To celebrate and honor the master Muppeteer on what would have been his 75th birthday, the gang at Google has created a clever, one-of-a-kind doodle (above) that allows anyone using the search engine to become a digital puppeteer. Just visit your Google search page to play with it. The video below explains how it all came together. Read more
Those two words were used by one critic to describe what has become for me the first must-see movie of the fall: “Being Elmo,” a documentary about Kevin Clash, the man behind the famous red Muppet. Fittingly, tomorrow is the late, great Jim Henson’s birthday (RIP), and a trailer for this documentary has just been released. Watch and smile. (And maybe wipe away a happy tear, too…) Read more
Anyone interested in a Catholic perspective on the fall movie season will want to check out “Reel Faith,” the cinema series on NET, the TV station for the Diocese of Brooklyn. Hosted by David DiCerto and Steven Greydanus, “Reel Faith” takes a different look at what’s unspooling at the multiplex, with an emphasis on Christian values. For an idea of what the show offers, check out some of the archived reviews. You can see the latest installment for yourself at... Read more
Did Notre Dame coach go too far during a recent f-bomb attack on national television? Peter Finney, Jr., of the Clarion Herald newspaper in New Orleans, thinks so: Just a pooch punt from the towering icon called “Touchdown Jesus” in athletic homage to Christ’s eternally upraised arms, Notre Dame football coach Brian Kelly, with bulging carotid arteries and a limited vocabulary heavily skewed to four-letter words beginning in “f” and “s,” is the poster child for Catholic coaches gone wild.... Read more
The big news, from The Pilot: On a crisp, sunny, September morning at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Cardinal Seán P. O’Malley ordained 13 men as permanent deacons for the Archdiocese of Boston. Deacons David A. Brooks, Christopher Z. Connelly, Paul David Coughlin, Joseph Bryere Guerrier, Geoffrey W. Higgins, Joseph J. Hopgood, Cheonil Kim, Paul Michael Kline, Howard C. League, Vincent James Leo, Timothy John Maher, Thomas L.P. O’Donnell Jr., and Kevin J. Winn received the sacrament of Holy... Read more
A drizzly, foggy, muggy day here in Manhattan — a perfect setting for a little black-and-white Durante, in a melancholy mood. This rendition of “September Song,” from 1955, remains a classic. Read more
For this feast of St. Padre Pio, Diane over at Te Deum laudamus! reflects on how he dealt with persecution and hardship in the middle of his own vocation: We know that St. Pio suffered greatly at the hands of Church authorities. Such things should not come as a surprise to any priest or religious. Such tests from God should almost be expected in one’s life time. Pearls are created by friction; gold is tested in fire. This is a... Read more
The big news, from The Pilot: On a crisp, sunny, September morning at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Cardinal Seán P. O’Malley ordained 13 men as permanent deacons for the Archdiocese of Boston. Deacons David A. Brooks, Christopher Z. Connelly, Paul David Coughlin, Joseph Bryere Guerrier, Geoffrey W. Higgins, Joseph J. Hopgood, Cheonil Kim, Paul Michael Kline, Howard C. League, Vincent James Leo, Timothy John Maher, Thomas L.P. O’Donnell Jr., and Kevin J. Winn received the sacrament of Holy... Read more
For this feast of St. Padre Pio, Diane over at Te Deum laudamus! reflects on how he dealt with persecution and hardship in the middle of his own vocation: We know that St. Pio suffered greatly at the hands of Church authorities. Such things should not come as a surprise to any priest or religious. Such tests from God should almost be expected in one’s life time. Pearls are created by friction; gold is tested in fire. This is a... Read more
“The following story by the Prophet Mohammed reminds us of the Gospel according to Matthew: “Allah will ask a man on the Day of Resurrection: ‘I was sick but you did not visit Me, I asked food from you but you did not feed Me and I asked drink from you but you did not provide Me’, at which the man will ask in astonishment: ‘Thou art God, how can you be sick, thirsty or hungry?’, and Allah will answer:... Read more
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