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The 99 Lost Sheep:20 Somethings and the Catholic Church

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Susan Kehoe

The Church is losing young people. Outreach to the twenty something demographic has been, for the most part, a failure. How do we go about evangelizing young adults in a culture which brands Catholics as anti-women, puritanical, homophobic bigots? Well … Continue reading →

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Jewish Ritual Bath found in Baltimore may be oldest in US

Posted on February 16, 2011 by Susan Kehoe

From the Baltimore Son: “Archaeologists peeling back layers of history beneath the historic Lloyd Street Synagogue in East Baltimore have uncovered what is believed to be the oldest Jewish ritual bath complex in the United States. Hints of the presence … Continue reading →

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Mubarak Steps Down!

Posted on February 11, 2011 by Susan Kehoe

The Egyptian citizens are celebrating (H/T The Anchoress) Let us pray that they get real democracy and not radical Islam.

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Memorial: Our Lady of Lourdes

Posted on February 11, 2011 by Susan Kehoe

It is also World Day of the Sick. Here is a nice video on Lourdes from Rome Reports (H/T Pew Sitter). Deacon Greg has some renditions of “Song of Bernadette.

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Kansas Town Taxes Church Attendance

Posted on February 11, 2011 by Susan Kehoe

Well it is actually a driveway tax. I saw this, as I was surfing the news channels, on Fox News. Excerpt: In August, the small town just north of Kansas City passed the so-called “driveway tax,” a controversial charge, in … Continue reading →

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Wicked Bible to go on display

Posted on February 10, 2011 by Susan Kehoe

From the bloopers file: the 1611 edition. “A rare copy of the notorious seventeenth century ‘Wicked Bible’, which shocked readers by exhorting them ‘Thou shalt commit adultery’, is to go on public display for the first time. Cambridge University has … Continue reading →

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Homosexuality and the Bible

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Susan Kehoe

This article on CNN Belief blog, My Take: The Bible’s surprisingly mixed messages on sexuality by Jennifer Wright Knaust, is an example of why I avoid Belief. I try to avoid near occasions of sin and situations that make my … Continue reading →

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Bomb threat called in to Mercy hospital

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Susan Kehoe

Mercy Hospital is our local Catholic Hospital. The Des Moines Register reports: “Hospital employees at Mercy Medical Center were ordered to search their immediate area Tuesday afternoon when a bomb threat was called in to local dispatch. Dispatch received a … Continue reading →

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Hell hath no fury like a woman hacked

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Susan Kehoe

My email contact list has been infiltrated. I apologize to everyone who got an email with a weird link. I have changed my password, and I really hope that solves the problem. It will be difficult to change my address, … Continue reading →

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It is not nice to mess with Granny

Posted on February 8, 2011 by Susan Kehoe

Granny Kehoe needs to invest in a bigger handbag. From the UK Telegraph: Handbag-wielding grandmother first interview: ‘somebody had to do something’ A grandmother who tackled a gang of six jeweller’s shop robbers with her handbag has given her first … Continue reading →

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