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January 2015

January 17, 2015

Rudy + Moonlight Graham = Reggie Ho, The Little Catholic Kicker Who Could

It's a big football weekend coming up, what with the Conference Championships meeting up on...

February 2014

February 07, 2014

God Invented the Quadruple Toe Loop…

And He commisioned Yuzuru Hanyu to perfect it. See for yourself. And his triple...

October 2013

October 08, 2013

How Peyton Manning Made Me Think Of Pope Francis…

He did this, and I made the connection immediately. I'm weird that way, see? I...

August 2013

August 07, 2013

Skateboarding Monks: The New Evangelization In Action

Presented by Spirit Juice Films, come and meet Friar Didacus and Friar Gabriel, two brothers of...

January 2013

January 26, 2013

My Bishop Gave the Homily at Stan Musials’ Funeral Mass

I've posted about Bishop Richard Stika a few times in the past. But to be...

January 19, 2013

For the Faith and Witness of Stan Musial, Requiescat in Pace

This originally ran back when Spring Break was just getting underway in 2011, and he...

December 2012

December 23, 2012

The Fastest Monk on Skates!

I'm not sure what his name is, but here is "the Rollerbrother" in action! H

October 2012

October 18, 2012

What If God Was One of Us, and Drove a Race Car?

Today is the 20th anniversary of the passing on to God of this legendary racing...

September 2012

September 28, 2012

Drafted By God, The Story of Frater Matthew Desme

I said I'm gone readin' and I am. In fact, I just read the best...

August 2012

August 07, 2012

Blogging? Sorry. I’m Watching the Olympics

That young lady, Alexandra Raisman, had a perfect floor exercise, and brought home the gold....

March 2012

March 16, 2012

For Your Lenten Friday Night At the Movies, III

One of the things I enjoy about sharing movies with you during Lent is...seeing movies...

March 13, 2012

A Letter to the President That Explains His Drop in the Polls, A Film, and A Song

Earlier today I wrote a book-length post built around explaining how "confirmation bias," or what...

February 2012

February 16, 2012

Hugh Hewitt was at Ground Zero on the HHS Mandate the Other Day

Where? Thomas Aquinas College in California. When? You guessed it: on the feast of Saint...

January 2012

January 07, 2012

A Quick Primer on Politics, Circa 1936

As Decision 2012 looms before us, and as we are asked by all the candidates...

December 2011

December 30, 2011

Cheap Speed for the Land-Locked Masses!

I think I can make one of these. Heh! Take this you weird, expensive dolphin...

November 2011

November 16, 2011

Because the Reality of Our Fallenness Isn’t Pretty-UPDATED

David Brooks explains it pretty well in his Op-Ed in New York Times from a...

October 2011

October 28, 2011

Quote of the Week

"It's just an exhilarating feeling, when you're like Lazarus and come back from the dead."...

June 2011

June 12, 2011

For Miracles Like This at the 24 Hours of LeMans

It's another Gearhead Feastday folks: the 24 Hours of LeMans. About an hour into the...

May 2011

May 27, 2011

Best. Photograph. Ever. The Incredibles in Action!

Credit: Mark Gormus/Richmond Times DispatchOrdinarily, this isn't the kind of post I write. But this...

February 2011

February 12, 2011

For the Psalms and Spring, Family and Sports

—Feast of St. Buonfiglio Monaldo It is getting ready to be a very busy time for...

June 2010

June 07, 2010

Baseball (Music for Mondays)

A few days ago, Webster posted on the imperfect call heard 'round the world. Baseball...

June 03, 2010

Because Nobody’s Perfect

I'm betting that Armando Galarraga has a saintly Catholic mother and that somewhere, last night...

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...