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Sacred Spaces
St. Peter’s Church (Peterskirche) Vienna, Austria
True Beauty
O Vos Omnes (Newman University Church, Dublin, Ireland)
RECENT COLUMNS
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Francis X. Maier
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John M. Grondelski
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Robert Royal
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Brad Miner
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Eduardo J. Echeverria
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Why ashes?
Thomas L. MacDonald, NC Register
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
Ash Wednesday sends us into the desert of Lent marked with the sign of humility, penitence, and mortality. It’s a public sign, too, a distinct public assertion of belief, or at least identity, embraced even by those with an irregular practice of the faith.