Twenty Something Hurricane Harvey stranded Father David Bergeron in his pick-up the night it ripped through Houston. The 38-year-old priest had been visiting his brother and had to pull over on an overpass three miles from his home in the flood-ravaged southeast side. He couldn’t make it any farther or go back, so he curled […]
Christina Capecchi: Priest holes and history lessons
TWENTY SOMETHING Nicholas Owen was canonized 364 years after his death. Such is often the case with the Catholic Church, charged with curating a 3,000-year treasure trove of saints and stories, rovers and relics. Owen’s tale is unlike any other. Born in Oxford, England, in the mid-16th century, his devout family prepared him well for […]
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