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He had large hands. His left one rested easily on the boy’s left shoulder. Both looked comfortable with the arrangement. They sat in the first pew at a daily Mass in a Church about 500 feet from …
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Sister Patricia McCarthy
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8/10/17
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My years at Our Lady of Providence Seminary at Warwick Neck were privileged by having fine organists to offer majestic praise to God and to support the student choir. Father Ronald Brassard, recently …
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Fr. John A. Kiley
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7/27/17
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“Ask the Newly Ordained” features Fathers Brian Morris, Joseph Brice and Stephen Battey — who respond to questions about the faith from Rhode Island Catholic readers.
It is often said that …
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Father Jean Joseph Brice
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7/13/17
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On May 13, as Pope Francis canonized at the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary in Fatima, Portugal two of the local shepherd children who first witnessed the appearance of the Blessed Mother at the …
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Fr. John A. Kiley
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7/13/17
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There was cheering two years ago this month when Pope Francis issued Laudato Si’, his long-awaited encyclical on the environment.
But it was two years before that, at a weekly audience one fine …
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William Patenaude
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6/29/17
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“Lemony fresh!” Those are the words I said to my two newly ordained brother priests, Father Stephen Battey and Father Joseph Brice, after I wiped the chrism off my hands with the maniturgium and …
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6/29/17
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Masada is an ancient fortification located on top of an isolated rock plateau in the Biblical province of Judea, today’s southern Israel. The surrounding land is generally desert. Picture a TV …
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Fr. John A. Kiley
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6/29/17
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A few random thoughts before I take a little break for summer . . .
** It’s just two years since the publication of Laudato Si, the historic encyclical of Pope Francis that calls us to a renewed …
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6/22/17
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Pope Francis has stated on more than one occasion that the Catholic Church should not be intent on proselytizing the five-and-a-half billion persons who have not yet heard the Gospel message in its …
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Fr. John A. Kiley
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6/22/17
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Q. What does being ordained to the Priesthood mean for you?
Having had a few days to reflect on the great gift of the Sacrament of Holy Orders that I received on June 3, one response from the Rite …
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Father Stephen Battey
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6/22/17
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For centuries, usually through the quiet response of an altar server or through the sung response of a choir, the worshippers at a Catholic Mass affirmed the Eucharistic work of the celebrant through …
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Fr. John A. Kiley
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6/15/17
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Last weekend was our “Tabor Moment.” Jesus took three of his disciples and went up a high mountain; there, he was transfigured before them. His clothes became dazzling white. Moses and Elijah …
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Father Jean Joseph Brice
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6/15/17
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The readings for daily Mass this week have been taken from the Book of Tobit, one of the most colorful and interesting books of the Bible. (And by the way, that’s Tobit, not Tobin!)
According to …
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6/8/17
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Few fictional characters are more woeful than the rural French pastor in Georges Bernanos’ “The Diary of a Country Priest.” Distant from his flock, scorned by the local nobility, bullied by …
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Fr. John A. Kiley
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6/8/17
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“Ask the Newly Ordained” features Fathers Brian Morris, Joseph Brice and Stephen Battey — who respond to questions about the faith from Rhode Island Catholic readers.
This past Saturday at …
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Father Brian Morris
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6/8/17
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For most of western cultures, June is the month of graduations at every level, from kindergarten to advanced university students. It is always a time to celebrate. For some the accomplishment is easy …
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Sister Patricia McCarthy
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6/8/17
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At the entrance road to Mount St. Rita Health Center, the former novitiate of the Sisters of Mercy in Cumberland, is a striking statue of an impressively winged angel facing three small kneeling …
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Fr. John A. Kiley
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6/1/17
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Jesus said to his first disciples, and to all future disciples, “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give it to you.”
But political leaders, …
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Tony Magliano
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6/1/17
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As you come to the end of your pilgrimage as a seminarian, do you have any wisdom, or advice to impart to anyone trying to figure out their way in life?
One of the most precious gifts I have …
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Deacon Joseph Brice
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6/1/17
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Brothers and sisters, we’re living in an age of lists. Just surf the internet and you’ll find a list about almost any conceivable topic – some serious, some silly, and some downright …
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5/25/17
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