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		<title>Trusting that God listens</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[You’re in my thoughts and prayers.
I must have heard that a dozen times in the last week as my brother recovers from surgery. And I’m sure each one of you has said it to someone who has encountered some physical ailment or mental anguish.
It’s a wonderful thing to say and a well-intentioned gesture. In many [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Change is good, but Kelly’s status quo is consistent success</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Notre Dame spring practice is in full swing, and the optimism over head coach Brian Kelly and what he brings to the football program hasn’t been this high since Lou Holtz took over for Gerry Faust following the 1985 season.
That’s not to say that Kelly arrives at Notre Dame with the same résumé as Holtz’s. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Age of communication starts  with personal contact</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:43:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m old enough to remember party lines when a handful of people in the neighborhood had to share one common phone line.
Baby boomers remember rotary dials, which are too much of an inconvenience and time drag in today’s punch-a-button world. Long distance calls no longer cost a fortune, which goes a long way toward explaining [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Embrace the gamut of emotions bestowed upon us</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:25:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[All right, keep this to yourselves. Don’t tell anyone. This is our little secret.
There is only one network television show that I watch.
“American Idol.”
Shhhh. That’s just between you and me. Nobody else knows.
Actually, when I reveal this to people, particularly men, they make a face that is best described as disdain. The initial reaction is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Time to start savoring the time we have</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:09:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It begins at an early age, quite possibly on a family vacation in which an automobile is the mode of transportation.
An hour slips by, two hours, three. &#8230; Okay, now the novelty of this exciting family excursion gives way to the desire to arrive at the destination.
“Are we there yet? How much longer? I can’t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>With anonymity comes loss of humanity</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:21:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.”
Literature aficionados may recall that opening line from Charles Dickens’ “A Tale of Two Cities,” a novel set in London and Paris about the French Revolution. But that famous phrase written 150 years ago also applies to how information is spread today via the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Counselor, umpire, friend</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:25:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The designation of Monsignor — or Chaplain to His Holiness — is a form of address conferred upon men of the clergy by the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI. This distinction recently was bestowed upon seven priests from the local diocese, including Rev. Michael W. Heintz, Ph.D., rector of St. Matthew Cathedral, pastor of St. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A thinking man’s guide to writing about, cheering for the team</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:11:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There’s never been a day in the last 28 years that I’ve regretted entering the field of journalism, in particular, sports journalism.
Although I’ve been reminded by some boisterous football fans through the years that my career of choice is occupied by a despicable band of athlete wannabes, I am proud of my work and believe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Opinions better left unsaid</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ability, or rather, the willingness to share an opinion whenever the mood strikes is either a biological inheritance or a learned trait, or perhaps a combination of both. I’m not really sure since I grew up in a house full of opinions that were freely shared.
And so that tendency was passed down to me, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weather or not</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:39:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Come on, admit it. If you haven’t said it yourself, someone has said it to you. And you’ve laughed or agreed or added your own insult.
It must be nice to be a weatherman. You can be wrong most of the time and still keep your job.
Oh, those poor meteorologists. All of civilized mankind clings to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What makes for an effective homily?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:55:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we watched the priest stride to the pulpit, I wondered-as I had so many times before — just what the message would be and how it would be delivered.
My wife and I were vacationing. We had found a small church not far from our lodgings with an 8:30 a.m. Sunday Mass.
I checked my watch [...]]]></description>
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