Inspiration Faith & Prayer Health & Wellness Entertainment Love & Family
Newsletters Special Offers

The Deacon's Bench

A gal in my office was asked to suggest a name for Time magazine’s list of 100 Most Influential People. She picked someone who is a hero of mine — and a fellow I’ve written about frequently on the blog — Randy Pausch: Most of us would slip into a deep depression, but Randy used…

Several years ago, my wife and I made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. When we got off the bus at the Western Wall to pray, a woman stopped us and told us we had to either take off our religious medals and crosses or put them inside our shirts. My wife, wearing a small…

The actor who became an international sensation by playing Jesus Christ is doing his level best to honestly and forthrightly live the gospel — and do an immeasurable amount of good. Check out this moving story: Jim Caviezel, the star of the blockbuster film “The Passion of the Christ,” told an interviewer that he had…

Not far from my office is the beautiful church of St. Paul the Apostle, the headquarters for the Paulists. It’s a great place to visit on a lunch hour; they have Adoration on Friday afternoons and a little shop that is terrific for finding that last minute First Communion gift. The founder of the Paulists,…

I’m sure there will be much buzzing about this in the blogosphere — it’s a slow news day, and people are getting tired of Jeremiah Wright, after all — but it seems one of the most mysterious (and eloquent) voices in the world of Magnificent Bloggery has finally revealed herself. Read here … and if…

Those who lump him together with the likes of Nancy Pelosi or Ted Kennedy may be mistaken. Or so suggests Elizabeth Scalia, at Inside Catholic: As a politician, Giuliani has never been a legislator or a judge; he has neither written nor ruled abortion rights into law. His career has in no way involved him…

That was what Dorothy Day once said, and I alluded to her in my homily for Ascension Thursday. To mark the 75th anniversary of the Catholic Worker, Dorothy Day’s diaries have just been published. And a documentary on her life is now available. A clip is below.

From Bernard Deschler’s beautiful blog The Deacon’s Studio comes the stirring image at the left, his interpretation of The Ascension. Some words of wisdom: “In the Ascension the Savior did not lay aside the garment of flesh with which He had been clothed; for His human nature would be the pattern of the future glory…

This stirred up attention some months back, and some people thought the Royal involved would give up any claim to the throne for the woman he loved. Evidently, no, according to the Times of London: Peter Phillips, the Queen’s eldest grandson, will not have to give up his place in the succession to the throne…

The other day I read the news that Tamar Hennessey had died. Don’t be surprised if you’ve never heard of her. She was an obscure figure to most Catholics, but not insignificant. She was the daughter of Dorothy Day. Long after her mother had died, Tamar remained active in the causes that Dorothy Day championed.…
archives most recent
search this blog
More from Beliefnet and our partners