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It started with news from Camp Wapo, the Bible camp I’d attended as a kid. The camp counselors in Amery, Wis., enforce a strict no cell-phone policy: Ditch your iPhone when you arrive, get it back …
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By CHRISTINA CAPECCHI
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11/2/22
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Is there still a stigma around mental illness? Is that stigma more pronounced among priests?
The answe …
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By CHRISTINA CAPECCHI
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10/5/22
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Sometimes gold flakes surface along the periphery. The first or last picture in a photo shoot is the winner. The opening or final page of a book delivers the line that you hold to your heart. Or the …
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By CHRISTINA CAPECCHI
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9/7/22
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During his down time at work, a Minnesota surgeon often browses the New Yorker in the hospital library. One day he …
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By CHRISTINA CAPECCHI
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8/10/22
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Here we are, in the thick of summer, this deep and gentle place …
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By CHRISTINA CAPECCHI
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7/13/22
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For years, Catherine Huss’ twin passions were evident: faith and fashion.
The 30-year-old Catholic never felt that her faith was at odds with her penchant for apparel. But the career path she …
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By CHRISTINA CAPECCHI
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6/1/22
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Matt Martinusen lost his job at a precarious time. He was the sole breadwinner, and his wife, Lisa, a stay-at-home mom, had just had their third baby.
The non-profit Matt had been working for was …
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By CHRISTINA CAPECCHI
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4/6/22
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The idea came in a dream. It was just like the movies, the fantasy of every writer who has slogged away at a keyboard, awaiting inspiration.
Haley Stewart’s came.
“I woke up, and I was …
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By CHRISTINA CAPECCHI
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3/9/22
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The latest book by Sam Usher stopped me in my tracks. I’ve devoured the children’s books brilliantly illustrated by this Chicago dad, and the title of his new release immediately drew me in: “A …
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By CHRISTINA CAPECCHI
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1/26/22
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Emily Hannon was surprised by the children’s clothes she saw at big-box stores and popular websites when she became a mom. And not in a good way.
Obnoxious graphics, offensive messages, neon …
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By CHRISTINA CAPECCHI
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12/29/21
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Before there were any buildings in Rockefeller Center, there was a Christmas tree.
At the peak of the Great Depression, construction workers hungering for holiday cheer pooled their money to buy a …
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By CHRISTINA CAPECCHI
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12/1/21
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Just as “Tiger King” became a defining show of our early quarantine days and “Bridgerton” carried us through the first Covid winter, “Squid Game” has dominated …
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By CHRISTINA CAPECCHI
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11/3/21
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We never really outgrow the desire for a bedtime story. It just takes different forms when we’re older: Netflix, the evening news, Instagram Stories.
But the original cannot be improved upon, …
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By CHRISTINA CAPECCHI
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10/6/21
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Every fall the push to do more intensifies. Sharpen your pencil and dig in.
Produce more, study more, socialize more, exercise more, volunteer more. The calendar becomes the battlefield, its …
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By CHRISTINA CAPECCHI
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9/8/21
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I submitted two articles tonight, and moments after I hit send, I was struck by the parallel.
Sure, they both involved retired Catholics. But in my focus on the specifics of their work—the …
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By CHRISTINA CAPECCHI
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8/11/21
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There is an art and a science to slow living. This summer I’m trying to learn both.In music you can measure it. The tempo called largo—Italian for slow and broad—clocks in at 40 to …
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By CHRISTINA CAPECCHI
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6/30/21
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The sense of place and pull to the wild that inspired Nick Ripatrozone’s new book are tucked in his very name. The rip-roaring surname is the name of a mountain town in central Italy, which the …
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By CHRISTINA CAPECCHI
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6/16/21
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George Corrigan never met a person who didn’t fascinate him. The delivery guy. The plumber. The barista. He wanted to know their names and their life stories, which came tumbling out when he …
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By CHRISTINA CAPECCHI
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5/5/21
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There are echoes of Romeo and Juliet, but the ending is happier.
This story of forbidden love took place long ago on a Mediterranean island—1870s Sicily, to be exact.
Elizabeth Lagudice was a …
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By CHRISTINA CAPECCHI
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4/7/21
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Dr. Seuss’ fourth book was published in 1940 and met with critical acclaim. It features an elephant whose large ears and long trunk provided the ideal infrastructure for the artist’s distinct …
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By CHRISTINA CAPECCHI
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3/10/21
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