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The Wife Traps

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By Michael Patrick O’Brien– My dear wife Vicki is one of the kindest persons I know. That’s why I scratch my head trying to figure out why she sets traps…

Behind the Scenes Olympians

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By Michael Patrick O’Brien– When watching the Winter Olympics on television every four years, I try to remember all the hard work that unknown people do behind the scenes to…

Onion rings and eternal life

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By Michael Patrick O’Brien– A recent ordinary moment with my friends, Utah’s Trappist monks, now is an unexpected and extraordinary reminder of the essence of their unique monastic life. In…

Being There 101

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By Michael Patrick O’Brien– Sometimes we take existence for granted and become oblivious to the sheer wonder of being. That’s why I recently took a couple of remedial courses on…

An Ode to Mary Bell: Part Two

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By Gary Topping– (Editor’s note: a previous version of this article appeared in the Intermountain Catholic. Part one of this story is available here.) Mary Bell and the McDougall family learned…

An Ode to Mary Bell: Part One

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By Gary Topping– (Editor’s note: a previous version of this story appeared in the Intermountain Catholic.) When a young man announces his intention to enter the priesthood, we are filled…

I wish compassion would go viral

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By Michael Patrick O’Brien– Don’t let the whole Boy Monk persona thing fool you. I have a good old-fashioned nasty Irish temper including, on occasion, a very sharp tongue. Several…

Monks can teach us valuable HR workplace lessons

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By Michael Patrick O’Brien– Wisdom, of course, can come from many unusual places and from very unexpected sources. Yet, most people still are surprised when I point to a Catholic…