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May 2016

May 12, 2016

Pope Francis To Form Commission To Study Women Deacon Option UPDATES

The source? Fr. James Martin,SJ, via Facebook: Huge news. Josh McElwee of NCR and...

April 2015

April 23, 2015

The Kingdom Of Jordan Through My Camera Lens…

What follows are a few snapshots taken while I was in Jordan for the Religious...

February 2015

February 24, 2015

To Break My Fast From Being Merciful

I came across some wise words of a Doctor of the Church I had never...

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...

January 06, 2015

Because Thomas Merton Gave Lectures Like This On Love

Of the theological virtues Faith, Hope, and Love, St. Paul writes that the greatest of...

September 2014

September 17, 2014

Mother Church Is Looking For A Few Good Men…

Support Vocation Boom to help in the Churches recruiting effort. Roll clip, Lucky folks who donate...

February 2014

February 14, 2014

“Since The Divorce Rate Is So High, Let’s Opt For 10 Year Long (Term Renewable) Marriages Instead!”

Seriously? I LOL'd. Nice try, Adriana Cohen, but you obviously have never been involved in...

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...

December 2013

December 31, 2013

Having Some Bubbly Later? Thank the Monks of the Abbey of St. Hilare

Joe Six-Pack knows who to thank. Now before you get yourself all up in a...

December 07, 2013

For Dana Gioia’s Thoughts On The Vocation Of The Catholic Writer

A lot of ink has been spilt these last few days since Evangelii Gaudium was...

June 2013

June 30, 2013

St. Francis, Poverty, and the Saving Madness of the Gospel…

Months and months ago, long before there was an inkling that Pope Benedict XVI would...

May 2013

May 04, 2013

Why I’m Not Doing Victory Laps About the News Out Of Newark

It's pretty simple. Because everyone lost. That's the really sad news. Parents lost, in that...

January 2013

January 15, 2013

Jim Caviezel on our Christian Vocation…

December 2012

December 10, 2012

Because of Thomas Merton, OCSO (January 31, 1915 – December 10, 1968)

This is part VII of my conversion story, tagged as 2BFrank in the Tag Cloud....

November 2012

November 14, 2012

For All the Saints: The Martyrs of Douai College

A few days back, we learned about the Bond family and their recusant Catholic past....

November 07, 2012

Wisdom from Thomas Merton’s Letter to a Young Activist

Now that the presidential election is over, some of you may be feeling listless after...

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 13, 2012

Because of Catholics like Hubert of Aquitane (Saints for the Rest of Us)

Wait a second, isn't that what is on the label of a bottle of Jägermeister ...

May 2012

May 16, 2012

General Patton’s Thoughts on the Power of Prayer

My youngest son has a Living Wax Museum assignment due for his 5th grade...

March 2012

March 08, 2012

For The Monks That Have Gone to the Dogs, and the Ones That Make Beer, et al…UPDATED

It's been that way for a while with the Monks of New Skete. Who are...

February 2012

February 09, 2012

The Nuns From Nashville are Awesome!

We should all go and hug them, immediately, if not sooner. Have you seen their...

January 2012

January 28, 2012

A Facebook Group All Freedom Loving People Should Join Today

Do you have a Facebook account? If so, you should join, and share, this group...

January 14, 2012

My Chinese Catholic Friends Are Spiritual…and Religious

Recently, I finished reading John C.H. Wu's Beyond East and West. It is a great...

January 03, 2012

The Feast of the Most Holy Name of Jesus

Before I was a Catholic, I didn't put much stock in the name of Jesus....

January 02, 2012

Three New Years Resolutions in Song and Truth

Good things come in threes. As if I need to buttress this argument, I present...

December 2011

December 21, 2011

Because Christ and His Church Are the Light of the World

No longer does the Church exercise temporal powers over domains. The Papal States are back...

November 2011

November 22, 2011

The New Mass Translation? The Marines In WWII Had That.

Well, it's pretty close, from what I can tell. And it makes a handy little...

November 14, 2011

These Nuns Didn’t Occupy Wall Street…They Bought It

There are other ways to Occupy Wall Street, you know. As owners in the boardroom....

November 01, 2011

For Moments of Solitude

Solitude Salvific beauty; Openness to mystery. Listening like a child; Instinctively grasping Truth. Ultimately...

October 2011

October 04, 2011

For All the Saints: Francis of Assisi, Deacon

It's the feast of St. Francis of Assisi today, in case you didn't notice. True...