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“I think it’s great at one level. It might just be the thing that will make her, but she is a very vulnerable person and it could be quite difficult. It is a great opportunity for her and as far as I am concerned she should make the best of it, and if it lasts,…

Father Thomas Barrett, pastor of Church of the Nativity in Longwood, Florida, baptizes Ainsley Lindberg during the Easter Vigil Mass on April 11, 2009.  PHOTO:  by Valeta Orlando, Florida Catholic

Readers will remember that I took note this week of the sudden death of Fr. William Finch, pastor at my in-laws’ parish in Maryland. The Catholic Standard has more, from the funeral mass: Father Lee Fangmeyer, pastor of St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Derwood who was Father Finch’s dear friend and brother priest, strained…

Doc Mac reminds us that today is the Big Day for a venerable and enduring Catholic institution: Today marks the hundredth anniversary of America magazine. The founder was father John J. Wynne, the Jesuit who conceived the idea of the Catholic Encyclopedia. Wynne had edited the Jesuits’ Messenger of the Sacred Heart since the 1890’s,…
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