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Devotees of Thomas Merton — you know who you are — will remember that Catherine Doherty and Madonna House in Harlem figured prominently in The Seven Storey Mountain. Merton spent many weeks there before leaving New York for Gethsemani. And the rest is history. Catherine Doherty and Madonna House are again in the news (this…

Remember the wonderful video of Matt Harding, dancing his heart out? The mainstream media has finally caught up with him, and his story is splashed on the front page of the Arts section of the New York Times: In many ways “Dancing” is an almost perfect piece of Internet art: it’s short, pleasingly weird and…

Over at Jesus Goes to Disney World, Fr. Austin Murphy has the scoop on the soon-to-be bishop of Wilmington — who, it turns out, just happens to be a cousin of his: As has been anticipated, the Holy Father today has appointed one of our auxiliary bishops of Baltimore as the 9th Bishop of Wilmington,…

I’ve fallen a bit behind in my reading of Cardinal Sean’s excellent blog — my bad — but thanks to an alert reader, who has a new blog of his own (check it out right here), I caught this terrific little essay from a newly ordained priest. Some highlights: My recent ordination to the priesthood,…
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