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On Shaw Island, Benedictine nuns share lives of work, prayer and hospitality A C AT H O L I C V I E W
Why I love my country PAGE 10
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Icons: Windows into heaven PAGE 20 DEL OBISPO
Familia de sangre PÁGINA 26 NEWS & EVENTS
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Journey New initiative supports moms, dads and children from conception to age 5
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What will happen at the Synod on the Family? PAGE 20
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Explore sacred treasures in Vancouver PAGE 22
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Sometimes you just gotta obey
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Forty years ago, Vietnamese Catholics began heading to sea in search of freedom
I N C A S E YO U MISSED IT
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The gift of a Catholic education PAGE 25
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