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October 2014

October 22, 2014

Best. Soap. Ever.

Can I be a terrible, horrible person and remind you that it's almost Halloween, which...

October 22, 2014

Listen to this! Son Little

Heard this guy for the first time on the radio this morning, and it made...

October 21, 2014

Discernment: What It Does and Doesn’t Mean

PIC wizard watching chicken It does mean: The Holy Spirit works kind of like MSG, enhancing and heightening...

October 16, 2014

Working moms: what would help?

Children are good for society, fiscally and in every other way. Children who are well-cared...

October 14, 2014

Don’t bubble-wrap your kids

PIC deformed tree My son, who is twelve, recently wanted to buy a comic...

October 14, 2014

Power in the blood!

Remember when Ann Coulter pronounced missionary Dr. Brantly a big jerky, inconsiderate showboater for going into Africa to...

October 13, 2014

Will I see you in Michigan this Sunday?

Oh, time is getting away from me! I kept meaning to say, I will be...

October 13, 2014

No earthquake here. At the Synod, the Church teaches us how to dress for the feast.

Yesterday's second reading at Mass had two major ideas: (1) God wants everyone. (2) Not everyone...

October 13, 2014

Brilliant men in dark boxes

Anybody remember when this happened? PIC statue behind box This was back...

October 10, 2014

The American Catholic Almanac is meaty and fascinating

If you're like me and most of my American Catholic friends, any combination of the words...

October 09, 2014

At Synod, Sex-Obsessed Catholic Church Finally Talks About Sex, Finally

It is stunning that the Bishops are talking about sex! As long as you are...

October 08, 2014

You don’t have to be crazy to be president of Russia, but it — oh, wait, you do.

And Vladimir Putin is so, so good at being the crazy, crazy president of Russia....

October 07, 2014

Believe it or not, having ten kids changes you.

Baby #1: Uh oh, I think the jelly I had on my toast yesterday might...

October 05, 2014

RETRACTED: “Whistle-blower” Hooker’s study linking MMR Vaccine to autism in African American boys

PIC photo of Hooker The Editors no longer have confidence in the soundness of the...

October 03, 2014

Catholic Artist of the Month: Neilson Carlin

Here is the third installment in a series: Catholic Artist of the Month. Rather than constantly kvetching about mediocre,...

October 02, 2014

How welcoming is your parish?

You have ideas, I know you do! The one rule is: it has to be fairly...

October 01, 2014

Sam Rocha’s new spin on spirituality

From my new article in Our Sunday Visitor about Sam Rocha and his new album,...

October 01, 2014

Why Benny doesn’t walk the dog

As imagined by my nine-year-old: My husband pointed out that, while the...

September 2014

September 30, 2014

Catholics, Cotton Candy, and Comeuppance

PIC Care Bear farting a rainbow And I says to myself, I says,...

September 26, 2014

Moving past the urge to truth-bomb

Loved this post from What do you do, dear: Learning when (NOT) to talk to...

September 25, 2014

Rational Catholic continues dismantling the shoddy science in Dr. Deisher’s vaccine/autism study

The indefatigable Rational Catholic, still undeterred by accusations of being an enormous meany-pants, has provided...

September 24, 2014

In which I narrowly avoid Jesus Juking the heck out of you

Back in the spring, I said to myself, "This is the year! This is the...

September 23, 2014

Should Catholics read anti-Catholic materials?

Do you know what happens when you only read things that you already know...

September 18, 2014

Tantrum Ergo Sacramentum

Which hymns would be appropriate for a Mass which culminates a celebration of all things...

September 18, 2014

Hey, who wants to talk about Dr. Deisher and vaccines and autism and fetal cells and statistics? Some more?

PIC man showing woman statistics chart Not me! But other folks do, and ain't...

September 16, 2014

What are you doing for catechism this year?

For the older kids, in 7th, 8th, 10th, and 11th grades, I give up. Wait,...

September 15, 2014

But what if we’re not scientists?

When Catholics have a hard time understanding or accepting some point of doctrine, their path...

September 12, 2014

Yes, your kids can pack their own lunches. BUT . . .

You really do want to check them before they leave the house. Not that there...

September 11, 2014

Sam Rocha sings . . . Augustinian Soul? (an interview with Sam)

In contemporary Gospel music, people like Israel Houghton are making amazing music with...

September 11, 2014

Dr. Deisher, vaccines and autism: three red flags

PIC vaccine Catholics and vaccines. Oh, this is hard. Can we live with letting...