Sometimes they would rustle and fidget impatiently in the pews and fiddle with missals and fold the parish newsletter into ships and trumpets.
Brian Doyle
Brian Doyle was a much loved writer and poet and the longtime editor of Portland Magazine. He passed away in May 2017.
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Celebrating scapulars, a neglected item of Catholic devotion
Now even the word “scapular” is a rare sighting, let alone the lovely gentle honest thing itself.
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Did Jesus get ‘hangry’?
The Christos, for a skinny guy, sure was interested in good things to eat.
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Do Not Miss This: Moments of grace at the Easter Vigil
I watch for it every Easter vigil, and every Easter vigil it happens—this Easter vigil right in front of me where I sat in the second row of the chapel expressly to see it; and once again I nearly burst into tears, because it is so beautiful and subtle and gentle and heartrending and amazing,
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Paying Our Respects: Life, death and the home country
Life, death and the home country
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The joy of having loud and messy kids at Mass
“If you are distracted by a little kid being a little kid you are not focused on what’s holy. Little kids are holy. Let it be.”
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All in One: Understanding the Holy Trinity and The Monsignor
Understanding the third person, the Holy Trinity and The Monsignor
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Larger Than Life: Encountering my first Jesuit
Brian Doyle recalls his first encounter with a Jesuit, a huge and humble priest.
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The Anointing: Sacred and secular meet on the battlefield
The sacred and secular meet in a future priest’s experience on the battlefield.
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The Old Gym: Recalling a Catholic school classic
Here’s a wonderful, redolent, crucial part of our Catholic childhoods.