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November 2015

November 01, 2015

Catholic Life Hacks: Truly Last Minute Saint Costume

If you have a group of children who need a saint costume, stat, ask if...

October 2015

October 28, 2015

True Radiance Chapter 6: The Beauty in Every Vocation

My friend Lisa Mladinich asked me to write today on chapter six of her beautiful...

October 24, 2015

State Mandates Killing of Mentally Ill Patients

No no, I've got that headline wrong. It's all about "dignity" when you tell a...

October 16, 2015

I hate it when I do this:

A year and some ago, I wrote this, now showing live at CatholicMom.com because it's the...

October 07, 2015

Update: How to Help with SC Flood Relief #scflood

The South Carolina Emergency Management Division has updated their information on donating and volunteering. There...

October 01, 2015

Quick Q&A – Sorrow for Your Sins and Sacramental Absolution

This excellent post by Max Lindenman prompted a question from a reader about repentance and...

September 2015

September 18, 2015

Should Catholic Hospitals Sterilize Their Patients?

The answer is no, and neither should any other kind of hospital. In the news...

September 14, 2015

Time Management and the Kinds of Time

I've fallen off the internet lately, and that's because I've been sleeping. More on that...

August 2015

August 29, 2015

CORRECTED: US Bishops Have No Case in Court If They Won’t Stand for the Faith at Home

CORRECTED: Kathy Schiffer graciously reminds me that Bishop Finn has asked NCR to stop calling...

August 20, 2015

Heroism and the Fight for Every Human Person

Here are some recent stories about young men who've saved people from being kidnapped: Teen...

August 11, 2015

Good Cause: Help a Catholic Lotsa Mom Through Chemotherapy

My friend Laura Roberts is hosting a fundraiser for our mutual friend Natalie, who's going...

August 10, 2015

The Perilous Trail Through the Culture of Death and Deception

The Catholic faith is difficult to believe. Oh sure, we can give assent to the...

July 2015

July 16, 2015

Where Are You Going, Catholic Church?

Patheos is hosting a symposium on "The Future of Faith in America" and you can read...

July 16, 2015

In Which We Compare the Cross to an Orange

Or a coconut? Pineapple, I think. Yeah, pineapple. Good thing I pre-prayed today's Gospel, because...

July 11, 2015

#Edel15 – Wow did I need this.

What I'm doing this weekend is hanging out at the Edel Gathering (read and weep...

July 04, 2015

How to Protect Religious Freedom? Practice Your Religion

I was surprised the other day to learn that the Episcopal church had just voted...

July 01, 2015

10 Things Christian Kids Need to Prepare for an Uncertain Future

In a private conversation Elizabeth Scalia posed a question, and I'm going to paraphrase it wildly:...

June 2015

June 19, 2015

The Terrible Problem with Laudato Si’

"Living our vocation to be protectors of God's handiwork is essential to the life of...

June 13, 2015

Transvestites and Conservative Christians Meet Minds at the Cult of Prettiness

Being pretty has never come naturally to me. I like the concept in theory, but...

May 2015

May 16, 2015

That Perpetually Lost and Confused Feeling is not a Bug, it’s a Feature

The headline sets aside the question of pre-Fall living, which none of us are doing....

May 15, 2015

Letter to a Discouraged Evangelist

I wrote the following in response to a "What would you say?" question from Sherry...

May 10, 2015

Preaching: What Works? Why Does it Matter? – Updated

Father Longenecker* writes about his frustration as a homilist here, and he raises a good...

May 01, 2015

Don’t Kill People with Disabilities. Especially Family. @BADDtweets

I'm reminded by Ruth at Wheelie Catholic that May 1 is Blogging Against Disablism Day....

April 2015

April 09, 2015

Three Great Ways to Help Parents Teach Their Children the Faith

In a follow-up on the topic of getting the parent-Church relationship right, here are three...

February 2015

February 20, 2015

Christian Community and the Loss of Penance

In a private forum, someone asked why Catholics don't talk about acts of penance so much...

February 18, 2015

Atheism, Beauty, and the Loss of Penance

My young daughter, whose cuteness makes her look even younger, sat on the stool at...

January 2015

January 26, 2015

So, Mr. Jesus. We Meet Again.

This Sunday's Gospel has Jesus out for a walk on the beach, and he sees...

January 26, 2015

Evading the Useless Fairy Through the Miracle of Central Heating

I periodically give the friends and relatives a health update, which I don't usually publish here....

January 15, 2015

Christian Community Renewal for Ordinary Moms

This story is for Melanie Bettinelli, who is far more thoughtful than I am, and...

January 03, 2015

Friends in High Places: Get Yourself a Saint for 2015

Matchmaking time. Jen Fulwiler's Patron Saint Generator is up and running. If you haven't done...