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December 2009

December 10, 2009

YIMC Book Club, “Orthodoxy,” Chapter 4

Posted by Webster Earlier today, I posted the current membership roll. All are welcome to join...

December 10, 2009

YIMC Book Club Membership Roll – Update

Posted by Webster The YIM Catholic Book Club will be meeting this evening to discuss chapter...

December 09, 2009

For All the Saints: The Martyrs of Samosata

Posted by Webster I used to think that before my lifetime people lived in B

December 08, 2009

For My Buddies at Adoration

Posted by Webster I have a confession to make: I attend Eucharistic Adoration one hour per...

December 07, 2009

Because “The Test of All Happiness is Gratitude”

Posted by Webster G. K. Chesterton can be a chore, the way he piles one analogy,...

December 06, 2009

Thoughts on the LOTH for Today

Posted by Webster There’s joyful anticipation in Advent, but there’s also a powerful sense of...

December 05, 2009

For Larry, Who Served at Funerals All These Years

Posted by WebsterI had a singular honor Friday morning. I served at the altar for...

December 03, 2009

YIMC Book Club, “Orthodoxy,” Chapter 3

Posted by Webster The honor roll of the YIMC Book Club reads as follows: Mary,...

December 03, 2009

Because GK and Joan Were Both Catholics

Posted by Webster While preparing for tonight's meeting of the YIM Catholic Book Club, I...

December 03, 2009

“The Road” Revisited

Posted by Webster I don't really want to walk another mile on this road, but I...

December 02, 2009

Because This “Road” Leads Nowhere

Posted by Webster I’ll wager that only an atheist or a child will shed a...

December 02, 2009

So That a Bunch of Nine-Year-Olds Can Be Reconciled With God

Posted by WebsterWhen I told my father that I was converting to Catholicism, he said,...

December 01, 2009

Because of the Church’s Position on War III

Posted by WebsterI've outlined the teaching of the Catechism on “just war”; I've presented the...

November 2009

November 30, 2009

LOTH? LOL!

Note to Ferde: I messed up the Liturgy of the Hours this morning. You know...

November 30, 2009

Because Advent Has Never Been Better

I remember the feeling last year: my first Advent as a Catholic! What a thrill...

November 29, 2009

YIMC Book Clubbers Update!

The honored roll of charter members of the YIM Catholic Book Club has been expanded...

November 29, 2009

To Shout “Happy New Year!” on November 29

Today is our New Year's Day, or at least it's mine. I was a lector...

November 28, 2009

YIMC Book Clubbers Alert!

All you would-be reading Catholics! It’s time to rally ’round. Charter memberships in the YIM...

November 28, 2009

Because of Hildegard and Simon

You would never, ever find this in the basement of an Episcopal Church, what I...

November 27, 2009

Because of the Church’s Position on War II

First, let me come clean about a few things:1. I have never been in a...

November 26, 2009

YIM Catholic Book Club, “Orthodoxy,” Chapter 2

We got a start on G. K. Chesterton’s “Orthodoxy” last week, looking at the first...

November 26, 2009

Because of the Church’s Position on War I

I can’t think of a better time than Thanksgiving morning to launch a series of...

November 25, 2009

Thanks to Father Barnes IV

I don't know what I would have done if I had walked into a Catholic...

November 25, 2009

Because I am Peter, Revisited

Many thanks to Laura R. for sending this video tour of the scavi (excavations) under...

November 24, 2009

Because I Am Peter

I went to bed last night re-reading George Weigel's Letters to a Young Catholic, the...

November 24, 2009

Because “New Age” Will Soon Be Old Hat, Revisited

Following my post of Monday evening about her article in Catholic Exchange, “New Age: Still...

November 23, 2009

Because “New Age” Will Soon Be Old Hat, and the Church Will Still Be Standing

I read Cheryl Dickow's Catholic Exchange article for 11/23/09 with interest and a shrug. "New...

November 23, 2009

Thanks to Boston Catholics Who Came Before

I have often thought that I owe a debt to Katie's Irish Catholic ancestors who...

November 22, 2009

Thanks to Father Barnes and his Father

Our pastor, Father Barnes, is a superb preacher. He never works from notes, yet even...

November 22, 2009

For Minor Miracles II

As my father lay dying and as I sat one night by his side, reading...