blinding light or daily bread.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year, Saints Tagged With: children, Conversion of St. Paul, Epiphany, Feast Days, politics, St. Paul

Word and Deed: The Feast of Saint Stephen

December 26, 2020 By Dorian Del Priore 1 Comment

Throughout my younger years, my dad was fond of reminding me that Del Priores were supposed to be Renaissance men. It was something he took great pride in. His motto and mantra back then: Jack of all trades, master of none. Honestly, I think he sold himself short, as he is truly a master of much.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: baptismal covenant, Feast Days, saints, St. Stephen

How an Epidemic Changed Saint Nicholas

December 6, 2020 By Meaghan Brower 4 Comments

If I were writing this last year I don’t even think I would have paid any attention to this part of Nicholas’ story. I’m not sure the word would have registered in my brain. But this year? Hearing of a young boy losing both his parents to an uncontrolled illness was hard to ignore.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year, Parenting Tagged With: Advent, Christmas, Feast Days, generosity, kindness, St. Nicholas, St. Nicholas Center

Saint Andrew’s Evangelism

November 30, 2020 By Marcus Halley Leave a Comment

Saint Andrew was a pioneer in many ways. His festival is often the first major Christian feast celebrated after the beginning of the Christian year to commemorate his status of being the “first called.”

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: art, evangelism, Feast Days, St. Andrew

All Saints: Bound by Water

November 1, 2020 By Dorian Del Priore Leave a Comment

A few years ago, I ran across a video of a toddler playing in the rain for the first time. As someone who loves the rain, I was immediately captivated.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year, Saints Tagged With: All Saints' Day, baptism, cloud of witnesses, Feast Days

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