… the hardest thing to decide is how I want to label this. Catholic Bling. Bat Shit Crazy. Italia. I guess, much to my disappointment, not all Italian men look like Raoul Bova. Thank you Thom for finding me another eligible bachelor. Read more

… we like really cool relics like this; the mummified head of St. Catherine of Siena in the Basilica San Domenico in Siena. photo source. Read more

… looking at this would you think it was done by some obscure soon to be cutting edge modern artist? A reproduction of a Pollock? Or the enthusiastic splatterings of a seven year old, commonly referred to as The Boy? If you chose the latter you would be correct. I am from the classical trained school of art and disdain modern “art” with as much passion as I loathe mimes and men in spandex. Yet, I can’t help but love... Read more

… as much as I enjoy blogging I get even more pleasure from reader comments and emails. I some times think of Blog as a collaborative effort with your many contributions. I don’t know… I just felt like saying that. Read more

… and there’ll be hell to pay. Read more

… that old longing. Usually when I talk about my nun gazing or admit that secret part of me that longs for religious life to my friends I am met with gales of laughter. No malice is intended; it’s just my friends know me. They know my penchant for a practical joke, bawdy humor, “colorful” adjectives and vodka. Nobody thinks; gee that Kat, she sure would make an awesome nun. In fact, I agree with them. I know myself. I... Read more

… confession being heard during a 1980 strike at the Gdansk shipyards in Poland. Submitted by reader, Julie K. Read more

… I blog what I know and observe. I am no expert on the mass in the extraordinary form. I can not provide deep theological pontifications from a scholarly perspective. I also can not give you details of who was in attendance, those Catholic celebrities… I am terrible with names. This isn’t that type of blog, and jokes aside, I am really not that type of Catholic. I’m from a simpler sort, and this post is from an even simpler... Read more

… I was on TV and for once it wasn’t an episode of COPS. Oh, c’mon, I’m just kidding. No, I’m not. Yes, I am…not…not kidding. Ok, so I had to gate crash the reserved seating section to end up in the third row right up from, in plain view of ewtn’s camera. It’s not like I am attention seeking or some camera whore. This is for you, Terry. And that other guy… what’s his name. Thom. photo credit; Joe... Read more

… to bad Jesus art. I spied these lovelies in the National Shrine’s gift shop. Read more