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New Monastic Beer from Norcia Monastery: Birra Nursia – Shawn Tribe, New Liturgical Movement

When Your BFF Becomes a Nun – Bonnie Engstrom, Learning to Be a Newlywed

Five English Hymns Every Catholic Should Know – C. L. David, Saint Peter’s List

Cardinal Dolan's Archdiocese Defends President Obama's Invitation to Al Smith Catholic Charities Dinner by Steven Ertelt of the LifeNews.com website – Big ulpit

From Wissenschaft to Bildung – Matthew Cantirino, First Things/First Thoughts

The Death-Haunted Art of Friendship – Eve Tushnet, Catholic Lane

The Bioethics of Organ Donation – Maryann Gogniat Eidemiller, OSV Newsweekly

Red Herrings, But We Are Not Dogs - J. Q. Tomanek, Ignitum Today

Why Do the First Books of the Bible Have Those Strange Names? – Jimmy Akin, JimmyAkin.com

Believing or Complaining (John 6:36-51) - Fr. John Bartunek, Catholic Spiritual Direction

LCWR’s Sr. Chittister’s Evolving View of Being a Woman Religious – Fr. Z’s Blog

History of the Anti-Masonic Party in the U.S. – Donald R. McClarey, The American Catholic

Hating Love: The Legacy of the ’60s Generation – Pete Jermann, Crisis Magazine

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