Parental Bragging and Legacy

I tolerate a lot of parental bragging.  I think its great when children know they’ve made their parents proud. I’m happy for my friends and

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Catechism: You Don’t Know Squat

It’s really too bad that while the legal profession mandates continuing education for its members to maintain their licenses, the Catholic Church won’t revoke a

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What Would Jesus Blog or Tweet?

If you’ve been on social media long enough, you’re familiar with expert tips on what makes for popular blog posts and most clicked or re-tweeted

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Are You Really Successful?

A politician once asked me flat out for bribery money when I clerked for a law firm in the Philippines. I played dumb, quit my

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For St. Peter\’s sake!

I first met Pope John Paul II as “Mr. Seymour.” My cousins and I were playing a game of “funeral,” and trailing a tricycle with

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She Told Us So

Hell froze over when I chopped off my hair for the official mom’s haircut. (My husband’s smile froze, too.) Then pigs started flying when I

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