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November 2009

November 21, 2009

Because . . . Gosh, Sometimes I’m Just Not Sure

There really are times when we Catholics give Protestantism a good name. In men's group...

November 19, 2009

Opening Meeting of the YIM Catholic Book Club, “Orthodoxy,” Chapter 1

Katie belongs to a book club that meets once a month on Thursdays. Oprah—well, we...

November 19, 2009

For the Sixteen Children in My Religious Ed Class

Right away, I knew this class would be different. It wasn't the post I wrote...

November 18, 2009

Because There Are Depths to Plumb and Heights to Climb

I am preparing to teach a religious education class this afternoon. Once again, I am...

November 17, 2009

Because I Get to Sing the Gloria Right Here Every Sunday

One of the four or five happiest moments of my life came at Easter Vigil...

November 16, 2009

For All the Saints: Margaret of Scotland

I came back from retreat Thursday realizing that there is only one vow I have...

November 15, 2009

Because of Joan of Arcadia VII

There are a few throwaway episodes in the two-year history of “Joan of Arcadia,” the...

November 15, 2009

To Worship with Mitch

I had a chance to talk today for the first time with a fellow parishioner...

November 14, 2009

To Make Hard Choices

Two weeks ago today at Confession, on the eve of All Saints, I was asked...

November 13, 2009

Because Monks are Just Soldiers in Awkward Clothes

Three days among the Trappist fathers and brothers of St. Joseph’s Abbey in Spencer, Massachusetts,...

November 12, 2009

Thanks to St. Martin, Thanks to Fr. Matthew

It's a surprising path that leads a man from a 4th-century saint to a 21st-century...

November 09, 2009

On Retreat

This blog will go quiet now, at least until Friday 11/13, perhaps as long as...

November 08, 2009

Because This Book Really is Beautiful

My campaign to promote Kristin Lavransdatter as the Great Catholic Novel is gaining momentum, one...

November 08, 2009

For All the Saints: Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity

Anyone who has struggled with anger, as I have, could do worse than read about...

November 07, 2009

For Minor Miracles I

I have never seen a dead woman walk or a blind man restored to sight....

November 06, 2009

Because I Can Always Come Back

In "The Death of a Hired Man," one of my favorite poems, Robert Frost famously...

November 03, 2009

For All the Saints: Charles Borromeo

Wednesday we celebrate the memorial of St. Charles Borromeo. I know little about this 16th-century...

November 03, 2009

Because This is My Church II

There are many things I love about my church, St. Mary Star of the Sea...

November 03, 2009

For All the Saints: Martin de Porres II

We got a good laugh today from Father Barnes in his homily. He talked of...

November 03, 2009

For All the Saints: Martin de Porres

Much surely has been made, and will be made again today, of Martin de Porres...

November 02, 2009

Thanks to Joan, Again

Joans played an important role in my becoming a Catholic. The biography of Joan of...

November 01, 2009

For My Father, Saint or Soul

For the first 56 years of my life, not one member of my family died,...

October 2009

October 31, 2009

Because the Poor and Meek are Blessed

I arrived at men's group Saturday in blue blazer, fresh shirt, gray slacks, brown Oxford...

October 30, 2009

To Become a Child Again

This morning, by chance, by grace, I remembered again why I am a Catholic. I...

October 29, 2009

Because of Joan of Arcadia VI

There is a moment in season 1, episode 9 of “Joan of Arcadia” that chills...

October 29, 2009

To Read this Entire List of Catholic Fiction!

Thanks to Karen for forwarding this list of Catholic fiction from Amazon, in response to...

October 28, 2009

Survey #3: Because of What Catholic Fiction?

A few weeks back I asked readers to cite poems that have inspired them. The...

October 28, 2009

Because the Holy Ghost Over the Bent World Broods

I was really, seriously thinking about throwing this blog overboard a couple of days ago....

October 27, 2009

To Spend the Rest of My Life Reading Books Like This

During my 40 years in the wilderness, reading was a mostly desultory pursuit. I went...

October 25, 2009

Because a Tornado is Coming

Katie and I rarely go to the movies, so when I proposed a movie date...