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Before & After St Columban Church in Chillicothe, Missouri
Before & After St Columban Church in Chillicothe, Missouri (photo: Liturgical Arts Journal)

Reverse Wreckovation, Before & After: St. Columban Church in Chillicothe, Missouri - Liturgical Arts Journal+++

Lay Communion in the Middle Ages – Fr. John Hunwicke, Fr Hunwicke’s Mutual Enrichment

How to Motivate Yourself to Grow in Holiness – Fr. Philip Dion, Catholic Exchange

This Nun had Visions of Heaven & the Holy Family – Larry Peterson, Aleteia

The Fifth Sorrowful Mystery: The Crucifixion – Rosary to the Interior

A New Resource for the Study of Chant: The Graduale Synopticum – Canticum Salomonis

4 Practical Ways to Stay Connected to Jesus – Allison Gringas, Catholic Link

Fuel for the Fire: St. Sebald & Eucharistic Transformation – God-Haunted Lunatic

Mercy & Judgment: A Biblical Conflict – Patrick Hauf, Catholic Link

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