“One of the Lucky Ones”

For the past three or four years, my mom has been embedded in genealogy research. She even took five… Read on ...

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Book Review: Death Panels by Michelle Buckman

Imagine living in a world in which using your cell phone can get you arrested. Imagine living in a world… Read on ...

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Infinite Worth, Infinite Value

Everything God has created has infinite worth and infinite value. Everything God has created has dignity.… Read on ...

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“One of the Lucky Ones”

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by Fr. Jim Tucker on November 11, 2011

For the past three or four years, my mom has been embedded in genealogy research. She even took five of our relatives to the root location of our family (at least on my mother’s side), a small port town in the southwestern corner of the island of Sicily, called Sciacca. The group of them wandered [...]

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Book Review: Death Panels by Michelle Buckman

September 14, 2011
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Imagine living in a world in which using your cell phone can get you arrested. Imagine living in a world in which reading the Bible could get you in trouble, or mentioning the name of Jesus could get you institutionalized. Catholic author Michelle Buckman has crafted just such a world in harrowing detail in Death [...]

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Infinite Worth, Infinite Value

August 15, 2011
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Everything God has created has infinite worth and infinite value. Everything God has created has dignity. Yet above and beyond all the things in this world God has created, mankind is the pinnacle, the zenith. In Genesis, God gave Adam dominion over all of creation. Yet, nothing in creation would suit Adam as an equal [...]

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Six Reviews in One: Children’s Catechesis

August 12, 2011
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Living the Ten Commandments for Children, The Beatitudes for Children, The Mass Book for Children, Little Acts of Grace 1 & 2, Just Like Mary by Rosemarie Cortler & Donna Piscitelli with Illustrations by Mimi Sternhagen Our Sunday Visitor, 2010, 2009, 2007, 2003 To order: Our Sunday Visitor 1-800-348-2440 There is a child in each [...]

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Catholic Creativity Podcast 23: Renewal

August 7, 2011
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In this Episode: I introduce a renewal of the Catholic Creativity website, now both a podcast and a blog. I share some of my experience with the Catholic Writers Guild. I walk through the Gospel for this week, the 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time. I introduce the Biblical Walkthrough the Mass, which I will give [...]

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Christ the King and the “Big Three”: A Sermon for the Solemnity of Christ the King, 2010

Christ the King November 21, 2010

Today is the last Sunday of the Liturgical Year. We celebrate the fact that Jesus Christ is our King. He is our Beginning and End, in Him everything holds together, as St. Paul says in our Second Reading. On the heels of this day, we will be celebrating what can be called the BIG THREE: [...]

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Catholic Creativity Podcast #22: New Jersey Catholic Radio

September 11, 2010
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In this episode, I share my interview with the founder of New Jersey Catholic Radio, Jim Manfredonia. I also share topics of upcoming episodes. Links for this episode: Domestic Church Media Don’t forget to check out Comments from the Koala Feel free also to leave comments on this post and other posts at Catholic Creativity. [...]

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Catholic Creativity Podcast #21: Saint Spotlight: Maria Goretti

July 6, 2010

In this somewhat shorter episode, I give a short overview of the life of St. Maria Goretti, as I record this, on her feast day. I’ve wanted to celebrate the holy sacrifice of the mass on her feast day, but in my four years as a priest, I have only been able to do that [...]

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Catholic Creativity Podcast #20: Theater of the Word, Incorporated

April 8, 2010
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This sound file is the correct version – as of April 14, 2010 In this episode, I feature an interview with Theater of the Word, Inc founder, Kevin O’Brien. Plus, a surprise “visitor”. Links for more information: Theater of the Word, Inc Comments from the Koala Let me know what you think: feedback [at] catholiccreativity [...]

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Catholic Creativity Podcast #19: The Wonder of Child-like Wonder

March 18, 2010

In this somewhat shorter episode, I talk about what it means to have a sense of child-like wonder, and the use of puppets for sharing the faith with kids. Links for more information: Dan Smrokowski’s Special Chronicles Muppet Central

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