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At 16, he joined a religious community.
He came from a rural area in the Philippines. He loved people, loved animals, and was looking for a simple way to help.
He had no …
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By Mark Saucier
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7/9/25
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He always saw parishioners in the hospital and anyone else who wanted a priest or just a visitor.
Once, it was a woman, pregnant and gravely ill, a stranger in town with neither friends nor …
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By Mark Saucier
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6/26/25
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First, my older sister was admitted with a severe intestinal virus. Pneumonia set in. The stress of the two caused her heart to go into AFib.
As all this was spiraling down, another sister …
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By Mark Saucier
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6/12/25
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I will never forget where I first met my uncle, my mother’s brother Lester.
It was Plot D, Row 9, Grave 110 at the Manilla American Cemetery in the Philippines.
It was only a few …
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By Mark Saucier
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5/28/25
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Like so many, my eyes were fixed on the curtained doorway behind the empty balcony. I, too, was curious, excited, hopeful.
Finally, the door opened, a cardinal stepped out and proclaimed, …
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By Mark Saucier
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5/15/25
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Meandering through the museum, we found funerary art from ancient Egypt.
The wealthy deceased were mummified and often placed in a richly adorned wooden coffin. A stone sarcophagus would further …
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By Mark Saucier
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4/30/25
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We were moving into a building we bought for our ministry to women looking for redemption, recovery and reentry.
I was working with a man I’d never met, a volunteer from the church most of …
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By Mark Saucier
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4/17/25
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Genesis is the first book of the Bible and contains the creation narratives. But, it is Exodus, the second book, that provides the origin story of the Israelite people.
With Moses, the burning …
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By Mark Saucier
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4/2/25
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On an early-morning walk, I ducked into a church for a few minutes of prayer. It was a typical old Mexican church, drab with age and neglect, but filled with statues and 17th-century paintings that …
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By Mark Saucier
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3/19/25
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A Jubilee Year is a special year in the Catholic Church.
Jubilees have roots in the Old Testament. In the Bible, the Jubilee Year happened every 50 years. The purpose was to bring fairness, …
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By Phyllis Emmel
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3/19/25
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They were sitting in front of me. I happened to see when she grabbed her husband’s hand and held it between them.
It could have been a fleeting pain, though she didn’t appear to …
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By Mark Saucier
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3/6/25
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As members of the Body of Christ, each of us receives a unique mission from …
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By Bishop W. Shawn McKnight
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2/19/25
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In Matthew, Jesus preaches the Beatitudes on the side of a mountain. In Luke, they’re preached on a plain.
“He went down with them and stood on a level place.”
In Matthew, …
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By Mark Saucier
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2/19/25
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One of our granddaughters was involved in a horticulture project at school.
Eager to pass on her learning, she told her little brother some of the things he should be doing for the aloe …
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By Mark Saucier
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2/6/25
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Music inspires and uplifts us.
It connects us to loved ones and special memories.
When I hear a hymn my mother or father loved, my heart is warm. It’s as if we are reunited, despite …
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By Teresa Pitt Green
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1/23/25
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When we sing together in the liturgy, the …
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By Bishop W. Shawn McKnight
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1/23/25
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La música nos inspira y eleva. Nos conecta con nuestros seres queridos y recuerdos especiales. Cuando escucho un himno que le gustaba mi madre o mi padre, mi corazón se llena de …
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por Teresa Pitt Green
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1/23/25
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Cuando cantamos juntos en la liturgia, el Espíritu Santo se mueve entre nosotros. El canto litúrgico es un acto de fe que resuena profundamente en nuestros corazones; no es solo la …
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Por el Obispo W. Shawn McKnight
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1/23/25
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Jesus quotes Isaiah to define his mission: “He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free.”
In this spirit of …
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By Mark Saucier
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1/22/25
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The Jubilee Year of Pilgrims of Hope invites all of us into a season of …
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By Bishop W. Shawn McKnight
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1/9/25
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