a big thank you to all youse guys who not only have been praying for Tasha, Lucy and Luke, but also a great big Way to Go to those of you who, by your generosity, made it possible for some poor folk in Honduras to have a library! It was *entirely* due to *your* response to their request that this happened. Contine the Awesomeness! Lucy likes Honduran libraries! Read more

so she can pray the “Our Father”. And since her Mom often sings at heavily Latin liturgies, she will also probably be learning the Pater Noster for good measure. Read more

He was the co-founder of the now-vanished “Coalition for Fog” blog (now completely made to vanish down the memory hole on Google, but the existence of the blog is still recoverable from archeological spelunking on other blogs contemporary with it). The blog, which labored with might and main to justify, excuse, explain away and champion the torture policies of Bush/Cheney (policies which are, I might add, still being excused, justified and held in reserve “just in case” by the Obama... Read more

He was the co-founder of the now-vanished “Coalition for Fog” blog (now completely made to vanish down the memory hole on Google, but the existence of the blog is still recoverable from archeological spelunking on other blogs contemporary with it). The blog, which labored with might and main to justify, excuse, explain away and champion the torture policies of Bush/Cheney (policies which are, I might add, still being excused, justified and held in reserve “just in case” by the Obama... Read more

You can find out more about how priests are formed and trained in this series that’s running in the Columbus Dispatch. Of course, our Lucy will be baptized by a Dominican, which is way cooler. But then you’d only expect the very best for her anyway, wouldn’t you? Of course you would! Read more

You can find out more about how priests are formed and trained in this series that’s running in the Columbus Dispatch. Of course, our Lucy will be baptized by a Dominican, which is way cooler. But then you’d only expect the very best for her anyway, wouldn’t you? Of course you would! Read more

…has strong views on the right to life, as do her Father and Mother. Because of this, she would be interested in this analysis of Health Care Reform by the bishop of Sioux City, Iowa: HEALTH CARE REFORM The current national debate about health care reform should concern all of us. There is much at stake in this political struggle, and also much confusion and inaccurate information being thrown around. My brother bishops have described some clear “goal-posts” to mark... Read more

…has strong views on the right to life, as do her Father and Mother. Because of this, she would be interested in this analysis of Health Care Reform by the bishop of Sioux City, Iowa: HEALTH CARE REFORM The current national debate about health care reform should concern all of us. There is much at stake in this political struggle, and also much confusion and inaccurate information being thrown around. My brother bishops have described some clear “goal-posts” to mark... Read more

…and if she could, she wouldn’t write dumb stuff about Catholic Marian devotion, especially nonsensical rubbish in which atheists refer to Marian icons as “idols”. No. Lucy is a good little girl and would try to make the effort to understand what people mean rather than tell them what they mean over their vocal protests that they mean no such thing. Nothing quite shows the curious kinship between atheism and virulent anti-Roman Protestantism as the curious way in which atheists... Read more

Lucy doesn’t get religion all wrong. That’s because she was just created by God so recently and hasn’t forgotten where she came from. Also, her angel in heaven is always beholding the face of God according to Jesus Christ, who is on record as being extremely fond of Lucy. Part of what we will try to take care of in her educational process will be to guard her from things that will try to sever that primal bond of love... Read more