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St. Nicholas, Bishop of Myra – Jean M. Heimann, Catholic Fire

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Duncan Stroik on the Rinascimento Project – Shawn Tribe, New Liturgical Movement

Farewell to Apostate America: Tentative Exit Plan – Robert Struble Jr., Catholic Lane

Wilcannia-Forbes News: Manning Out; Kennedy In – Kate Edwards, Australia Incognita

Sensus Infidelium – Jeffrey Miller, The Curt Jester

The Measure of True Happiness – Christopher Kaczor PhD, OSV Newsweekly

Christendom College Launches New EWTN Radio Station – Matt Archbold, The CNS Blog

St. Ignatius of Brianchaninov’s Councils on Prayer, Pt 2: Attention – The Master Beadsman

Mothers and Fathers, Divine Asymmetry – Marcus Allen Steele

R.I.P.: Dave Brubeck, Jazz Giant and Convert to Catholicism from “Nothing” – Carl E. Olson, Ignatius Insight Scoop

Christian Convert from Islam Beheaded in Somalia – Catholic World News

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Miniature from a 13th-century Passio Sancti Georgii (Verona).

St. George: A Saint to Slay Today’s Dragons

COMMENTARY: Even though we don’t know what the historical George was really like, what we are left with nevertheless teaches us that divine grace can make us saints and that heroes are very much not dead or a thing of history.