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September 2012

September 04, 2012

Between Two Shores—But Not Lost

As Church and as individuals, we are always neither here nor there. Up early on...

September 01, 2012

Holier Than None–UPDATED

Why are we so shocked when priests go rogue? After all, holiness isn't applied with...

August 2012

August 21, 2012

The Great Both/And

Is it always Or? Is it never And? ~ Stephen Sondheim, "Moments in the Woods," from...

August 18, 2012

I Confess (but not frequently enough)–UPDATED

Over at The Deacon's Bench, Greg Kandra has shared a piece by John Cornwell from...

August 14, 2012

Sex and the Singular Woman: The Assumption and Helen Gurley Brown

When I was exactly three weeks old, Pope Pius XII proclaimed the Assumption of the...

July 2012

July 30, 2012

Can the Catholic Church Survive? (You Betcha!)

Two weeks ago, in the New York Times, Ross Douthat stirred up a bit...

July 17, 2012

Bright Lines

You know when you hear a word or phrase you've never encountered before, and...

July 08, 2012

Ever Ancient, Ever New

One of the first churches I visited in Rome was San Paolo fuori le Mura,...

July 05, 2012

Philomena, the Most Powerful Saint Who Never Was

When the Vatican Congregation of Rites revised the liturgical calendar in 1961, removing a whole...

June 2012

June 28, 2012

Anticipating Heaven

After listening to (and participating in, God help me) the dissonant chorus of response to...

June 22, 2012

Hope in the Heartland

New York is where I'd rather stay! I get allergic smelling hay! I just adore...

February 2012

February 01, 2012

Bacon and Butter and Bathtub Beer: Why the Church Needs St Brigid, Bad

UPDATE: It's Lá Fhéile Bríde, the Feast of Brigid, and last year's post is no less...