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March 2020

March 26, 2020

First Things and The Pro-Life Movement’s Shocking Double Standard

When I was a teenager, I was homeschooled in a deeply conservative, deeply pro-life homeschool...

March 23, 2020

You Can Still Choose Who To Be

I want to show you a video. This is Ms. Shirley Raines, who usually sets...

March 21, 2020

How Can We Help? What Can We Do?

The COVID-19 rates are spiking all over the country, and it's only going to get...

March 14, 2020

Notes Ahead of a Crisis

I have a couple of short blogkeeping and Pezzulo-household-keeping notes I want to give...

March 04, 2020

The Poor You Will Always Have With You

When I share stories like the one about the Cherry Boutique, or the trouble with...

February 2020

February 21, 2020

If You Shame A Sex Worker…

Today, on facebook, a volunteer from The Friendship Room wrote: We have a woman who lives...

December 2019

December 26, 2019

Today, I am in Awe of You

Did you know that I am in awe of you? I have been so overwhelmed...

December 05, 2019

The Kingdom of God is the Kingdom of Addition

Yesterday, I delivered the last of the presents from the First Annual Parish Giving Tree...

December 01, 2019

It’s the First Week of Advent. Have You Checked Your Giving Tree?

I don't know who needs to hear this, but please check on your parish Giving...

July 2019

July 06, 2019

The Ecology of Motherhood

I took Rosie on a shopping expedition. She spent most of the bus trip chattering...

June 2019

June 23, 2019

Here’s What You Can Do To Help Imprisoned Migrants

Today is the Latin Catholic feast of Corpus Christi. A certain percentage of my fans...

June 12, 2019

An Urgent Work of Mercy for the Thirsty

What do you do when the world seems so terrible and there is no...

May 2019

May 29, 2019

What do you Do With a Bicycle Thief?

"Tell me about the theft," said the policeman at the station, getting out his...

April 2019

April 16, 2019

A Suggestion as we Mourn the Fire in Notre Dame

We are all still mourning the tragic fire at Notre Dame cathedral, and justly...

April 13, 2019

Help the Friendship Room Stock their Little Free Grocery

Have you remembered your almsgiving penance this Lent? You know, the one you resolved to...

March 2019

March 30, 2019

A Work of Mercy for a Friend

Hi friends, I need your help. I have a friend who's in a very...

January 2019

January 15, 2019

The Government Shutdown and how it’s Hurting the Vulnerable

I want to take a moment to talk again about the government shutdown, how it's...

January 02, 2019

Can Anyone Help My Friends?

I have an urgent request from my readers. For the past couple...

January 02, 2019

Jerry Fallwell Jr. and the Service of Mammon

It may have come to your attention that Jerry Fallwell, Junior, doesn't know his...

December 2018

December 09, 2018

A Season of Darkness and Joy

We ended up walking home from Mass, on the vigil of the Immaculate Conception. There...

November 2018

November 19, 2018

What NOT to do When Someone is Having a Panic Attack

I just saw a nightmare of a meme that had been widely shared on...

June 2018

June 29, 2018

Three Things that Should Not Be Controversial About the Family Separation Crisis

I'm known as a bit of a pest in the blogging world, and that's...

May 2018

May 25, 2018

Waiting on the Exodus

We've been waiting around for over a year. A year ago I thought we...

February 2018

February 25, 2018

Do you See A Hero or a Suicide Attempt?

I saw a video today, of an attempted suicide. That isn't what I was...

February 09, 2018

Immigrants are Struggling. Here’s How You Can Help

(My friend, who is married to an immigrant, sent this to me as a...

January 2018

January 25, 2018

What is the real “Destructive Culture?”

I keep thinking about that nonsense paragraph from Dreher that I tore apart yesterday. One...

July 2017

July 19, 2017

Saint Louis Inmates Are Screaming for Help

I need everyone to stop what they're doing and pay attention to something. Watch the first...

June 2017

June 12, 2017

Still Water

My mother knew a religious sister-- let's call her Sister Angeline. Sister Angeline was a...

June 08, 2017

Should Amazon Give Discounts to EBT Recipients?

I'm often told that the poor are envious. I'm not going to claim I'm without...

March 2017

March 18, 2017

The Sixth Station: Veronica Wipes The Face of Jesus.

We adore you, O Christ, and we bless You, because by Your holy cross, You...