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	<description>Daniel O'Rourke is a married Catholic priest. He's a newspaper columnist for the Observer in Dunkirk, New York. A frequent church speaker, he is also a registered healer and trained mediator.</description>
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		<title>Our Things Are Not Ours</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 11:31:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The wealth and things we have are not really ours.  They are gifts, but they are only on loan to us.  They are meant for us to shelter and help ourselves and our families, but also to help others, to heal others, and enable others to live more fully. Our money is like manure.  If [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Legalized Marijuana</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Marijuana has been in the news recently – all the way from South America to California and Washington State. &#160; In Cartagena, Colombia at a summit of South American leaders, some heads of state criticized President Obama for refusing to abandon a drug war that has claimed tens of thousands of lives and undermined their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Hunger Games</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 12:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan O&#39;Rourke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the promptings of my 12-year-old granddaughter, I read Suzanne Collins’ best selling trilogy and have seen the movie based on her first book: The Hunger Games. A quick summary: the book is a young adult novel; its chief character is 16-year-old, street smart Katniss Everdeen.  She lives in a post-apocalyptic world in the country [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crazy, Wild Sex</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 12:19:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan O&#39;Rourke</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Birth Control]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cardinal Dolan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[E.J.Dionne]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Warning!  This column contains graphic material; reader discretion is advised. &#160; You might think this column’s title is for a pornographic website.  It isn’t.  It’s about something even more perverse: the Republican primary campaign for president! &#160; For months that campaign has been undeniably crazy and now it’s gone absolutely bonkers &#8212; over sex. I’m [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Oscars and New Cardinals</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 13:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan O&#39;Rourke</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Archbishop Diarmuid Martin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blessed Mother Teresa]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Karen Armstrong]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The entire world has again endured the Investiture of new cardinals in Rome and the annual Oscar Academy Awards in Hollywood.  I must admit there was a time when I had a fleeting interest in these two reoccurring international extravaganzas.  Now, however, they seem more like the Roman  bread and circuses: superficial diversions and distractions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gambling Is Good For Your Soul</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:09:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan O&#39;Rourke</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Eli Manning]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I write this we are still recovering from the publicity and hype of Super Bowl Sunday.  This year’s Super Bowl set a record as the most-watched television show in our history. An estimated 111.3 million watched. That’s more than ever viewed an inaugural address by a President of the United States.  Who said we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Silence is Productive</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:22:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan O&#39;Rourke</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA["The Artist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Euripides]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fr. Michael Casey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Lane]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psalm 46:10]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This year’s Academy Awards have nominated “The Artist” for an Oscar. “The Artist” is a silent comedy.  In many different categories the bookies’ odds favor “The Artist.” In a few weeks we will know if the gamblers are right, but the fact that a silent firm is being seriously considered is itself major news. &#160; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Labeling Can be Dangerous</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:26:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan O&#39;Rourke</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chuck Gallozzi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labeling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stereotyping]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Labeling is describing a group or entity using a general word or phrase.  It can be helpful and we need labels to think efficiently, but labeling is also dangerous and hurtful – especially when we label people. But even when we label things or conditions, it can be puzzling. &#160; Labeling is related to stereotyping [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Big Eight O</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:47:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan O&#39;Rourke</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Aging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Baptism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heart Surgery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John O'Donohue]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On December 31st last year, I turned eighty-years-old.  Back in 1931 when taxes were lower and not a raging national issue; I was a tax exemption for my parents. &#160; I was born with the blue baby syndrome and they feared I was going to die.  The birth was in a Catholic hospital, but the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What If The Wise Men Were Women?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:17:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan O&#39;Rourke</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Human Respect]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jesus Fully Human]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mary Fully Human]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mary the Mother of Jesus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[omen in the Church]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shortly after Thanksgiving, when Christmas decorations were already in the stores and Christmas merchandise crowding the shelves, my twelve-year-old granddaughter with a twinkle in her eye asked me, “Grandpa, what if the Christmas wise men were women?” &#160; I pleaded ignorance and she was quick to tell me, “They would have asked directions.  They would [...]]]></description>
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