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<\/a><\/div>\nI\u2019ve got a buddy who is a blogger, a fellow by the name of Webster Bull<\/a>. You may have heard of him before, because he is the founder of the blog you are reading now. When he has the chance, or the spare time, Webster blogs occasionally for an outfit called Cahiers P\u00e9guy.<\/em><\/p>\n Over at Cahiers P\u00e9guy,<\/em> they have a cadre of writers putting out interesting posts in the Catholic spirit on the art of writing and living. When Webster started posting there I was very happy, because it meant I would still get to read the words of one of my favorite Catholic bloggers.<\/p>\n I don\u2019t know a lot about the blog (for example, how do you pronounce the name of it? Ca-heers PaGHEE?!) But I do know this: Charles P\u00e9guy, the man in the photograph above, is a man after my own heart. Check out some of his quotes<\/a>. Just another run-of-the-mill intellectual dandy? I think not. This may even be the last photograph that was ever taken of him.<\/p>\n I\u2019ll let Webster do the story telling on him, as he began a brief series on the life of this convert to Catholicism last week. I do know that he died leading his men in battle during World War I. Take a look at his story below, and then bookmark the site for future reference (or check its link in our sidebar). You\u2019ll be glad you did.<\/p>\n Webster, my friend, you have the floor.<\/p>\n Last weekend<\/a>, I noted that it might make sense to know something about the French philosopher-poet Charles P\u00e9guy if one were writing for a blog named after him. I continue to work my way through P\u00e9guy\u2019s beautiful book-length poem The Portal of the Mystery of Hope <\/a> My pal Frank, who now head-mans the blog I started 16 months ago, \u201cWhy I Am Catholic,\u201d is a retired Marine and a full-time archivist in his community. My fingertips were not cold from typing my first post on P\u00e9guy before Frank had sent me a fascinating account of the poet\u2019s death in battle on the Marne, September 5, 1914. The Marne was the last line of defense between the advancing German army and Paris, the French capital. P\u00e9guy died leading his men forward against German positions.<\/em><\/p>\n The full account (how does Frank find these things?!) is here<\/a>. Maurice Barres describes the action, with help from a letter written by one of P\u00e9guy\u2019s men, Victor Boudon, who witnessed his death.<\/em><\/p>\n