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April 2014

April 08, 2014

Palate Cleanser: “Ziggy who? I’m just trying to get discovered.” David Bowie’s First TV Appearance…

David Bowie performs Space Oddity, and receives an award or something. Story time. I sang...

January 2014

January 31, 2014

Blogging And The Art Of Mustang Maintenance (Or, My “Saint Joseph’s Retreat” Explained)

The first thing you need to know is that I just made up the idea...

November 2013

November 29, 2013

A Serious Message About The Film, “Delivery Man” UPDATED

...is contained in the flyer in the photograph below. Learn more at Alana Newman's place,...

August 2013

August 04, 2013

WYD Flashback With Matt Maher, And His Story On How The Song Came To Be Written…

It's been a week since World Youth Day wrapped up and everyone checked out of...

June 2013

June 04, 2013

As The Holy Spirit Broods Over A Bent World, We Send Out The Children To Be The Face Of Christ

Full credit for the paraphrase embedded in the title above goes to priest, and poet...

April 2013

April 26, 2013

A Great Tweet From Pope Francis Today…

It's basically something I've been telling my children forever... And do great things, while always...

March 2013

March 07, 2013

To Pray Like Blessed John XXIII, in Youth and Old Age

On a Fall day in the year 1898, an almost 17 year old future Pope...

January 2013

January 25, 2013

The Catholic Bishops of Colorado Respond to Hospitals’ Claim of Unborn Twins Personhood UPDATED

A couple of days ago, my blog neighbor Deacon Greg Kandra shared a news item...

January 23, 2013

Call Me A Bad Catholic, But I Agree With John Zmirak

Amen to what The Most Interesting Man in the World says. This may come as...

January 22, 2013

L.A. County District Attorney Reviewing Documents Released by Archdiocese of Los Angeles UPDATED

In a follow up to the Los Angeles Times report that hit the wires yesterday,...

January 13, 2013

Hundreds of Thousands Protest In France over Same-Sex Marriage Proposals UPDATED

Andrew Cusack has the best coverage I've seen on this protest. France Marches for...

January 12, 2013

Human Trafficking is Not Just a Third World Problem

Just ask the folks from Convenant House. They've put together a campaign called Abolish Child...

January 09, 2013

What Does California Have In Common With Singapore?

A low birth-rate problem. Miriam Jordan writes about it in the Wall Street Journal. Declining...

December 2012

December 19, 2012

Tissue Alert! Read This And Weep

“Amen, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will not...

February 2012

February 15, 2012

Praying the Novena with the Dominican Sisters of Nashville

Nothing tells your children that you believe in the power of prayer more than praying...

January 2012

January 25, 2012

Best. 2012. March for Life. Video. Ever.

Courtesy of the "the Kid," Marc Barnes. Let's make it go viral, ya'll. Only 6...

January 23, 2012

Sign the Petition for the “Life At Conception Act” UPDATED

"Crazy" must run in the Paul family or something. Or is that "keraaayyyzy?" Either way,...

January 17, 2012

Because of the Twilight Zone Episode that My Country Has Become UPDATED

How's that for an answer to "Why I Am Catholic," dear reader? Here, I'll say...

January 11, 2012

Justin Bieber: “I Don’t Think I’m Religious. I Am Spiritual” UPDATED

On the heels of the faith affirming appearance of Mark Walhlberg on yesterday's CBS This...

November 2011

November 11, 2011

Thoughts On the Penn State Scandal, On A Friday

Back in March of 2010, when the sexual abuse scandal in the Church got its...

October 2011

October 13, 2011

For Jesus “Ween?” No Way!

This sounds like a job for my 10 year old, Jango Fett the Bounty Hunter....

October 02, 2011

Breaking: Minor Miracle(s) at Casa del Weathers

So there I was, just reading the morning paper after breakfast while sipping a cup...

August 2011

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 16, 2011

For Letters to Sons Like These by St. Stephen, King of Hungary

"My boy, at present you have the fun and I do the work; but your...

August 12, 2011

Recognizing Grace in a Manual Transmission

This past week, I've been on vacation. Actually, it's been a "stay-cation," with me working...

August 10, 2011

“The Kid” Goes to Madrid!

This past Saturday, I shared a little e-mail I received from someone who was converted...

July 2011

July 26, 2011

Would You Believe for the Fallible Facepalm?

So we were driving to Mass this past Sunday, like we've done every Sunday since...

April 2011

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 27, 2011

For Bernard of Clairvaux’s Bible Reading Program to Make Sense of the World

—Feast of St. John of Egypt Back in October of last year, I shared thoughts...