For the first time since 2013, I shall be missing the annual conference at St. Benedict Center. Alas, my attendance is a victim of the Corona-induced restrictions on travel. So, I have decided to tick off the things I’ll miss … Continue reading
Category: Catholic Living
Olympic Speed Skater Becomes Franciscan Sister
Aleteia, Jaime Septien: Kirstin Holum was an American speed skater in the Olympic Games of Nagano in 1998. Sister Catherine is a nun of the order of the Franciscan Sisters of the Renewal, who lives and prays in the Convent of … Continue reading
What a Woman!
CNA: A surgeon, retired army officer, missionary, and Catholic religious sister is among the featured speakers at this week’s Republican National Convention. The convention, which takes place over four days this week, will officially nominate President Donald Trump for reelection. … Continue reading
RIP Abbot Antoine Forgeot, Today’s Dom Gueranger
The Catholic World Report: A Benedictine abbot who helped to revive traditional monasticism and Gregorian chant in France was buried Wednesday in the 11th-century Abbey of Fontgombault, the monastery he led for more than 30 years. Dom Antoine Forgeot died … Continue reading
Hong Kong Catholic Billionaire Ready for Prison Again in Defense of Freedom
Acton Institute, Rev. Ben Johnson: Jimmy Lai, the Hong Kong-based entrepreneur and dissident, says he would gladly be arrested again, because advocating for human freedom is part of his character. And until China respects the freedom embedded in human nature, … Continue reading
Two Bishops Lead Eucharist Procession of 2000 in Madison WI
Catholic World Report, Joseph M. Hanneman The Second Person of the Holy Trinity was given a police escort up riot-scarred State Street to the Wisconsin Capitol building on Saturday, followed in procession by 2,000 Catholics who proclaimed in word and … Continue reading
Live According to Logos
Due to the coronavirus phenomenon, our graduation at IHM School did not happen as originally scheduled. Last month, we had a small ceremony with our graduates and their families. Of the speeches given that day, mine was the shortest. The … Continue reading
Catholic Convert Who ‘Survived’ Bombing of Nagasaki
Aleteia, Michael Cook: These were experiences which would have crushed the strongest among us and made the most fervent question the justice of God. Nagai pondered the disaster. Was it completely senseless? Had it exposed the indifference of God? As … Continue reading
Failure to Success: Edel Quinn, Frank Duff’s Greatest Gift to Africa
Catholic Herald, Fr, John S. Hogan: Edel Quinn’s life is a reminder that fruitfulness and authentic success often emerge from failure, from giving up one’s hopes and choices to God. Born in Cork in 1907, the daughter of a bank … Continue reading
She Gave Her Life to God and Her ‘Forgotten Ones’: RIP Sister Ruth Lewis
Vatican News, Devin Watkins: Sister Ruth Lewis, who dedicated her life to children with mental and physical disabilities, dies in Karachi with Covid-19 at the age of 77. Story is here.
Re-elected President of Poland Dedicates Country to Our Lady
ChurchPop: Wow! This is so beautiful! Polish President Andrzej Duda visited the Jasna Góra Monastery in Częstochowa, Poland after winning the his second presidential term on July 13. The monastery contains a shrine and a miraculous image of Our Lady of Częstochowa. … Continue reading
Distant Relative of ‘Swamp Fox’ Francis Marion Crawford, Convert/Writer
He loved the Faith, loved life, knew 17 languages, traveled the world with his heart in Italy where he (although American) was born and died. He wrote 15 volumes of prose and mastered just about every art he dabbled in. … Continue reading
President Trump Gives Moving Tribute to SBC Grammar School Alumnus Danny Eggers Who Died for Country in Afganistan in 2004
Danny’s parents, Bill and Margaret, were there at Fort McHenry for the rousing Memorial Day tribute, as were Danny’s wife Rebecca (a soon-to-be full colonel) and two sons. The Eggers moved to Florida sometime in the later 1980s I think. … Continue reading
Actor Joe Montegna Working on Padre Pio Movie
“I think, first of all, being an Italian American I’ve been exposed to the existence of Padre Pio for a long time and being raised a Catholic, it’s all part of the natural progression. Then, as it turns out, a … Continue reading