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January 2010

January 08, 2010

Because of Blaise Pascal’s Letter upon the Death of his Father

Webster has been serving at funerals lately, one in early December and one just a...

January 07, 2010

Because the Church Needs a Few Good Men (and Women)

Posted by Frank Yesterday, as I writing Part 6 in the series on my conversion,...

January 03, 2010

Because of Practical Instruction Like This

Posted by FrankYesterday, Webster posted this note about the close friendship of Saints Basil and...

January 01, 2010

Because of the Pleasure of Finding Things Out

I am sitting in a friend’s house in Southern California surrounded by books one minute...

December 2009

December 27, 2009

Because of the Feast Day of the Holy Family

For the past ten days, I have been on vacation visiting friends and family in...

December 24, 2009

Because Going To Mass On Vacation Is Easy II

If you think that I have already had my fair share of going to Mass...

December 20, 2009

Because Going To Mass On Vacation Is Easy

One of the neatest things about being Catholic is that I can go to Mass...

December 19, 2009

Because Women Aren’t from Venus and Men Aren’t from Mars

Posted by Frank We have been talking about men of the laity and their roles...

December 11, 2009

Because “Don’t Give Up the Ship” Makes Sense

As a relatively new convert to Catholicism (Class of 2008), friends have asked me the...

December 09, 2009

Because Confession Can Change the World

Posted by Webster To set this world spinning the right way round, I think we Catholics...

December 06, 2009

Because the Real Santa Story is Amazing Enough

I've told my children that there is no Santa Claus. I make no apologies about...

December 01, 2009

Because of Half-Baked Thoughts Like These

I like to learn new words. It is a strange thing for a guy to...

November 2009

November 30, 2009

Because This May Be My Last Mass

Gulp . . . My eyes water, and I get a lump in my throat...

November 25, 2009

Happy Thanksgiving, Mr. President

It is difficult to imagine the 44th president of the United States delivering this Thanksgiving...

September 2009

September 09, 2009

Because Nuns Play Soccer

I found this story passed along by Deacon Greg Kandra too inspiring to pass up.Like...

September 07, 2009

Because This Is My Church

Back to morning mass today for the first time in ten days. And why not,...

August 2009

August 18, 2009

Because of a Book So Beautiful

Sigrid Undset won the Nobel Prize in 1928 largely on the strength of her 1,100-page...

August 17, 2009

For All the Saints

This is the post that launched the good ship YIMCatholic into the open sea of...