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January 2015

January 13, 2015
Earlier, I answered Melanie Bettinelli's post on the challenge of communal feast day observances with...
January 13, 2015
UPDATED with the bit about Fridays and Solemnities. Melanie Bettinelli writes about the awkwardness of...
January 12, 2015
. . .  Father Barron can drop a quote like this: To see how quickly...
January 12, 2015
In the on-going conversation on what works, and what doesn't, in youth ministry, here are...
January 11, 2015
My recent post on my own youth group experience (when I was the "youth") has...
January 08, 2015
UPDATED to fix the link.  My apologies! *** I was amused at some of the...
January 08, 2015
Every week at Mass, I see this really nice couple.  I think we first met...
January 07, 2015
From the inbox, a question re: Discussing Modesty from a friend who said he'd be...
January 07, 2015
My reversion to the Catholic faith was in some ways launched in full force when...
January 07, 2015
Kathy Schiffer reports that the Archbishop of Miami has laid out his response to the...
January 06, 2015
Wishing you many happy returns of the day, and I have to report we had...
January 05, 2015
Over at Tom McDonald's blog today, you can find out all kinds of things about...
January 05, 2015
Here's the story:  Christmas morning at Mass we were doing really good, not getting fussy...
January 04, 2015
In a private forum we're discussing a sad and decidedly personal (so no, I'm not...
January 03, 2015
Matchmaking time.  Jen Fulwiler's Patron Saint Generator is up and running. If you haven't done...

December 2014

December 31, 2014
Two links to my work elsewhere that deserve your attention as we start the new...
December 27, 2014
In my comments yesterday, I neglected to fully rake the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend...
December 26, 2014
The IVF case that generated as much heat as light earlier this month has been...
December 25, 2014
Heard on the playground after Mass this morning: "I know what I want for Christmas...
December 24, 2014
Up at Catholic Writers Guild today, Larry Peterson is stealing the show with his beautiful essay...
December 23, 2014
You've no doubt seen Saturday Night Live's chillingly (hilariously) accurate tour of what you can expect...
December 22, 2014
Tonight, you could go Christmas caroling. You don't need an official group.  You don't need...
December 17, 2014
The Washington Times reports that American Atheists have figured out what Catholics have long proclaimed:...
December 17, 2014
What I'm thinking about today is . . . cursive.  This site rescued a child...
December 16, 2014
In a mortifying follow-on to our discussion of why we mustn't do evil in an...
December 16, 2014
Don't let the headlines fool you, the freshly-released Final Report on the Apostolic Visitation of Institutes...
December 15, 2014
Erin Arlinghaus challenged me (update below) to explain why it so important for any ethical system, religious...
December 13, 2014
At my house tonight . . . Middle Schooler: What Mass are we going to...
December 12, 2014
Moving beyond any particular example of terrible writing, I want to address a non-argument I've...
December 11, 2014
In discussing the recent scandal out of Notre Dame's theology department, a question arose: Would...
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