How is Your Stress Level? by Timothy Hughes Duff Lately, it seems my life has had its thorns. My wife and I have had four deaths of people close to us in less than two months. They were not immediate family members, but nevertheless it was enough to cause us to feel stressed by being around all of the raw emotion. Also, seeing the s...

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How is Your Stress Level? Mine seems to soar at times! Lately, it seems my life has had its thorns. as you know, I am being uprooted with my move. We are feeling stressed by being around a lot of raw emotion. Seeing the struggle that my immediate family is going through right now with the throws of depression, grief over my m...

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Have you heard of the book: "The Benedict Option" A STRATEGY FOR CHRISTIANS IN A POST-CHRISTIAN NATION By Rob Dreher From what I gather, the premise is that our culture has transitioned from being Christian-based to something else very different.  We must prepare ourselves!. So much has been posted on the in...

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Sometimes Our Ordinary Experience Brings Extraordinary Things by Timothy Hughes Duff About a month ago, I was at work in my office where I am the hospital chaplain and Coordinator of Spiritual Care. I was looking through my daily email and I came across a contact from a colleague who is a volunteer hospice chaplain. Her name...

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Massachusetts Could Lose 1,000 Behavioral Health Beds if Question 1 Passes August 6, 2018  Research finds that mandated nurse staffing ratios will dramatically decrease access to mental health care; increase emergency department boarding; exacerbate opioid crisis Boston, MA – August 6, 2018 – A study released tod...

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Spiritual Trauma and the Catholic Church: How Do We Heal Our Broken Hearts? by Dr. Greg Popcak Horrifying.  Devastating. Apocalyptic. The sad fact is, none of these words are adequate to describe the events described in the recently released grand jury report on multigenerational clerical abuse in Pennsylvania and the P...

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The Catholic Priest Scandal: An American Marytr in Our Midst! A Personal Witness of a Man who Defended the Truth- Fr. Alfred Kunz. These questions have been on my mind and heart for a few weeks now.  This is so close to my mind and heart that it has taken a while for me to respond. It is not without its hardship and tearful moment...

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Hearing all of the latest news about our beloved Catholic Church   Join the Guild 1,000 Rosary Crusade for Priests   I feel compelled to ask people to pray the Rosary for our priests. The majority of       these men have heard their vocation and have dedicated their lives to the service of ...

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Bishop Donald J. Hying from the Diocese of Gary, Indiana Offers us a Reflection on St. Benedict Joseph Labre  "I know very holy people who are stymied by an anxiety so severe, they find it difficult to go to church and be in a crowd with other people.  Some folks struggle with depression so severe that they feel their li...

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Our Saint Benedict Joseph Labre:  Feast Day Reflection! As we enter 22nd year since the foundation of the Guild I find myself displaced at bit like St. Benedict Joseph Labre. All these years, I had big dreams think ing that someday, "We might have a volunteer center or chapel in his honor"?  Our reality t...

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