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Written by Father Don Farnan

The Human Fund

Seinfeld fans can readily recall the Festivus episode in which, among other things, George decided that instead of giving coworkers a costly wrapped Christmas present for the mandatory office holiday exchange, he would gift them with a contribution card to a charitable cause.  It was to a charity that he invented and called The Human […]

Written by Father Don Farnan

Many Ways To Say Thanks

In late November our nation invites us to pause in gratitude for the numerous blessings we receive and share.  The ritual began over 400 years ago, before the country was even born, when pilgrim-people from across the Atlantic sailed to the unchartered land we now occupy.  According to tradition, colonists gathered with indigenous Pokanoket people […]