A few days ago, Pope Francis announced he would lead a world-wide holy hour in honor of Corpus Christi Sunday. And while other Popes have offered holy hours regularly with large audiences on television, (such as at World Youth Day), a unified effort to invite all Catholics to a global holy hour is a first. It is…
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The following is my column scheduled today at Patheos, so all the links bring you back there. I’m sharing it in entirety here because of its Marian subject matter for the last day of May. Totus Tuus! During my stay-at-home years with our young family, my husband’s job kept him out of the house and…
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Or, maybe it’s me talking about themes from my book, Blessed, Beautiful, and Bodacious, on Catholic Radio. Gosh, I love Catholic Radio… wherever it is, whomever it reaches. When I was working in radio back in the early 80s, Catholic Radio was a rare animal. It was more like an hour here or there where…
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This is the US flag that waves over the Mall near the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington DC. Underneath is the flag that remembers POWs and MIAs. And this is one that flies just at the foot of the memorial, left by a passerby. Memorial Day remembers the deaths of those serving in the United…
Read MoreThis oldie inspired by my recent reading of Elizabeth Scalia’s Strange Gods: Unmasking the Idols in Everyday Life. Find my review of it, here.
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There’s a simple line from the Book of Wisdom, that comes from Solomon’s prayer for wisdom… “For both we and our words are in his Hand.” (Wisdom 7:16 rsv) One of the things I love about God is that He is a Creator, and very much, a writer. The Bible is his book. He wrote…
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Join me for a great new Among Women podcast episode featuring the lives of Catholic pediatricians and the good they bring to the world around us. This time around we’ll profile the life of St. Gianna Molla, a wife, mother and pediatrician who, in 1962, died heroically in the days following the birth of her…
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There’s a timely reminder in the Catechism of the Catholic Church for this “time” in the liturgical calendar – smack dab between Pentecost and Ordinary Time. And it is this: Pentecost should remind us of our Confirmation! CCC 1302 states: It is evident from its celebration that the effect of the sacrament of Confirmation is…
Read MoreAutistic Man Has An Astonishing God-Given Gift – See the Unbelievable Thing He Does! from hulahan on GodTube.
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Here it’s coffee and conversation, and where the faith-sharing is often a friendly mix of catechesis and cannoli. It’s a place where we can catch up…
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