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10:59pm Thursday December 9, 2010
Just in time for the holidays, a chef in Washington has created an extraordinary gingerbread house — er, church — of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. From the Georgetown Patch:(with a H/T to CNS) Crafting gingerbread [...]
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12:07am Monday December 6, 2010
Here’s a local TV report with more on the blessing of New York’s new basilica, with Archbishop Dolan as winning as ever.
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10:04am Sunday December 5, 2010
The venerable church in lower Manhattan — where America’s first cardinal received his red hat — today becomes the Archdiocese of New York’s very first basilica. (Incredibly, the fabled St. Pat’s on Fifth Avenue isn’t one.). Congratulations to our neighbors [...]
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1:35pm Saturday November 27, 2010
From the In My Backyard Desk…an inspiring story of evangelization: What I found while teaching a Called & Gifted workshop in Brooklyn last week is absolutely unique. I’ve worked in hundreds of Catholic parishes in 100 dioceses on 5 continents [...]