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Bernadette Dalgetty's avatar

I sincerely appreciate your take on Celebrity Catholics. Because it happens over and over and over again. "Mel Gibson is awesome!" then "Oops, wait he's divorced now! What a scum bag." Or "Mark Wahlburg goes to daily mass!" then "Oops, He just starred in another questionable movie. Guess he's in league with Satan." It gets exhausting canonizing (and then de-canonizing) people because we are so desperate to claim any corner of pop culture.

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S. Joseph's avatar

The Pillar's article on the Assumption notes that the feast marks the kickoff for a period of fasting, St Michael's Lent, for some Romans, but it also marks the conclusion of the Dormition Fast, one of the four great fasts of the Eastern Catholic Churches. Our parish (and I'm sure others) will be celebrating the breaking of the fast together after Liturgy (and we do break our fasts well!).

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