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Cleansing and re-inventing the Catholic Church: Let the sisters lead

Posted on August 27, 2018 by freecatholic808 — 3 Comments

My Franciscan schooling in Malaysia is one of the building blocks of my Catholic faith that I most cherish, next to everything I learned from my mother’s example. Both the Franciscan nuns, and my mother, had little time for blind…

To evangelize, recognize

Posted on November 23, 2012 by freecatholic808 — 4 Comments

The Bishops are concerned about the need to step up the evangelizing. They wonder why Catholics appear to be falling away in greater numbers than ever from the institutional church. Maybe it’s a wardrobe issue? It’s hard to stand with…

Catholicism with Aloha

Posted on September 10, 2010 by freecatholic808 — 5 Comments

Free. Of the stultifying pronouncements of clergy at the highest levels far removed from the lives of people on the ground. Free. Of the biases of tradition that have their roots, not in the Gospels but in the circles of…