Peter's Pickles #3: Love Thy Neighbor

Welcome friends, For those of you that follow the news (or don’t live under a rock), it’s pretty obvious that this isn’t really the best year for humanity. In the past few months alone: Nice, Orlando, Turkey, Baghdad, Dallas… The list goes on, and on— another event being added with every couple of days. It’s bleak and certainly not easy to accept, but this seems to be the direction that the world is moving. But, anyway, why bring...

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Peter's Pickles #2: A Faith We Did Not Choose

There’s this question that I love asking my Giao Ly students on the first day of class every year. It goes something like: “Why are you here? What’s your motivation for being in this class? Why do you go to Mass?” Since it’s the first day, and they’re all trying to make a good impression, it’s not uncommon to hear answers like, “I’m excited to learn more about God”, or “I want to learn how to be a better Catholic”. These are good answers,...

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Peter's Pickles #1: Spirituality and Beginnings

Hello friends, So, since this is my first article, I would like to take a moment to introduce myself and briefly explain my intentions in writing this series. My name is Anh Peter and I am a youth leader of Doan Torrance. The intended audience of this blog series is primarily Nganh Nghia and HT. I am here because I am deeply committed to educating young minds. I find no other vocation as important or enjoyable! When most people hear...

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Ponder with Pauline #1 - New Blog Content Coming Soon

Hi everyone! We're starting new segments on the website this summer. If you look at the top menu bar, there is a new tab called "Blog". You can click it to go to the main page for the blog. It also has a drop down menu where you can choose the name of the author whose posts you would like to read. We'll be updating with more content and each author will have their own tag. New posts will be coming up very soon so please stop by once in a while...

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