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April 2009

April 15, 2009

Welcome Archbishop Dolan!

Archbishop Dolan Knocks, as St. Elizabeth Ann Seton looks on (shamelessly cribbed from Rocco) “I...

April 03, 2009

Exile: The Past is Prologue

Pope John Paul II and Ignatius Cardinal Kung Pin Mei Today at mass, our priest...

March 2009

March 24, 2009

Feast of the Annunciation

"The Angel of the Lord appeared unto Mary," R: And she conceived by the Holy...

March 21, 2009

Lives "Hidden" & Suppressed

I have written a few times about how socialistic, totalitarian governments tend to go after...

March 04, 2009

Anchoress writes at 'First Things' – UPDATED

Oh, isn't that awful? My header, I mean. It's all about me, me, me! But...

February 2009

February 27, 2009

Housekeeping / Commercial Interruption

First, I want to shout out a big thank you to all of you who...

February 24, 2009

Timothy Dolan for NY – UPDATED

An Epistle in a Picture, (H/T) And so, at the close of the rather distant...

February 22, 2009

Doodle for Hunger

This is very cool.

February 17, 2009

Lent Prep: Confession Primer

Been a long time since you've been to confession? Well...Lent is coming So are hard...

February 17, 2009

Nuns in Kentucky Ice

On February 14, a Passionist Nun from St. Joseph's Monastery posted their first news and...

February 11, 2009

Advice: In Hard Times, "Give More" – UPDATED

He sat down opposite the treasury and observed how the crowd put money into the...

February 03, 2009

Virginity, Chastity, Nunstuff

Got an email from someone today wondering why I did not write about Candlemas. Feb...

January 2009

January 25, 2009

Aboard Air Force One & More – UPDATED

Sorry so quiet - big family birthday shindig yesterday and today I am working on...

January 21, 2009

The Deac Speaks!

Deacon Greg Kandra does a podcast interview over at America Magazine. He's got a nice...

January 21, 2009

Lo-Cal Valentine's Day Gifts

Ah, it's approaching fast! I have two suggestions for you, and neither of 'em will...

January 12, 2009

"…if you have not love, you are nothing"

An Orthodox Hermit says it all, and it's very humbling to hear. H/T Reader Dick...

January 09, 2009

Friday Linkaround

Quiet today. After gabbing and watching videos through the night, we put Buster on a...

January 03, 2009

"…Jesus Christ is better." – UPDATED

A profile of three young Dominican sisters from the Ann Arbor-based teaching order, the Sisters...

December 2008

December 29, 2008

O Eve! Reconciled!

Eve and Mary by Sr. Grace Remington, O.C.S.O It's still Christmas! And here is a...

December 28, 2008

In Praise of Adoration

Holy Spirit Adoration Sisters at Christmas Sitting before the Holy Eucharist: “it is like sitting...

December 27, 2008

It's Still Christmastime!

An Anchoress Word Cloud via Wordle The Reading from Vespers, December 27: God sent his...

December 22, 2008

Quick links around

Happy Hannukah! Or Oy, Come all ye Faithful! Mulling Advent and Friendship over coffee. It's...

December 20, 2008

Accepting this tasty stollen…

...on your behalf! The good Dominican Nuns of Summit, NJ - whose soaps, lotions, balms...

December 12, 2008

Incarnation: "The Mystery IS the Gift…"

Have you ever read something and then said, "damn, I wish I'd written that? I...

December 08, 2008

The usefulness of intercessory prayer

Do you remember, a while I ago, I wrote about the point of monasticism and...

December 03, 2008

More distant than any star

The self is more distant than any star... -- G. K. Chesterton Over at Inside...

November 2008

November 18, 2008

Holding on to what?

I like this short lesson from Abbess Maria-Michael Newe, OSB, of St. Walburga's Abbey of...

November 18, 2008

Blegging a gift idea…

It's been fun to give folks some ideas for Christmas shopping the last few years,...

November 11, 2008

Let's Go Christmas Shopping!

I know, it's frivolous! The whole world is "in turmoil" and disaster looms on every...

October 2008

October 13, 2008

Being Christ on the Streets

A very inspiring and humbling article: ROME (CNS) -- With her hair dyed an unnatural...