Religion
Amanda Castro

A Simple Stable

With my job come several wonderful perks. Attending weekly mass with the Catholic School is one of them. It’s a K-8 school, and my favorite

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Columnists
Amanda Castro

The Need for Change

Fall is in the air in southern Minnesota. Farmers are beginning their harvest and the first frost has fallen. There is a beautiful chill in

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Amanda Castro

Yearbook of Saints

It’s that time of year again. Yellow school buses travel the roads bringing happy and cheerful students to school. There, students gleefully and attentively participate

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Mom Can You Ask Dad?

Working with teens, most of my favorite questions deal with Mary. Mary is awesome, and there are a lot of misconceptions about what Catholics do

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Spirituality
Amanda Castro

The Need for Struggle

The past two months have been quite interesting in my personal life. I left my ministry position as Director of Religious Education, accepted a new

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Doubting Thomas

I love Easter! I love the readings, the flowers, the extra Alleluias, the joy and of course the Resurrection. During our weekly staff meeting our priest

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The Gates of Heaven
Career
Amanda Castro

Things to Ask Your DRE

Catholic Education often takes on many facets. Usually when people refer to Catholic Education they are referring to private, Diocesan, schools of learning primarily for Kindergarten through 12th grade.

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Amanda Castro

Me and Humanae Vitae

There is no doubt in my mind as to why many Catholics call Humanae Vitae one of the most prophetic documents of the 20th Century.

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To Be A Gift

This past weekend I had a lot to be both grateful for and to reflect on. Usually I use my Saturdays to sit back, relax,

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