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The U.S. Catholic bishops have a free voter guide that can help you examine and discern the issues you’ll vote on in November. Visit the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’s Faithful Citizenship page , from which you can download the document Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship and find other helpful resources.

By Father Bob Pagliari, C.Ss.R. Redemptorist missionary Rev. James Edward McGonagle III died on October 18, 2014, in the CSSR community at Timonium, Maryland, while his sister, Sister Helen Mary McGonagle, and his confreres surrounded him with their prayers and goodbyes.

By Father Bob Pagliari, C.Ss.R. Redemptorist missionary Rev. Russell James Abata died on October 20, 2014, in the New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center of Manhattan. He was 84 years old.

By Father Bob Pagliari, C.Ss.R. Redemptorist missionary Rev. Lawrence Joseph Murphy died on October 7, 2014, in the C.Ss.R. community at Timonium, Maryland, while his confreres prayed their beads on this Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary.

By Father Bob Pagliari, C.Ss.R. Redemptorist missionary Rev. Lawrence Joseph Murphy died on October 7, 2014, in the C.Ss.R. community at Timonium, Maryland, while his confreres prayed their beads on this Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary.

What do Pope Francis and Pharrell Williams have in common? Some of you will recognize the refrain “Because I’m happy.” It is from Pharrell Williams’s song “Happy” from the soundtrack of the movie Despicable Me 2, produced in 2013.

An essay by Father Kevin MacDonald, C.Ss.R. “Because I’m Happy” Some of you will recognize the above refrain. It is from Pharrell Williams’s song “Happy” from the soundtrack of the movie Despicable Me 2, produced in 2013.