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Thursday, September 9, 2010
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How we wait | Mary Wang, Faith Notebook, Waiting
How we wait
 Midnight in the waiting room for Accident & Emergency, and you can tell who the worried newcomers are. They pace around and still think it will make a difference to their place in the queue if they hassle the poor receptionist every twenty minutes. A few years ago there was a time when I regularly needed to take someone with a heart problem to the Accident and Emergency department. Read More ...
Mary Wang

Faith Notebook: St Thérèse and young people, a counter-cultural spirituality | Mary Wang, Faith Notebook
Faith Notebook: St Thérèse and young people, a counter-cultural spirituality

Many of the quarter of a million pilgrims who visited the relics of St Thérèse of Lisieux here recently were young. What drew so many of this iPod-wearing, Wii-playing generation to the relics of a French nun?

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Faith Notebook: When the unheard is heard, and the unseen is seen | Gianna Jessen, Planned Parenthood, Mary Wang, Faith Notebook
Faith Notebook: When the unheard is heard, and the unseen is seen
Gianna Jessen has a story that few in the world can tell. She was born alive in a Planned Parenthood clinic whilst her mother was undergoing a saline abortion. She was seven and a half months pregnant. Gianna puts her survival down to the fact that the clinic's doctor was not yet on duty when she was born and a nurse
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Faith Notebook: Copenhagen, Climate Change, and Catholic Social Teaching | Copenhagen, climate change, Mary Wang, Faith Notebook
Faith Notebook: Copenhagen, Climate Change, and Catholic Social Teaching
 As Copenhagen prepares for UN climate talks, the environment once again hits the headlines. Thousands of Christians are expected at a demonstration in London on 5 December. This event, called 'the Wave', will bring together a coalition of groups supporting a safe climate future for all. Read More ...
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The day after meeting Him
While contacting a friend recently, I was quite open with her and offered some encouragement, sharing how heroically I thought she had coped with a difficult situation. Sometimes it can feel like a bit of a risk speaking so honestly with people. We don’t know what their reactions will be, and openness can change a relationship in subtle ways. Read More ...
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Prayer: Facebook and the Face of God
Have you heard that more than 250 million people use Facebook? For the few people who don’t already know, on Facebook people can write short lines of news that their friends can see. More than 30 million people update their statuses in this way at least once each day.  Read More ...
Mary Wang