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...
Author: True Restoration
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...
To Behold the Truth, And to Love It for Its Beauty
Saint of the Day: St. Mary of Cleophas Writing for Crisis, Anthony Esolen wields his awesome sword against the modern education dragon in “Read Literature to Learn and Love the Truth,” where he cunningly...
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...
A Model to Be Imitated
Saint of the Day: St. Perpetuus From Dirt to Shirt: A t-shirt manufacturer focuses on supply chain transparency to win back American jobs from overseas. TS Designs’ t-shirt labels feature a style number that...
We Should Choose Something Like a Star
Saint of the Day: St. Calliopius Here, like a distant star, twinkles a little hope, a bit of encouragement, that this too shall pass: “The Cistercians are Back at Zirc”, published by The Catholic...
All Francis Friday
Saint of the Day: St. Isidore of Seville Why was the Mafia singled out by Francis for condemnation to Hell? Could there be a connection between this strict treatment and the friendly relationship between...
What is All This Juice and All This Green?
Saint of the Day: St. Sixtus John Cuddeback, of Bacon from Acorns, muses on the “The Gift of Spring” and how he might “bear fruit” when Spring is over. Baseball is special, with links...
To Market, to Market
St. Francis of Paula A new way of thinking of custody of the eyes? Even adult shoppers place more trust in a cereal if they make eye contact with a character on the box. ...
