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Fr. Michael Duffy

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April 2013

April 02, 2013

Why I am a Catholic in less than 200 words: Holy Thursday

A perfect storm – Trying to come up with a homily for Holy Thursday evening...

March 2013

March 17, 2013

A new Pope and a new Cardinal

So much has been happening with the new Holy Father. I watched with tears in...

March 14, 2013

A New Priest welcomes a New Pope

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March 01, 2013

Tricks of the Trade for the Sede Vacante

In my last post I pointed out the helpful resources put out by the USCCB...

February 2013

February 19, 2013

Sede Vacante, Conclave, and Habemus Papam – What’s a priest to do?!

I never thought I’d have a conclave during my first year of priesthood! What’s a...

February 15, 2013

#Old Fashioned Fridays and Lent

Social media strikes again. Do something Old Fashioned this Friday it says. Hashtag #OFF –...

February 11, 2013

Pope Benedict Resigns UPDATED WITH VIDEO

Recognizing his own human frailty, the Holy Father has, of his own accord, decided to...

January 2013

January 15, 2013

Living the Dream – National Vocations Awareness Week

This week is National Vocations Awareness Week and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Office of...

December 2012

December 08, 2012

A year of Grace

Today's Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception is one that I have particular fondness for. not...

December 04, 2012

The Advent of our Desire

The Internet is a remarkable place. Going through Facebook this evening I came across a...

November 2012

November 29, 2012

Hey Advent – hurry up and get here already.

If we’re all honest I think we would each admit that these last days of...

November 13, 2012

USCCB – Preaching, Penance and Dorothy!

A lot has been happening the last few days in Baltimore. Unfortunately I wasn't able...

November 01, 2012

From the “They didn’t prepare me for this in the seminary” file

We're still here. my parish is still in the dark, but thank God not much...

October 2012

October 19, 2012

New Saints for New York

This morning at the 9am Mass I preached with what I hope was fervor on...

October 07, 2012

Divorced: Getting A Little Personal: UPDATED

UPDATED: Pope Francis today spoke to reporters aboard the Papal Plane - He responded to...

September 2012

September 21, 2012

Made for Greatness – Reaching Young Adults

It seems to me that the biggest and most difficult group to evangelize are young...

September 15, 2012

The Cardinal and Colbert and the New Evangelization

Something very special happened at Fordham Univeristy's (my alma mater!) Rose Hill Campus last night....

September 06, 2012

Video and Text of Cardinal Dolan at the DNC

This is going to get a lot of people talking... Cardinal Dolan prayed at the...

September 04, 2012

Vocations, Facebook, and the BBC

"Catholic Church attracts future priests using Facebook" That's the headline from the BBC. It comes...

September 03, 2012

Requiem æternam, Emineza

Crowds came out in huge numbers to bid farewell to their beloved pastor. A man...

August 2012

August 30, 2012

The Scandals, Fr. Benedict, and Moving on… (UPDATED… AGAIN)

An interview with Fr. Benedict Groeschel, CFR was recently published on the NCRegister website. It...

August 27, 2012

Monica, Mothers, and the Maniturgium

The Church today celebrates the feast of St. Monica – mother of the great Saint...

August 22, 2012

“I Had to Thank Him…”

From the NY Times "Recalling the Real Dog Day Afternoon', 40 Years On." The story...

August 18, 2012

The other side of the screen

Deacon Greg brought it up here – pointing to a recent article in the Tablet. ...

August 13, 2012

Al Smith, American Royalty, and Keeping Calm UPDATED

I’ve always loved politics – I even worked in politics during one of my summer...

August 04, 2012

From sadness to joy… the day of a priest covers it all!

It's amazing how a day in the life of a priest covers so many emotions....

August 02, 2012

Missy (and the Jesuits) gets it right

America's newest sweetheart has her head on straight. Missy Franklin won a gold medal in...

August 01, 2012

Life doesn’t just happen…

So in the midst of all the fun of launching a blog... parish duties call....

August 01, 2012

New beginnings for the New Evangelization

53 days and counting. I’ve been a priest for 53 days. They have been some...