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British author Nick Bantock wrote, “Letter writing is an excellent way of slowing down this lunatic helter-skelter universe long enough to gather one’s thoughts.” In an age of tweeting, texting and emailing, the art of letter writing is fast becoming an endangered species.
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The young man seated there wore a short-sleeve shirt, but the sleeves were empty from the shoulders. His guitar was placed on the floor before him, and he deftly reached out to it with his bare feet. As he played the guitar, his powerful voice filled the auditorium. The song, “Never Be the Same,” stilled the crowd when he sang the words “today is like no other day before, and you and I will never be the same.”
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“Let me tell you how I got out of there, and I will tell you right from the jump, I was not saved by the system,” Melendez said. “I was saved in spite of the system. I was saved by the grace of God.”
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Dr. Tom Evans, an administrator at St. Edward’s University in Austin, Texas, has been named president of Carroll College. The diocesan college announced the selection of Evans, one of three finalists, on Dec. 20. He is expected to begin serving as president in June.
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Following an intentional delay to accommodate implementation of the Third Roman Missal, the diocese-wide Living Stones process to plan for allocation of priests is back under way.
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Participation in the annual Women’s Advent Retreat at Holy Family Parish in Anaconda has rocketed since the retreat’s inception in 2009. The 2011 retreat on Dec. 10 drew 58 participants, an increase of 22 people since the first retreat two years earlier.
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Who would have imagined that the little girl on the left in my picture above would someday visit Washington, D. C., New York City, Berlin and London—on business? But that is what happened.
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Sister Pat Johannsen welcomed 2012 in southern Sudan, the exuberance at midnight Mass rising to a level she hadn’t seen in church during the nine months or so since starting her mission service in the African country.
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It has been three and a half years since the beginning of the redemption phase of the
diocesan capital campaign, from Age to Age. The bar graph ... shows the actual dollar
distributions to the case elements, as well as repayment of campaign costs ... through Jan. 6, 2012.
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Woodcarvings by George Gulli of St. Francis Parish in Hamilton were blessed on Dec. 22 by Father Jack Darragh, the parish pastor.
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In celebrating the Feast of St. Lucy, a vision-impaired student at Butte Central Elementary School was adorned with a wreath of lights on her head and escorted by two children in the role of angels, as she carried treats to teachers.
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Children and CYC teachers from St. Teresa of Avila Parish in Whitehall participated in the town’s annual Christmas Stroll on Dec. 10.
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A new pro-life sign bought with donations from Anaconda Catholic Community parishioners is in the parking lot at Anaconda’s Holy Family Catholic Church, and can be seen by drivers traveling on two streets.
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The Trinity Hall Chapel on the Carroll College campus is an intimate space in the residence hall that houses Carroll junior and seniors. The chapel features custom woodwork and furnishings by woodcraftsman and artist Mike Flanagan.
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Selected video, book and internet recommendations from Kathy Ward, Manager of the Diocesan Resource Center, published monthly in The Montana Catholic.
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Upcoming and ongoing events in and around the Diocese of Helena...
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