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<title>One Man&apos;s Scrap, Another Man&apos;s Gold (July-August 2010)</title>
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<description>Well, it has been two busy months since our last column. But no matter how busy we get, we are not too busy to appreciate all you do for us. It is your donations that enable us to do what...</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 06:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>The Nazareth Way to God</title>
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<description>by Fr. Bob Wild. We probably do not think enough about Nazareth. Most of the time we meditate on the public life of Jesus which was, after all, only a very small part of his total life....</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 06:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>A Man For All Seasons</title>
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<description>by Michael Fagan. It rejoiced my heart to hear that Ronnie was conscious and coming to meals and prayers up to the last day of his life....</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 06:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Milestones (July-August 2010)</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Local Director Assignments: Gerard Lesage, Edmonton; Cheryl Ann Smith, England; Sandy Wood, Windsor. Regular Assignment: Lisa Diniz, Arizona. Death: Zoyla Grace&rsquo;s mother....]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 06:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Combermere Diary (July-August 2010)</title>
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<description><![CDATA[by Paulette Curran. Most days, we, like you, live very ordinary lives. Sometimes we&rsquo;re tempted to think we are wasting them washing dishes, sweeping floors, chopping wood, cleaning, and eternally keeping things repaired and in order. Most of the time,...]]></description>
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<title>Why Consecrated Life?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[by Pope John Paul II. Many people today are puzzled and ask, &quot;What is the point of the consecrated life when there are so many urgent needs in the areas of charity and of evangelization itself to which one can...]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 06:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>During the Civil War (Liberia)</title>
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<description>by Genevieve Enoe. One night during the civil war, Catherine Lesage and I were awakened by the sound of bombing. Naturally, we were very frightened and called to Ronnie....</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 06:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>First Impressions (Liberia)</title>
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<description><![CDATA[by Ronald MacDonell. Here&rsquo;s a newsletter Ronnie wrote in September 1988 shortly after he arrived in Liberia, West Africa....]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 06:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Madonna House Promises 2010</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Building a Farm</title>
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<description>by Ronnie MacDonell. When Madonna House started farming, all the men except me were city guys without any experience. As kids, my brothers and I had to run our farm when my father got sick. So I knew what we...</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 06:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>He Lived for Others</title>
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<description>by Charlie Cavanaugh. As I looked upon Ronnie in his coffin during his wake, my heart was filled with gratitude and encouragement. This brother of mine, whom I had known for more than thirty years, had lived a beautiful, faith-filled...</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 06:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>He Just Did It</title>
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<description>by Fr. David May. Unless a grain of wheat falls on the ground and dies, it remains only a single grain; but if it dies, it yields a rich harvest (Jn 12:24). But before the seed falls to the ground...</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 06:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>When You Can&apos;t Say Prayers</title>
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<description><![CDATA[by Fr. Pat McNulty. What do you say when you think you have just written a significant, deep, wonderful, life-giving, fantastic, momentous, world-changing article and your editor says, &quot;I read it carefully several times and could not get a handle...]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 06:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Apostolic Farming</title>
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<description><![CDATA[by Catherine Doherty. Our farm was born very humbly and simply, in &quot;blood, sweat, and tears,&quot; in endless discussion, with much frustration, and also in much beauty and with much perseverance. Let us look at this farm as I saw...]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 06:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Memories of a City Girl</title>
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<description><![CDATA[by Diane Lefebvre. Ronnie MacDonell has been my Madonna House brother ever since I came in 1963, and I got to know him well when I was the cook at St Benedict&rsquo;s farm. I was a timid city girl and...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 06:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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