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August 2023 Edtn
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Monthly Practice: The Daily Examen

Katrina Belcher

One way I have endeavoured to integrate my life more deeply with Christ is to regularly spend time before him acknowledging my sin and failings. It’s an old practice called the Daily Examen.

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A Lifetime of Practice: the Example of Maximillian Kolbe

Katrina Belcher

Maximilian Kolbe was a Catholic priest and missionary who felt the call to religious life from a young age. At the outbreak of World War II, he stayed working in his monastery at Niepokalanów, Poland, when many left.

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Daily Examen

Katrina Belcher

We have now entered Easter, that beautiful season of grace and joy in the church calendar. We have seen Jesus triumph, we have been rescued and redeemed, our sin no longer means death, we have been united with Christ, and we can now live in relationship with him.

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