My brother just sent me this YouTube link. Maybe you've already seen it or heard about it, but I had to share it. I just watched it twice, the first time in ...
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From my OSV Daily Take post:What can I tell you about the installation of Archbishop Timothy Dolan that you haven't already heard? Well, I can tell you that ...
Happy Easter. I hope you and yours have a wonderful day. I just wanted to share the banner Olivia made for our living room in honor of Easter Sunday. Even her ...
Tonight we hear Jesus, after washing the feet of his disciples, say:“I have given you a model to follow,so that as I have done for you,you should also do.” ...
Olivia needs to read a biography for a book report, so we headed off to the library in search of something inspiring. As we walked through the stacks, she ...
You know spring is really here when St. Francis of Assisi and Our Lady of Guadalupe take their rightful places in my flower beds. There may not be any flowers ...
From my post over at OSV Daily Take:Over the last 24 hours, my 12-year-old son has been asking difficult questions. Last night he wanted to know about the ...
I came across this ad from Catholics Come Home and just sat at my computer and cried while I watched it. It's that good. Like a Catholic version of the movie ...
This issue is important to me, so I'm running my OSV Daily Take post here as well:On the surface, drug laws don't seem like they could ever be a bad thing, and ...
For weeks now I've been meaning to talk about my colon. Well, not just my colon, but your colon, too. March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, ...
Chiara and I took advantage of this spring-like day by hiking around Beaver Pond at Five Rivers Environmental Center across town from us. Despite a flooded ...
From my post at OSV Daily Take today:Cardinal Edward Egan, outgoing Archbishop of New York, said today that priestly celibacy is not a closed issue and is "a ...
Sometimes things happen that really catch me off guard, in a good way. I get a phone call or meet someone and think, yes, this is God's hand at work in my life. ...
It's been a long but wonderful day at the "Living the Catholic Faith Conference" in Denver. I'll be sharing details of this adventure some time soon, but for ...
This is a great clip from the Colbert Report, featuring one of my favorites, Father James Martin, S.J., talking about faith and the economy. Take a few minutes ...
Here's a news flash for anyone who's been living under a rock since, oh, the 1950s: Men view women in bikinis as sexual objects. Believe it or not, CNN has a ...
Last night, over dinner, Dennis and I were telling our pastor how frustrating it is that so many people assume certain things about us because we both work for ...
Chiara, 3, is very focused on death, God and old age these days. Just the other morning, what started as a lovely little talk about God creating the world, ...
I was reading before bed last night, and whenever I do that, I don't get very far. I read a sentence and then read it again because my brain is quickly ...