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2016-10-26T12:30:26-05:00

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Racism in the American South Today

Last updated on: October 26, 2016 at 12:30 pm By Jennifer Fitz

In 1988 I moved to a small town in South Carolina, not far from where my paternal grandfather had grown up. In enrolling me at the local high school, among other paperwork my parents had to indicate whether they did or did not permit the principal to administer corporal punishment. Also, in those days they kept records of the racial balance in every classroom. On the day of the census in 1990, my homeroom teacher faced an awkward situation: The... Read more

2015-01-17T06:13:00-05:00

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The 2nd Commandment is Like It: The US Bishops Face Their Boko Haram

Last updated on: January 17, 2015 at 6:13 am By Jennifer Fitz

In thinking about the massacres in Nigeria, my train of thought ran like this: How can anyone bear to be associated with this? I was thinking about the whole Muslim world. You want to be part of this? No. Of course not. One of the rare pleasures of being me is that thus far every faithful Muslim I’ve gotten to know has been a gentle, God-loving person. The kind of person who would have nothing to do, ever, with the... Read more

2015-01-15T11:09:37-05:00

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Christian Community Renewal for Ordinary Moms

Last updated on: January 15, 2015 at 11:09 am By Jennifer Fitz

This story is for Melanie Bettinelli, who is far more thoughtful than I am, and her house is in better order. So just before Thanksgiving this year, me and another mom got an invitation. We had a new friend who we’d met because our daughters played sports together and liked each other. And she said, “I’d like to have you over to do a Thanksgiving craft with us.” We said yes, even though we were not really looking for Thanksgiving... Read more

2015-01-14T12:27:09-05:00

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You’re Invited to Simcha Fisher’s Baby Shower – Updated with Drink Recipe

Last updated on: January 14, 2015 at 12:27 pm By Jennifer Fitz

Rebecca is a throwing a baby shower for Simcha Fisher — I think you get one every ten babies — and it’s happening at a website near you. So you should go. There are drinks, and games, and drinks, and the gift-giving format is organized so that you are guaranteed to never, ever, have your gift featured in one of Simcha’s Top Ten Most Horrifying Baby Gifts columns. UPDATED: I forgot to bring my contribution to the potluck: Grown-Up Chocolate... Read more

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2015-01-13T22:16:04-05:00

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How Do You Build a Community of Disciples Who Observe Catholic Liturgical Culture Together?

Last updated on: January 13, 2015 at 10:16 pm By Jennifer Fitz

Earlier, I answered Melanie Bettinelli’s post on the challenge of communal feast day observances with a calendar: Here’s what we do to observe the liturgical year at our house. If you read through my litany, you’ll see that we enjoy a combination of private celebrations, parish-centered celebrations, and many observances involving a small community of Catholic (and other) friends. We are, in all, quite blessed. I didn’t answer her deeper question, which is, “How do we get there?” She writes:... Read more

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2015-01-13T16:59:27-05:00

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Liturgical Living: What Does It Look Like At Your House? – Updated

Last updated on: January 13, 2015 at 4:59 pm By Jennifer Fitz

UPDATED with the bit about Fridays and Solemnities. Melanie Bettinelli writes about the awkwardness of trying to observe the Catholic holidays throughout the year when you have no community and no traditions for doing so. Interestingly, I knew right away what the story was with the tangerines, though I was scandalized to learn there are people who don’t love them. More for us, I suppose. Prompted by Melanie’s post, I thought I’d run through what our typical year of feasting... Read more

Church Craziness

Liturgical Living

2015-01-12T20:31:22-05:00

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You Know Catholic Education Has Serious Problems When . . .

Last updated on: January 12, 2015 at 8:31 pm By Jennifer Fitz

. . . Father Barron can drop a quote like this: To see how quickly this transformation can happen, take a good look at the philosophy department at many of the leading Catholic universities: what were, in the 1950’s overwhelmingly theistic professoriats are today largely atheist. And it’s just some passing fact. The kind of thing everyone knows. A tidbit we mention in order to demonstrate some larger point. When the philosophy department is run by atheists, it’s not Catholic... Read more

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2015-01-12T19:17:16-05:00

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Single-Solution Christian Formation is Guaranteed to Fail

Last updated on: January 12, 2015 at 7:17 pm By Jennifer Fitz

In the on-going conversation on what works, and what doesn’t, in youth ministry, here are two threads, seemingly disparate, that share what I propose is the #1 fallacy we Catholics cling to when it comes to Christian formation: Richard Becker argues here for changing the age at which we administer the sacrament of Confirmation. It’s the kind of article I’m inclined to like, for all sorts of good reasons. Meanwhile, Fr. Peter Daly in the Archdiocese of Washington was able... Read more

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2015-01-11T00:29:03-05:00

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A Youth Group Story You Need to Hear

Last updated on: January 11, 2015 at 12:29 am By Jennifer Fitz

My recent post on my own youth group experience (when I was the “youth”) has generated a pile of enthusiasm and a modest amount of panic. So I’m going to tell you a story, brand new, that you need to hear. I’m chatting with a fellow mom this weekend, whom I’m just meeting for the first time ever, and it’s not in a professional-Catholic context so she doesn’t know what it is I do here, or really anything else about... Read more

2015-01-09T06:56:48-05:00

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Pastoral Care on the Radio, Love of God & Neighbor in Print – Updated

Last updated on: January 9, 2015 at 6:56 am By Jennifer Fitz

UPDATED to fix the link. My apologies! *** I was amused at some of the reactions to my post about my formative youth group experience. For those who are concerned that I haven’t got a pastoral side to me, tune in to the Mike Allen Radio show this Friday morning (or catch it on podcast later), where we’ll be talking about how the Church can navigate the challenges of employees who publicly reject Catholic teaching. Hint: You can get an idea of... Read more

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