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		<title>Elections Matter</title>
		<link>https://the-american-catholic.com/2026/09/08/elections-matter/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Donald R. McClarey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 10:44:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Saint of the Day Quote:  Blessed Maria Eutimia</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 08:45:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I found Him who my heart loves; I want to hold Him and never let Him go. Blessed Maria Eutimia &#160;]]></description>
		
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		<title>LeoWatch:  Lucy and the Football</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Donald R. McClarey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 08:30:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Leo can&#8217;t even make peace with traditional Catholics.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Experts</title>
		<link>https://the-american-catholic.com/2026/09/08/experts/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Donald R. McClarey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 06:25:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Election 2026]]></category>
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		<title>September 8:  The Birth of Humanity&#8217;s Sole Boast</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Donald R. McClarey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 06:24:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saint Bernard of Clairvaux]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Virgin   Mother! whose virgin bosom was uncrost With the least shade of thought to sin allied;   Woman! above all women glorified,   Our tainted nature&#8217;s solitary boast;   Purer than foam on central ocean tost;   Brighter than eastern skies at daybreak strewn   With fancied roses, than the unblemished moon  Before her [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>And We Do Not Want To Be Repaid in Stinky Cheese</title>
		<link>https://the-american-catholic.com/2026/09/08/and-we-do-not-want-to-be-repaid-in-stinky-cheese/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Donald R. McClarey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 06:04:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[France]]></category>
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		<title>September 7, 1776:  First Submarine Attack</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Donald R. McClarey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 09:11:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[American Revolution]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The American Revolution witnessed several examples of Yankee ingenuity that astonished the foes of the United States and delighted their friends.  David Bushnell while an undergraduate at Yale in 1775 developed the plans for the Turtle, the first submarine used in combat.  Among his innovations was using water as a ballast to raise and lower [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Saint of the Day Quote:  Saint Marko Krizin</title>
		<link>https://the-american-catholic.com/2026/09/07/saint-of-the-day-quote-2423/</link>
					<comments>https://the-american-catholic.com/2026/09/07/saint-of-the-day-quote-2423/#respond</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Donald R. McClarey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 08:45:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[“I am completely dedicated to my faith, the only one for me, zealous to defend it and determined to die loyal to my faith.” &#160; &#160; Saint Marko Krizin]]></description>
		
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		<title>Kids and Adventure</title>
		<link>https://the-american-catholic.com/2026/09/07/kids-and-adventure/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Donald R. McClarey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 06:39:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dungeons and Dragons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Geek Post]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Geekier than thou]]></category>
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		<title>Saint Joseph the Worker and Dad</title>
		<link>https://the-american-catholic.com/2026/09/07/ten-years-of-tac-saint-joseph-the-worker-and-dad/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Donald R. McClarey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 06:35:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[( This post is from September 1, 2013.) &#160; &#160; &#160; Every Labor Day weekend two men always pop up in my mind:  Saint Joseph the Worker and my Dad.  When I was growing up I always associated Saint Joseph and my father.  I thought of Saint Joseph as the strong, silent type.  The Gospels recall [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Least of These</title>
		<link>https://the-american-catholic.com/2026/09/07/least-of-these/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Donald R. McClarey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 05:17:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dale Price]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Dale Price and his family have taken in a sick cat.  Such acts of disinterested kindness are bright spots in this Vale of Tears.  At the Particular Judgment the evil we have done will be recalled by Christ, but also our acts of charity.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Saint of the Day Quote:  Blessed Thomas Tsughi</title>
		<link>https://the-american-catholic.com/2026/09/06/saint-of-the-day-quote-2422/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Donald R. McClarey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 08:45:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[ “I go to death with joy in my heart, for I die for Christ and His Church.” Blessed Thomas Tsughi]]></description>
		
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