I’d like to thank the Academy…

Actually, I’d like to just thank Marcel LeJeune, the wizard who runs the Aggie Catholics blog and who has, to my wonderment, included me on his annual list of Top 20 Catholic Bloggers.

I’m humbled to be in such exalted company — check out the list and visit their blogs — and I’m grateful for the props.

And now I have one of these little badges, to boot:

Thanks, Marcel — and Happy New Year from The Bench!

(If Marcel really wanted to be fair and accurate, he’d include himself on the list.  So I’ve done the next best thing: I’ve added Aggie Catholics to the list of Magnificent Bloggery which you’ll find in the right hand column of this blog.  He’s doing some great work.   Visit and say hello! )