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By: Cynthia BC

Apparently I am an anomaly: Same (only) husband for 13 years Same employer for 24 years Same house for 45 years

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By: Joseph

Could you please elaborate on your reference to the Acton Institute in the context of this particular topic. My impression of the Acton Institute, strictly from viewing its website a number of times,...

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By: Peter Wolczuk

An undercurrent that I feel in this post is about whether all this moving about is for the benefit of the individual, their family(s) and society (on the one hand) or for business interests (on the...

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By: R in Indiana

My priest is fond of Yogism. One of his favorites, which is very appropriate here is: wherever you go, there you are.

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By: Ann

On point 4 regarding retired people, I will never understand that either. I know so many retired people who move so far away from their children and grandchildren. Honestly, I think that some of them...

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By: FaithfulCatechist

Is it “done that” or the attraction of a climate that won’t aggravate your arthritis and a place where the taxes won’t eat your savings? Never mind. It’s easier to condemn than to seek to understand....

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By: Ann

To be fair, the younger generation often chooses to move away too, thinking nothing of putting Ma in a home when the day comes.

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By: RichardC

Stability is a great gift for those who are able to find it and have the insight to hold on to it.

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By: Janet

#2–Church hopping! As a home schooling mother, I see this among families who home school all the time. Our parish has had its ups and downs, and several times I was tempted to change parishes. Two...

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By: TaylorKH

It would be great to be subject to God and to go where and do what He desires and to stay in His house at the end of the work day and talk to Him about how the day went, the challenges, and so on, and...

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By: JT

The Acton Institute is a redoubt of orthodox Catholic social teaching. They are not Darwinian or “feudal” in the slightest. Joseph, I would suggest that you read what they say before you make...

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By: poetcomic1

“He is wandering in a hungry search for a certain exhilaration which he can only have when he has the courage to cease from wandering.” -G.K. Chesterton True for religious and layman alike.

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By: Catherine

Msgr. Pope, I find this post to be especially prophetic today in light of the Dark Knight Rises theater massacre. Instability, in my opinion, is the root of the problem in most of these assailants’...

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By: edgar

I spent some time in Benedictine spirituality. From that stay, I must add if not already implied in this post, the Benedictine vow must be taken (studied & internalized) in the context of St...

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By: RichardC

Stability is a great gift for those who are able to find it and have the insight to hold on to it.

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By: Janet

#2–Church hopping! As a home schooling mother, I see this among families who home school all the time. Our parish has had its ups and downs, and several times I was tempted to change parishes. Two...

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By: TaylorKH

It would be great to be subject to God and to go where and do what He desires and to stay in His house at the end of the work day and talk to Him about how the day went, the challenges, and so on, and...

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By: JT

The Acton Institute is a redoubt of orthodox Catholic social teaching. They are not Darwinian or “feudal” in the slightest. Joseph, I would suggest that you read what they say before you make...

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By: poetcomic1

“He is wandering in a hungry search for a certain exhilaration which he can only have when he has the courage to cease from wandering.” -G.K. Chesterton True for religious and layman alike.

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By: Catherine

Msgr. Pope, I find this post to be especially prophetic today in light of the Dark Knight Rises theater massacre. Instability, in my opinion, is the root of the problem in most of these assailants’...

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