Looking Away Funerals Aren’t What They Used to Be Paul J. Schaefer As I draw closer to my own death, reasonably healthy but in my late seventies, I have begun to think about funeral rites and...
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What We Owe Animals Lessons from the Farm Paul J. Schaefer Even as a child growing up on a farm, I always had an uneasy relationship with animals. This uneasiness began with a horse named Jack,...
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'Gentiles Only' Boyhood Memories of an Ordinary Bigotry Paul J. Schaefer It was early morning, and bunches of school kids stood by their mailboxes in the cool autumn air, waiting for the school...
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ARTICLES The Reach of Beauty A Catholic Boyhood in Wisconsin Paul J. Schaefer We were as close to God as we were to our animals or as close to our animals as we were to God. It's difficult to...
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