Get your Friday started with The Morning Blend. Brenda and Brian celebrate the Feast of St. Cecelia. Plus hear the story of how Notre Dame in Paris received the relic of the Crown of Thorns.

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All young adults in their 20s and 30s are invited to join the Portland Chapter of Young Catholic Professionals for our Advent Retreat at Mount Angel Abbey​! To know who we are created to be and what will make us truly happy, we have to learn to listen to God, and then, in our freedom, answer Him. Sr. Ignacia Carrillo and Sr. Shaila Mathai from the Mary Help of Christians will be speaking. Sarah Kuenzi is joined by Chapter President Chris Dowhaniuk to share more details.

Registration information can be found on the Chapter website.

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In Praying with the Church through Advent, Fr. Edward Looney offers a short daily meditation and reflection questions on that day’s Collect to help you better appreciate the richness of these liturgical texts and apply them to your life.

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