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From the Inside Out

The following is based on a true story which happened at the 1976 Special Olympics in Seattle, Washington. “Nine contestants lined up at the starting line for the 100-yard dash. At the sound of the starting gun, they all started off in their own way, making their best effort to run down the track toward…
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St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

A self-effacing nun in the Visitation Convent at Paray-le-Monial, France, was inspired by the Lord Jesus to establish the devotion of the Holy Hour. Her name was St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, and from the age of seven, when she received her first Holy Communion, she had always manifested an intense love of the Most Blessed…
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Praying the Rosary

If you had grown up in our Finnegan Catholic Household, you would have had a rosary and learned to say it.  All 9 of us kids had one and they were prominent in May when we’d say the rosary at our homemade May altar.  And if we couldn’t sleep, we’d go downstairs hoping to stay…
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October 2025

October falls during the liturgical season known as Tempus per Annum or Ordinary Time (formerly Time After Pentecost), which is represented by the liturgical color green. Green is a symbol of hope, as it is the color of the sprouting seed and arouses in the faithful the hope of reaping the eternal harvest of heaven,…
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