Monthly Archive: April 2014

It’s the Talk of the Town

Monday of Holy Week Mom and Pop stores play an important role in holding a community together.  In this Smithsonian piece, Natasha Gelling recounts the story of how long-established family businesses are succumbing to...

Easter in the Home

With Easter right around the corner and my children growing up fast, getting them into a proper mode of expectation for the feast day is a concern of mine.  I have done what I...

All Francis Friday

Feast of the Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary Hearing Francis praise marriage as an “icon of God’s love for us”, Marielena Montesino de Stuart expertly presents the evidence of Francis’ hypocrisy. Being...

Now You’re Talking

Saints for Today Just in case you wondered why mothers can’t resist engaging their infants in baby talk, this little piece on First Things, with the intimidating title of “Socially Constructed Self” will provide...

Midweek links

We wanted to alert you to one of the best sermons we’ve ever heard from H.E. Bishop Daniel Dolan, delivered this last weekend.  Well worth a listen. Fr. Cekada has a newer take (updated...