Pinturicchio, Mystical Marriage of St. Catherine of Siena. Heavenly Father, your glory is in your saints. We praise your glory in the life of the admirable St. Catherine of Siena, virgin and doctor of the Church. Her whole life was a noble sacrifice inspired by an ardent love of Jesus, your unblemished Lamb. In troubled times she strenuously upheld the rights of His beloved spouse, The Church. Father, honour her merits and hear her prayers for each of us, and... Read more

Domenico Ghirlanda patron: against sexual temptation and other forms of temptation, nurses, and people ridiculed for their piety. Her names means Pure One. Read more

God, You caused St. Catherine to shine with Divine love in the contemplation of the Lord’s Passion and in the service of Your Church. By her help, grant that Your people, associated in the mystery of Christ, may ever exult in the revelation of His glory. Amen. Read more

Antonio Gia Guardigi Today concludes the novena to St. Raphael. I find it fitting that it ends of the feast of St. Catherine of Siena… for personal reasons. Read more

… I’ve raved about this coffee before in the past, so I am pleased to announce Mystic Monk Coffee has re-introduced their holiday coffee… Pascha Java. Purchases go to fund their monastery. Read more

… i tend to be pretty particular about who I link to on in the sidebar… careful of the contect it would appear I endorse. With that, I give you some additions I have made rencently… Central Pennsylvania Orthodox [really long over due linking to the Prof] The Recovering Choir Director… excellent chant blog and lastly, this Orthodox chant resource site, Two Part Music. Read more

… Nota Bene: Do not vote in this thread. This post is for display of nominations as they are made and for the continuation of nominations to be posted in the comment box. Also note the creation of a few new categories that are in need of nominations. Please let me know if any of the links are not working properly. BEST BLOG BY A RELIGIOUS WHO’S NOT FR.ZOrhtometerCardinal SeanStanding on My HeadWord on FireFr. Phillip, OPBlack BirettaSister Mary MarthaYoung... Read more

… I am interested to know how you think the voting should be handled. Last year I had each category open for multiple votes… I also had 3 times less the nominations. I know it will be hard to chose only ONE per category so I am contemplating using the same multiple vote format as last year. On the other hand… I love a cat fight! Take the poll and let me know. Read more

… The Big Doofus writes; “One of my Kool-aid drinking zombie minions has successfully infiltrated the Catholic blogosphere and nominated this blog for a 2009 Cannonball Catholic Blog Award… I already have a lock on the “Catholic” vote. Getting those same voters to pick me over all the others should be a piece of cake.” Read more

*Certain conditions prevail however. This promise does not apply to certain bloggers, nor does it extend beyond the final announcement of winners for the contest, or for those of you who ask for money or gifts on your blogs. Cooperation in this contest does not obligate me to anyone, and all proposals of marriage and favors offered are here to with null and void, and if used, they are intended for campaign and promotional purposes only. The contest rules are... Read more