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December 2011

December 12, 2011

Meet Wyoming Catholic College

I always liked Wyoming. During the summer between my junior and senior year of college,...

December 08, 2011

Suminagashi! Gesundheit?

No! It's an ancient Japanese art form of painting in water and transferring the results...

December 07, 2011

The Sacraments Are Mountains Above the Plains

The little post I shared yesterday about the Sacraments was, in my opinion, just so...

November 2011

November 25, 2011

For The Road Of Joy

What follows is an excerpt from Kenelm Henry Digby's Compitum: or, The Meeting of the...

November 22, 2011

Joan of Arc, Joan Jett and More

I skipped Music for Mondays yesterday. So in this holiday shortened week I've got some...

November 15, 2011

“Catholicism” Premiering on EWTN

Very good news, especially for viewers left out in the cold like me. See, the...

November 06, 2011

Gone to Look at Fall Colors

So no blogging today folks. Get outdoors and enjoy Autumn before it disappears. The beautiful...

November 04, 2011

Because the Catholic Church Maintains Hope in the World

Just a few days ago, I asked if it was arrogant or audacious to seek...

October 2011

October 22, 2011

Jackson Pollock Meets Christ?

Something like that. Have a look at what follows. It's where modern art meets the...

October 19, 2011

From Sacred Heart Academy, Your New Rose Queen

Sister Celeste Marie Botellop, Principal of Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy standing with the 2012 Rose...

October 15, 2011

For All Creatures, Great and Small

This is Reason #374 why I don't live in "the big city." I rumbled up...

October 15, 2011

Fr. Robert Barron Interview on Salt + Light TV

From our beleaguered friends to the North comes this, one of the best uses of...

August 2011

August 28, 2011

Because Words Matter…

Words differently arranged have a different meaning, and meanings differently arranged have different effects. —Blaise...

August 21, 2011

Postcards from WYD: Hey…I Know That “Kid!”

Remember I told you that Marc Barnes, aka "the Kid" , and blogger at BadCatholic, was...

August 19, 2011

I Hear Guitars…And Lot’s of Reverence.

The English version of the World Youth Day theme song...sing along!

August 18, 2011

For the Earth and Its Fullness…UPDATED!

I have no idea what kind of bird this is, where it is from, or...

August 07, 2011

Around the World in 3 Minutes: Move, Learn, Eat

One of my favorite lines from scripture concerns "the earth and its fullness." As a...

July 2011

July 31, 2011

Thanks to Nicholas Kristof For These Courageous Thoughts

Floored. And pleasantly surprised. That what I was when I read the latest editorial by...

June 2011

June 25, 2011

The Rose of Sharon

The Rose of Sharon by Anonymous. Arranged by Barney E. Warren (pub. 1911) Lord Jesus,...

June 04, 2011

Because Blogging For Christ Is Like Being St. Philip

Above is a snapshot of the last 500 visitors to this space. If a picture...

May 2011

May 16, 2011

Jesus Goes Mainstream, Classical Music Edition

Over the last several weeks here on Music for Mondays, I've been exploring Jesus in...

May 09, 2011

Thanks to Tomás Luis de Victoria: Singer, Composer, Priest

Over the past couple of weeks, I've been sharing musical selections from contemporary culture that...

April 2011

April 05, 2011

Because Confession Puts Us Back Together

Does everyone remember "The Kid?" That's what I call Marc Barnes who blogs over at...

April 01, 2011

For Your Lenten Friday Night at the Movies IV

-Feast of St. Hugh of Grenoble It's roughly the midpoint of Lent. Unlike last Friday,...

April 01, 2011

Because the Disciples Were Just Like You (Friday Funnies)

Let me start this post with a hat-tip to Brandon Vogt, convert and Catholic blogger...

March 2011

March 24, 2011

For the Daily Readings

-Feast of St. Macartan If it's Thursday, then I'll be lectoring at daily Mass at the...

September 2010

September 15, 2010

The Streamlet’s Song (A Few Words for Wednesday)

—Feast of Our Lady of SorrowsI found this little poem, by a forgotten poet, in...

September 08, 2010

Thanks to Bartolomé Esteban Murillo’s The Birth of the Virgin

On this, the feast day of the Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary, take a...

May 2010

May 16, 2010

For the Art and Poetry of Wu Li, SJ (1632-1718)

Remember me and the pleasure I get from finding things out about our faith and...

September 2009

September 07, 2009

Because This Is My Church

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