Father Norm's Notebook
Tuesday, November 26, 2013

How Can You Tell?

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How can you tell when a parish is fulfilling its purpose? Canon Law’s definition of a parish is rather stark: “A parish is a certain co...
Tuesday, November 5, 2013

A Woman Cardinal?

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Speculation about Pope Francis’ naming a woman as a cardinal this coming February was reportedly rebutted   by   the director of  the Vati...
Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Digesting What Pope Francis Said

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I’m trying to digest the many thought-provoking and challenging responses Pope Francis made in his now-famed interview with the editor of ...
Thursday, September 26, 2013

Pope Francis as Pontiff

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In 2010 Pope Benedict XVI sat for an extensive, book-length interview with German journalist Peter Sewald. It was published as Light of the...
Monday, September 16, 2013

Facing East or Facing the People?

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Someone showed me a bulletin from his parish. The pastor was announcing that he had decided to offer Mass on the "High Privileged Alta...
Friday, August 16, 2013

Recommendations to Committee of Eight Cardinals

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Pope Francis has formed a committee of eight (possibly nine) cardinals to advise him on governing the Church, especially in reform of the C...
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Monday, July 29, 2013

Helmut Schuller in Cincinnati

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Father Helmut Schüller, a co-founder of the Austrian Pfarrer-Initiative, spoke in Cincinnati on Saturday afternoon, July 27, 2013, to a ...
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About Father Norm

Fr Norm
Cincinnati, OH, United States
A priest ordained for the Archdiocese of Cincinnati in 1970. After ten years of high school teaching, a few years as an associate pastor, and twenty-six years as a pastor, I retired from parish administration to write, preach parish missions across the country, and teach catechetical courses and conferences.
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