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EWTN Register Radio: Holy Week in a COVID-19 World
EWTN Register Radio: Holy Week in a COVID-19 World

EWTN radio interview discussing what the impact of limiting the sacraments have on bishops, priests, and the faithful.

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RadioNewman House ManagerApril 3, 2020Faith, EWTN, Register Radio
Our service continues
Our service continues

What is a priest to do in a pandemic? He is to do his utmost to celebrate the sacraments.

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Newman House ManagerApril 2, 2020Faith, Catholic Register, Coronavirus
Pope Francis's signature moment
Pope Francis's signature moment

Pope Francis was holding up the entire Church in prayer, blessing the city and the world.

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Newman House ManagerApril 2, 2020Church Affairs, Catholic Herald
Sacraments’ Validity Amid Coronavirus
Sacraments’ Validity Amid Coronavirus

The sacraments become more, not less, important in a time of distress.

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Newman House ManagerApril 1, 2020Church Affairs, Coronavirus, National Catholic Register
Going Viral and Not Going Back
Going Viral and Not Going Back

Consider the ways in which our public spaces may change as they've now moved online due to COVID-19.

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Newman House ManagerApril 1, 2020Culture, Coronavirus, Convivium
When the going got tough due to COVID-19, Justin Trudeau showed his true authoritarian colours
When the going got tough due to COVID-19, Justin Trudeau showed his true authoritarian colours

Critics of Donald Trump have speculated that he might exploit the crisis to move in an authoritarian direction. Who would have thought that it would be Justin Trudeau, not Trump, who was the threat?

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Newman House ManagerMarch 27, 2020Politics, National Post
Coronavirus Essentials: How the Church Is Applying Public-Health Directives
Coronavirus Essentials: How the Church Is Applying Public-Health Directives

A global pandemic is hardly the time for acrimony and accusations in the Body of Christ. It is better to extend the benefit of the doubt and attempt to understand why such decisions were taken.

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Newman House ManagerMarch 26, 2020Church Affairs, National Catholic Register
Beethoven, Spring and Nature
Beethoven, Spring and Nature

As spring has sprung, the Kingston Symphony’s melded-together performance of two vastly different compositions show that while man and nature often collide, God’s creation is still a garden.

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Newman House ManagerMarch 26, 2020Culture, Convivium
Lent's long Gospels prepare us to be transformed at Easter
Lent's long Gospels prepare us to be transformed at Easter

The Gospel accounts of the Samaritan woman, the man born blind, and the raising of Lazarus are fundamental to our understanding of Lent.

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Newman House ManagerMarch 26, 2020Faith, Catholic Herald
Italy Marks First ‘Dante Day’ Under Coronavirus Lockdown
Italy Marks First ‘Dante Day’ Under Coronavirus Lockdown

Dante Day falls neither on the poet’s birthday nor death anniversary — it was chosen because Dante’s journey into the Inferno begins on Good Friday, and the traditional date of Good Friday is March 25.

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Newman House ManagerMarch 25, 2020Faith
The helpers, stuck at home, who cannot help during the COVID-19 pandemic
The helpers, stuck at home, who cannot help during the COVID-19 pandemic

Food banks tend to rely on many volunteers for the receiving, sorting, packing and distribution of food. What happens when 20 volunteers who worked together in one room are reduced to six in order to keep safe distances?

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Newman House ManagerMarch 20, 2020Culture, National Post
Coronavirus, Sports, and Joy
Coronavirus, Sports, and Joy

The world’s playing fields have been emptied by pandemic but our God-given desire to play like Tom Brady can never be stilled.

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Newman House ManagerMarch 20, 2020Culture, Convivium
When someone leaves the Church, how do we pastors respond?
When someone leaves the Church, how do we pastors respond?

The pastor goes after the lost and beseeches those who would depart. But what if the lost are determined not to come back?

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Newman House ManagerMarch 19, 2020Faith, Catholic Herald
Catholic Principles and Practices in Time of Pandemic
Catholic Principles and Practices in Time of Pandemic

Now that there is time to make sober adjustments, pastors might find creative ways to publicly continue the prayer of the Church.

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Newman House ManagerMarch 16, 2020National Catholic Register, Church Affairs
Balancing safety and human interaction during a pandemic — and beyond
Balancing safety and human interaction during a pandemic — and beyond

Safety and risk, openness and protection — that balance defines a culture. We have been knocked off balance for the foreseeable future. But how will things look when we get back up?

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Newman House ManagerMarch 13, 2020Culture, National Post
A synod on synodality risks being self-referential
A synod on synodality risks being self-referential

The seventh anniversary of Pope Francis falls at a time when the pontificate’s agenda has run into difficulty on two key issues – synodality and curial reform.

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Newman House ManagerMarch 12, 2020Catholic Herald, Church Affairs
The Convivial Charms of Curling
The Convivial Charms of Curling

Spending time at the Brier is a proud mix of citizenship, friendship and sporting glory.

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Newman House ManagerMarch 10, 2020Culture, Convivium
The nature of devil’s sin still holds lesson for us
The nature of devil’s sin still holds lesson for us

The devil rebelled against the created order of nature; he wanted to be the author of nature.

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Newman House ManagerMarch 7, 2020Faith, Catholic Register
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