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Deacon Drew @deacondrew.bsky.social · 1d

I’m not in on the joke but I love that play!

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Atticus Finch (of Georgia) @atticus59914029.bsky.social · 8d

Interrupting the doomscrolling to bring y’all my daughter’s horse amidst a pretty nice South Georgia sunset.

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Deacon Drew @deacondrew.bsky.social · 8d

What’s prettier- the horse or the sunset?

Whichever one prefers, this is life and all its beauty and not what “they”are foisting upon us.

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Paulist Fathers @paulistfathers.bsky.social · 9d

We pray for our Jewish sisters and brothers as they observe Yom Kippur.

May this day of reflection be meaningful for you.

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Paulist Fathers @paulistfathers.bsky.social · Sep 8

This is a snip from an episode of @deaconspod.bsky.social featuring @mollieoreilly.bsky.social, Editor-at-Large of @commonweal.bsky.social.

Speaking at the end of this snip is @deacondrew.bsky.social,
one of the Paulist Deacon Affiliates who host the podcast.

Full episode:

paulist.org/Mollie

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Deacon Drew @deacondrew.bsky.social · 23d

I’m now grilling some very nice salmon to go with the beans and pasta.

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Deacon Drew @deacondrew.bsky.social · 23d

I just made some pasta e fagioli and I wonder if any friends would like to come over and help me eat it? My pride in my beans and pasta overwhelms my diaconal humility.

Paulist Fathers @paulistfathers.bsky.social · 24d

A new episode of @deaconspod.bsky.social dropped this morning!

Today, @deacondrew.bsky.social, @deaconmike.bsky.social, and Deacon Mike discuss “the friendship recession” – the change in how adults maintain friendships, notably due to remote work.

Listen here or at your podcast player:

Three Catholic Deacons on "The Friendship Recession"

open.spotify.com

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Paulist Fathers @paulistfathers.bsky.social · 24d

A new episode of @deaconspod.bsky.social dropped this morning!

Today, @deacondrew.bsky.social, @deaconmike.bsky.social, and Deacon Mike discuss “the friendship recession” – the change in how adults maintain friendships, notably due to remote work.

Listen here or at your podcast player:

Three Catholic Deacons on "The Friendship Recession"

open.spotify.com

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Deacon Drew @deacondrew.bsky.social · Sep 7

“Because the Body (of Christ) needs all its members.” A good reason to heed the call of Jesus in our lives.

Paulist Fathers @paulistfathers.bsky.social · Sep 5

This is a third snip of the conversation with Paulist Fr. Ben Chisholm on our podcast @deaconspod.bsky.social.

To hear the full interview, please visit:

paulist.org/the-conversa...

Fr. Ben is now serving as associate director of the University Catholic Center at #UCLA in Los Angeles.

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Deacon Drew @deacondrew.bsky.social · Sep 7

This was a really good show (as Ed Sullivan used to say) and I encourage everyone to listen.

deaconspod.bsky.social @deaconspod.bsky.social · Sep 5

Please listen to this important episode. We promise you will find it enlightening and hopeful as @pmrtv.bsky.social speaks with Professors Jessica Coblentz and Dan Horan discuss this new book they edited: “Women Responding to the Spirit: Selections From the Madeleva Lectures.

Paulist Fathers @paulistfathers.bsky.social · Sep 5

In this week's new @deaconspod.bsky.social episode, @pmrtv.bsky.social interviews Prof. Jessica Coblentz and Prof. Dan Horan about the new Paulist Press book "Women Responding to the Spirit: Selections from the Madeleva Lectures."

Please listen here or at your podcast player:

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Deacon Drew @deacondrew.bsky.social · Aug 29

Bobby is turning over in his grave. He wasn’t perfect but he wasn’t… this.

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Deacon Drew @deacondrew.bsky.social · Aug 29

I wonder how many “Christian” leaders are still touting the “leadership” of Trump?

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Paulist Fathers @paulistfathers.bsky.social · Aug 28

Before he was ordained a priest in May, Paulist Fr. Ben Chisholm was a guest on @deaconspod.bsky.social.

Here is a snip from that great conversation.

Listen to the full episode at:

open.spotify.com/episode/4tpr...

Fr. Ben is now associate director of the University Catholic Center at #UCLA.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · Aug 27

AMERICA: “It’s a mental health issue.”

REST OF THE WORLD: “We have those. But don’t have mass shootings.”

AMERICA: “It’s video games.”

WORLD: “We have those too. But don’t have mass shootings.”

AMERICA B: “It’s cause they took Jesus out of the classroom.”

WORLD: “God, you’re stupid.”

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Deacon Drew @deacondrew.bsky.social · Aug 28

I get those too. Like I’m going to say, oh, ok.

LEAVE ME ALONE!

Deacon Drew @deacondrew.bsky.social · Aug 25

I wasn’t told that there would be math.

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Deacon Drew @deacondrew.bsky.social · Aug 23

Tonight I’m listening to Scriabin’s Piano Concerto in F Sharp minor. Beautiful. It’s an early work so it is influenced by Chopin. It is simply beautiful but you can hear the twentieth century approaching (he composed it in 1896).

Try it, you’ll like it!

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Deacon Drew @deacondrew.bsky.social · Aug 20

He’s an idiot. Millions of people can’t see it. I feel like I’m living in bad dream.

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Deacon Drew @deacondrew.bsky.social · Aug 17

Great. Foreign policy without policy. Just whimsical, narcissistic, money grubbing, power hungry, unpredictable mindfarts.

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Deacon Drew @deacondrew.bsky.social · Aug 15

Pray for our sisters and brothers who live in Washington D. C. and under siege.

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Deacon Drew @deacondrew.bsky.social · Aug 15

The NYT reports Trump like they think he’s making sense. At least in the headlines.

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Deacon Drew @deacondrew.bsky.social · Aug 5

a man in a bucket hat says so i got that going for me

ALT: a man in a bucket hat says so i got that going for me

media.tenor.com

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Deacon Drew @deacondrew.bsky.social · Aug 5

Is it so surprising that Peter and the others thought that Jesus was a ghost walking across the lake? We will think of any weird and silly thing before we grasp the fact that Jesus comes to us whenever we are in trouble.

Holy Spirit, give us the gift of faith.

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Deacon Drew @deacondrew.bsky.social · Aug 3

The faith journey is a wondrous trip to take. Every day brings new sights and sounds, new people and new things about people we know. Each day brings new ways to be closer to God and new ways to push God away. It’s a journey that I want to share with you. Together we can get to where we need to be.

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Deacon Drew @deacondrew.bsky.social · Aug 3

To paraphrase the Godfather, I didn’t know until this week that he was five years old all along.