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Pat Gohn

Pat Gohn is an editor at Bayard, currently serving as the editor of Living Faith devotionals booklets. She previously served as editor for Catechist and at Catholic Digest, print editions. An author, speaker, and catechist, you can find more of her work at PatGohn.net.

From the Catechism

Angels among us

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by Pat Gohn There are angels among us. Yet too often, we ignore their existence. Meanwhile the Bible and the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) has much to say about these remarkable spiritual creatures. The Bible uses the word angel to…
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Death Penalty Teaching Revisited

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BY PAT GOHN Back in August 2018, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith announced Pope Francis’ approved revision to the Catechism of the Catholic Church with regard to paragraph 2267 on the use of the death penalty. This revision…
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Praying the Liturgy of the Hours

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by Pat Gohn The Divine Office When we think of an office, we usually think buildings, cubicles, rooms, and spaces where people work. Yet there’s another, less familiar, definition for the word: a service or a kindness done for another. When…
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Symbols of the Spirit

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Part of the richness of our Catholic sacramental life is its tangibility — its appeal to our senses. Natural elements like water and fire are used in our sacraments to remind us of holy intangibles. Yet these symbols aren’t things that…