Father Mike Schmitz Reveals His List of Best & Worst Christmas Songs of All Time
In a recent Ascension Presents video, Father Mike Schmitz breaks his silence on his favorite–and least favorite–Christmas songs.
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"I experienced God’s presence in a way I hadn’t before—not just in sacred places, but in sacred people.”
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You don’t see this very often! In a video going viral in the Catholic interwebs, you can see Bishop Andrew Cozzens (auxilary bishop of the Archdiocese of St. Paul/Minneapolis since 2013) leading a band of young priests in songs for a huge crowd of young people. The clerics...
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