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John M. Grondelski

John Grondelski (PhD Fordham) was former associate dean of the School of Theology, Seton Hall University in New Jersey. He is a Catholic theologian with special interests in moral theology and the thought of St. John Paul II. All views are his own.

Latest Articles By John M. Grondelski

AN ADVENT "CHRISTMAS CAROL" RETREAT - XI

Continuing our Advent retreat using Dickens's "Christmas Carol" -- the journey with the Ghost of Christmas Future begins.
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AN ADVENT "CHRISTMAS CAROL" RETREAT - X

Continuing our Advent retreat using Dickens's "Christmas Carol" -- Scrooge's sojourn with the Ghost of Christmas Present is not limited to the Cratchit household, though those other journeys are sometimes ignored. Let's look at them.
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AN ADVENT "CHRISTMAS CAROL" RETREAT - IX

Continuing our Advent retreat using Dickens's "Christmas Carol," there' a lot of lessons to be learned in the trip Scrooge takes with the Ghost of Christmas Present. Let's consider some.
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AN ADVENT "CHRISTMAS CAROL" RETREAT - VIII

Continuing our Advent Retreat based on Dickens's "Christmas Carol" -- the Fezziwig ball and aborted courtship of Belle -- on money, love, and "almost"
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AN ADVENT "CHRISTMAS CAROL" RETREAT - VII

Continuing our Advent retreat using Dickens's "Christmas Carol" -- the Ghost of Christmas Past does not take Scrooge on a nostalgic stroll down memory lane. His work is more important: the purification of memory.
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AN ADVENT "CHRISTMAS CAROL" RETREAT - VI

Scrooge's meeting with Marley is about more than clanking chains.
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AN ADVENT "CHRISTMAS CAROL" RETREAT - V

Continuing our Advent Retreat based on the "Christmas Carol," Scrooge objects to having to take time to celebrate Christmas. How happy are we about allowing -- His Day and His affairs -- to take time in our lives?
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AN ADVENT "CHRISTMAS CAROL" RETREAT - Iv

Continuing our Advent reflections through Dickens's "Christmas Carol," what Scrooge has to say about love, marriage, and kids -- and is it so different from our day?
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AN ADVENT "CHRISTMAS CAROL" RETREAT - III

In our Advent reflections on "The Christmas Carol," the question is: do we do what Scrooge does, try to redefine "good" and "evil" to accommodate what we want to do (and thus christen as "right?")
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AN ADVENT "CHRISTMAS CAROL" RETREAT - II

Dickens's "Christmas Carol" is the backdrop for Christian -- Catholic -- Advent retreat meditations.
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AN ADVENT "CHRISTMAS CAROL" RETREAT - I

A guided Advent retreat based on Charles Dickens's "Christmas Carol."
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Are Marriage/Parenthood Becoming Partisan Issues for Young Women?

New data argues that both marriage and parenthood are in decline among liberal women aged 25-35, the prime years for entering both institutions. Why should this concern Catholics?
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A Happy Ending

On the last day of the Church year, the readings turn to the Last Day -- and the happy ending Christ seeks to give us if we turn from sin.
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"One Like a Son of Man"

In today's First Reading at Mass, Daniel speaks of "one like a Son of Man" appearing at the judgment scene he relates. That Son of Man is Christ.
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Thinking about Thanksgiving in the Gospels

An overview of the concept of "thanksgiving" in the Gospels, with applications to our celebration of American Thanksgiving and daily Mass.
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