In an interview with Catholic News Agency, David Brooks of The New York Times reveals the name of the priest (seen above) whose joy had such an impact on his life: Fr. Ray East’s Powerful Impact on David Brooks
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12.30TCC Reads: “Kids Who Die” by Langston Hughes
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Under Gun violence, Kids Who Die, Langston Hughes, Poetry, Police, Police brutality, Pro-Life, Tamir Rice, TCC: Reads
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The officers who shot and killed 12 year-old Tamir Rice will not be indicted. Read the Langston Hughes’ poem “Kids Who Die” about lynchings during the Jim Crow era, and pray for a culture of life and peace, after the jump:
12.30TCC Reads: The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams
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Under Books, Children, Children's books, Love, Parenting, TCC: Reads, The Velveteen Rabbit, Wonder
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We recommend The Velveteen Rabbit (or How Toys Become Real), a children’s book by Margery Williams about how love makes us real. David Foster Wallace once said, “The truth is I don’t think I’ve never found anything as purely ‘moving’ as the end of The Velveteen Rabbit when I first read it.” More and an excerpt after the jump:
Read More12.29TCC Films: Joy
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Under Cinderella, Divorce, Drama, Family, Inventor, Joy, Single parent, TCC Films
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TCC’s own Melissa Musick reviews Joy, now in theaters. “Joy, directed by David O. Russell, is a Cinderella story of a sort, but the the Joy of the title is her own Prince Charming.” Read it & watch the trailer after the jump:
Read More12.29TCC Video: Voices from the Creation Debate
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“Either you don’t understand the Bible or you don’t understand the science.”
Catholic and Jewish scholars weigh on the evolution v. creation debate. How do Catholics read Genesis and the Bible? Watch the video from Catholic News Service after the jump:
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