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Would Fulton Sheen have okayed my absence? (opens the original)
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Last week, the Ven. Fulton J. Sheen became a Blessed. Not just blessed, as in blest, but Bless-ed as one more step toward sainthood. <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1557" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Mts-!,w_1456,c_limit,
Our tragic forgetfulness of those who labored... (opens the original)
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Last night, my husband and I took in the Bishop Robert Barron produced “Heaven in Stone and Glass,” which premiered. For those who missed it, some cities will be offering a second showing on Wednesday, Sept. 23.It won’t be in my city then, and I won’t be in my city then, either. I’ll be bound for Baltimore to take in the 2026 National Federation of Press Women annual conference. I’ve been to a few national conferences with this organization before—San Antonio, Baton Rouge and St. Louis. But this
Saying goodbye to coffee is hard! (opens the original)
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Earlier today, I met with my spiritual director, and after explaining some of the many recent changes in my life, he asked the question he always asks: “So where are you at with God in all this?”Soul Matters is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.<input class="button primary" ty
Recalibrating at the abbey (opens the original)
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Earlier this week, I went on an overnight excursion with two friends to partake in a mini retreat at Abbey of the Hills in Marvin, South Dakota.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="467.25" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!q9RL!,w_1456,c_limit,f_aut
For my 58th year, a disease I can’t pronounce (opens the original)
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On August 20, while my mom was having total hip replacement surgery in Bismarck, I was in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, in a small room with my husband and a medical specialist, a urogynecologist, receiving “good news bad news.” The good news? He wasn’t going to be like the other medical personnel this past couple years who just shrugged their shoulders and sent me away. No, he’d discovered the cause of my maladies these last long months, and it even had a name. The bad news? In March, a friend had
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