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		<title>The 2017 Christopher Award winners for TV, Film, and Books Are&#8230;</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[FAMILY TIES AND OVERCOMING ADVERSITY A COMMON THREAD IN 68TH ANNUAL CHRISTOPHER AWARD WINNERS Creators of films, TV programs and books to be honored on May 16th NEW YORK, March 28, 2017 — The Academy Award-nominated films Hidden Figures and Hacksaw Ridge, along with the pilot episode of NBC’s blockbuster series This is Us, are [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Jimmy Kimmel Deserves an Emmy For His Job Hosting the Oscars</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2017 16:04:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Thanks to Jimmy Kimmel, last night’s Oscars was the most entertaining, least boring ceremony I’ve seen in recent memory. Yes, his comedy bits made the show run long (as it usually does anyway), but they also injected energy and humor into the parts of the evening that often feel sleep-inducing for viewers at home. First, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Bringing the Future to Hope Valley: A Look at &#8220;When Calls the Heart&#8217;s&#8221; Season Four Premiere</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2017 14:52:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Progress is generally thought of as a good and necessary thing for a society to grow and prosper. But it can also present some challenges when change happens quickly and makes it a possibility that some of the best parts of the past might be lost in the process. There’s a tension between “progressing” and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Discerning God&#8217;s Will &#038; Adopting Potatoes in &#8220;Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Higher Ground&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2017 14:51:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It’s been a five month wait since the last original “Signed, Sealed, Delivered” movie (“Lost Without You”) aired on Hallmark Movies and Mysteries, so it’s appropriate that “waiting” is a theme in the newest installment, “Higher Ground,” which premieres Sunday Feb. 19 at 9/8C. It’s not just about waiting, though, but about discerning God’s will [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Mary Tyler Moore Provided Catholic Laughs in Two Classic TV Episodes</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2017 21:04:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Actress Mary Tyler Moore, who could “turn the world on with her smile” (as her TV series’ theme song stated), died today at age 80. There are plenty of wonderful obituaries about her life out there, so I’d like to focus on something a little different: the times her work made us laugh from a [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>&#8216;We&#8217;re All Sick Pilgrims Drifting Toward God, Whether We Realize It or Not&#8217;</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tony Rossi]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2017 15:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[What do a monk, a high school student, and a tattooed Krav Maga instructor have in common? They’re all sick pilgrims. What exactly is a “sick pilgrim?” The answer lies with Christopher Award-winning author Jessica Mesman Griffith and paranormal fiction writer Jonathan Ryan. Griffith and Ryan are the founders of a Patheos blog called “Sick [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Phillip Phillips Sings His Hit &#8220;Home&#8221; at Steven McDonald&#8217;s Wake in Tribute to NYPD Hero</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2017 15:33:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Via Patheos blogger Father Michael Duffy’s Facebook page, I learned today that “American Idol” winner Phillip Phillips attended Police Officer Steven McDonald’s wake to sing his hit song “Home,” because it was one of McDonald’s favorites. As his son Conor states in the video below, posted on Youtube by Christine Gravano, he would play the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>R.I.P. Officer Steven McDonald: &#8216;God Has Asked Me to Be a Witness to Do His Will in This World&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2017 19:23:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[(Photo: Police Officer Steven McDonald with the Christopher Award-winning founder of Mychal’s Message, Shannon Hickey) New York City Police Officer Steven McDonald was shot and paralyzed in 1986 by teenager Shavon Jones. From then on, McDonald required a respirator to breathe. However, he didn’t live life feeling sorry for himself. Instead, he became a force [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Catholic Church (and the Jesuits) Owe &#8220;MASH&#8217;s&#8221; William Christopher a Debt of Gratitude</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2017 14:01:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As 2016 ended, the world was shocked and saddened by the passing of many famous actors, including “Brady Bunch” star Florence Henderson, “Star Wars” icon Carrie Fisher, and soon thereafter, her mother “Singin’ in the Rain” star Debbie Reynolds. But another actor also died at the very end of the year – December 31st, to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Catholic Press Veteran Jerry Costello Pens His Final Column for The Christophers</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tony Rossi]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2017 15:08:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[One of The Christophers’ media ministries is the syndicated “Light One Candle” column, which runs weekly in many Catholic newspapers (and even some secular ones) around the country. For many years now, I would write two columns a month, and Jerry Costello, who is a member of The Christophers’ Board of Directors, would write the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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