The Anchoress
Quite a journey, and a practical, one-on-one charism I really like: Read more
Quite a journey, and a practical, one-on-one charism I really like: Read more
There is a great phrase in U2’s The Fly, where Bono sings, “Every artist is a cannibal every poet is a thief they all kill their inspiration then sing about their grief.” U2 was then in its Big Irony period, and the lyric is supremely ironic, as the first line of it was lifted from an interview with a British textual artist whose name I forget. With the opening of the latest “Shakespeare could not have written his plays” conspiracy... Read more
The good news: after ten days in hospital, not one but three different antibiotics, not one but two different abcesses, Kitty is finally coming home! Woohoo! Just in time for the snow! Thank you all for your kind prayers — I know so many of you really, sincerely kept her in your prayers, and finally she’s on the upswing! God bless you all for your generous spirits! And welcome home, er, Hello Kitty! Read more
Ali Basiri, 27, prays next to his desk in his office at Catholic University. Ali is an Iranian graduate student who came there to study electrical engineering more than four years ago. Astrid Riecken / For The Washington Post The Catholic University of America (CUA) a Pontifical University. That means this is a school established by the Holy See, and directly under its authority. As such, it cannot be true to itself while creating “Jesus-free” spaces. To demand that a... Read more
Michael Duffy will be ordained a transitional deacon on December 8, in anticipation of his ordination next June. Some may remember his contribution, last year, to our “Habit of Witness” series, when he wrote about “The Collar as Yoke and Witness” As part of our Symposium on Seminary Education, he shows up tonight on the Catholic page and writes very effectively (and affectingly) on the experience of a seminary formation: We are all called to follow and to conform to... Read more
Okay, palate cleanser — have a laugh courtesy of Father Jim Martin, who knows how to be light of heart! I love this: On a recent pilgrimage to the Holy Land, I started to wonder : What would it have been like for Jesus and the disciples to deal with the stresses and strains of air travel? 1 Immediately Jesus left for Galilee with his disciples, via Newark. For their vacation in New York was finished; and they had spent... Read more
Delicious Irony: The Occupy Wall Street volunteer kitchen staff launched a “counter” revolution yesterday — because they’re angry about working 18-hour days to provide food for “professional homeless” people and ex-cons masquerading as protesters. For three days beginning tomorrow, the cooks will serve only brown rice and other spartan grub instead of the usual menu of organic chicken and vegetables, spaghetti bolognese, and roasted beet and sheep’s-milk-cheese salad. They will also provide directions to local soup kitchens for the vagrants,... Read more
I mentioned yesterday that Patheos was hosting a symposium on the Future of Seminary Education, and that it was primarily focused on Protestant seminaries, but today we’re going live with a page devoted to Catholic Seminary issues, which we’re kicking off with a very informative piece by Father Shawn McKnight. Father Shawn is currently serving as Executive Director of the Secretariat for Clergy, Consecrated Life and Vocations at the USCCB, and he writes, here: There’s good and bad news in... Read more
Those who have subscribed to my RSS feed may notice that the posts are abbreviated. I’m trying something new — let me know if you like that or if you prefer getting the whole post in one shot! Thanks! Read more
Hot Air, taking another look at the “bungled” negotiations that will prevent the U.S. from having any presence in Iraq, after December 31. They link to this piece by McClatchy News, in which it is suggested that neither the president nor the vice-president got involved with negotiations, instead allowing State Department lawyers to break down the options for them. Allahpundit asks: How much of that was due to “bungling” and how much was due to Obama’s and Biden’s studious disinterest?... Read more
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