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Keep smiling, keep singing, keep dancing, keep the faith.

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For my fellow school Chaplains, teachers, all those involved in education in Britain and N. Ireland. Today is a day unlike any other we have experienced or will (hopefully) ever experience again. Our students, especially those in Yr. 6, Yr. 11 and Yr. 13, will be feeling a complex mixture of emotions and many will be upset at not having the chance to properly celebrate the end of this particular educational cycle. They are going to need our ongoing support and prayers over these coming weeks and months through whatever communication/distance learning system your school has in place (Google Drive/Classroom, for example).  We need to also support and lift up each other. Keep in regular contact, share the good stuff, but also find those with whom you can share the bad stuff, because we are all going to need to offload at some point. Be there for others as you would want them to be there for you. I have a gut feeling that in the midst of all that is happening right now, the seeds of s...

"If the Catholic blogosphere is to survive then our bloggers must become more Catholic" - a comment

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Find below a comment that I have just written as part of a debate on the Catholic Herald website in response to an article published yesterday on the site entitled  "If the Catholic blogosphere is to survive then our bloggers must become more Catholic" by journalist Mary O'Regan Go  here  for the original article and full comment discussion: *************************** It's all well and good declaring oneself to be a defender of orthodox Catholicism, but if that "defence" involves verbally abusing others (including other Catholics) who happen to not agree with everything you say (as some of the more extreme commenters seem to take delight in doing) then as far as I can see you are denying the core teaching of orthodox Catholicism, its foundational commandment which you would not need me to remind you. For the sake of clarity I will spell it out... Love God and love your neighbour as you love yourself. Pope Francis has chosen a particular way of ...