2016-09-30T15:58:34-05:00

Last updated on: September 30, 2016 at 3:58 pm   By

“…facts have been replaced by opinions. Information has been replaced by entertainment. Reporters have become stenographers. I can’t be the only one who’s sick of what passes for the news today.” –Clark Kent There’s a job opening in the journalism world.  After decades in the newsroom at the Daily Planet, Superman quit his job this week.  According to a report in CNN, in the comic book series’ latest issue—which hit newsstands on October 24, 2012—Superman’s alter-ego Clark Kent walked out... Read more

2016-09-30T15:58:35-05:00

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“I carve prayers in the pumpkins when they’re small,” says Sharon Trabbic, “and as they grow, the prayers grow as well.” Deacon Ken Trabbic and his wife Sharon are the owners/operators of the Trabbic Family Farm, where they produce over 20 acres of pumpkins as well as wheat, field corn, sweet corn, soybeans and hay.  The farm has been in the Trabbic family for over 100 years; and the Trabbics write on their website about how they decided to establish... Read more

2015-02-27T22:12:50-05:00

Last updated on: February 27, 2015 at 10:12 pm   By

That was the week that was.  Five days of inspiring encounters, amazing introductions, challenging conversations. In the first week of May 2011, it was my great privilege to be in Rome for the first-ever Vatican Blogfest and, not coincidentally, the Beatification of our beloved Holy Father, Pope John Paul II.  I thought I’d share some photo memories from my Beatification album with you today, on JPII’s feast day. *     *     *     *     * On May 2, I watched the sun... Read more

2016-09-30T15:58:35-05:00

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Luigi and Maria Beltrame Quattrocchi understood the need to nurture faith in their young children, and integrated prayer into the daily routine in their family. Born in Italy in the early 1880s, the couple married in November 1905 in the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome.  Luigi was a lawyer and civil servant; Maria dedicated herself to her family, while volunteering for a number of charitable and social Catholic movements. The Quattrocchis had four children.  Filippo, the eldest, became a diocesan... Read more

2015-04-09T16:48:45-05:00

Last updated on: April 9, 2015 at 4:48 pm   By

Elizabeth Scalia called her a “tiny, dynamic ball of energy smarts”; and so she is.  Sarah Reinhard—Catholic author extraordinaire, wife and mother of three—blows into a room laughing and pouting and ad libbing and telling mommy stories, and you are captured by her wit and her self-deprecating humor.  I’ve met Sarah a few times at Catholic Writers Guild conferences; but last August I really got to watch her in action when we, both in Texas for the Catholic New Media... Read more

2015-01-24T15:21:00-05:00

Last updated on: January 24, 2015 at 3:21 pm   By

Reverend Sister Marianne Matron of the Bishop Home, Kalaupapa To see the infinite pity of this place, The mangled limb, the devastated face, The innocent sufferers smiling at the rod, A fool were tempted to deny his God. He sees, and shrinks; but if he look again, Lo, beauty springing from the breast of pain!— He marks the sisters on the painful shores, And even a fool is silent and adores. Robert Louis Stevenson Kalawao, May 22, 1889 * *... Read more

2016-09-30T15:58:35-05:00

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A year after Steve Jobs’ untimely death in October 2011, and as the feast of All Souls nears, I’ve been thinking about How We Die. *   *   *   *   * You remember Art Buchwald:  He was an American political satirist and commentator best known for his long-running syndicated column, which originated at The Washington Post.  In 1982 he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Outstanding Commentary, and in 1986 he was elected to the American Academy and Institute of Arts... Read more

2016-09-30T15:58:35-05:00

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“Wie gut und schön es ist Jesus zu sehen.”   How good and wonderful it is to see Jesus. That was the message which Wilhelm Loehe hoped to convey to the Chippewa Indians living in the Saginaw Valley region of Michigan.  Loehe was the pastor of a country church in Neuendettelsau, Mittelfranken, Kingdom of Bavaria.  In the mid-1800s Loehe organized a Lutheran missionary society which is still operating today, and he began training teachers and pastors for work in the United... Read more

2016-09-30T15:58:35-05:00

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So what do computer nerds do when they get thirsty? iJustine, Josh TheComputerNerd01 and some of their friends just go out and invent a one-of-a-kind Coke machine. This is just so creative, I had to share. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEBJmZL8G1E Read more

2016-09-30T15:58:35-05:00

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The final installment of Pope Benedict XVI’s trilogy on Jesus of Nazareth will hit the shelves in bookstores across the United States and Canada on December 4—just in time for Christmas. Titled simply The Infancy Narratives, the book is a prequel of sorts.  The first book of the series, covering the period from Jesus’ baptism to his Transfiguration, hit the New York Times bestseller list when it was published in 2007.  The second, another best seller when it was released in... Read more

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