The Celeb Names & Why We Care

September 28, 2010 By

Earlier I posted a picture of celebrities from the 1940s and asked you to identify them. Some of the guesses were very good, indeed. I myself was only able to recognize Loretta Young (the sitting gal with the feathered hat) but I got waylaid by the fellow in profile, who looked a little like Cary [...]

Filed Under: 'Remaking' America, Catholic Vocations, Catholicism, Charitable Stuff, Year of the Priest

Summit says "Thank you"

June 4, 2010 By

Sr. Mary Catherine, OP in the renovated refectory I know many Anchoress readers kindly made donations to the hugely necessary (and beautifully completed) renovations at the Monastery of Our Lady of the Rosary, in Summit, New Jersey. The updated kitchen means the cabinets are no longer falling down as the sisters cook, the ramps and [...]

Filed Under: Charitable Stuff, Dominican Order

Thank you…

June 3, 2010 By

Pitching some Mystic Monk Coffee yesterday, in order to help fill the coffers didn’t result in much business for the monks, but some of you very kindly hit the paypal button, and I find myself about $372.00 richer, today. Thank you. I’m going to put it aside for Buster’s textbooks in the fall. You guys [...]

Filed Under: Charitable Stuff

Tennessee's Uncovered Disaster -UPDATED

May 6, 2010 By

A few days ago a reader asked me if I was going to be writing about the dramatic flooding in Nashville, and I said that I did mean to, and that it seemed to me the Nashville flooding was like the big Ice Storms that left people in some parts of Kentucky without power for [...]

Filed Under: 'Remaking' America, Charitable Stuff, The Fourth Estate

Great Writing, Great Reading!

May 5, 2010 By

Julie at Happy Catholic gives us a happy plug-a-roo as tin-cup rattling week continues, and makes it clear that 50% off for a journal of First Things’ caliber is nothing to sneeze at. First Things is great at writing but not so canny that they point out you are getting a half-price subscription, so as [...]

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He Leadeth Them

April 30, 2010 By

Fr. Walter Ciszek, S.J. From this interesting piece on Fr. Walter J. Ciszek and the simple (but not easy to come by) truths he learned while in the Gulag: . . . Lubianka wore him down with its constant hunger and isolation and the all-night interrogations, with their mind games and agonizing afterthoughts. After a [...]

Filed Under: Catholic Vocations, Catholicism, Charitable Stuff, Christians in Exile, Parenting, Russia

Mothers Day is Coming

April 28, 2010 By

Let me make it easy for you and help out our monk and nun friends in the process: If Mom likes to Garden: Send her to heaven with a handbasket. I gave one of these to a garden-loving neighbor for her birthday. She loved it. Apparently the tin of lavender balm which is included is [...]

Filed Under: Catholic Vocations, Charitable Stuff