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The Assumption, the news, and why I don't like 'Oppenheimer'

The Tuesday Pillar Post

JD Flynn
Aug 15, 2023
∙ Paid

Hey everybody,

Blessed Solemnity! 

Today the Church celebrates the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which, for most readers of The Pillar is a day of precept — so get to Mass, if you’ve not been already!

The Assumption is the sort of solemnity with great customs of processions and festivals to honor the Blessed Virgin Mary. 

In New Jersey, where I’m f…

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