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…by far, was this. or years education officials in most developing countries (and workers in international aid agencies, too) have talked as though private education for the very poor barely existed. The only hope for equipping these unfortunate people with basic literacy and numeracy, they’ve said, was to improve the reach and quality of free,…

…just for a day. I was up very, very late last night, polishing NEOTM (see left rail) , readying it to send out to a Person of Interest who has actually Expressed Interest.  I polished and polished and then, naturally, couldn’t sleep. I think I’ll look at it one more time this morning, and then…

..or something like that. Wrong language? Probably: Magister on the new head of the Italian bishops’ conference – taken as a sign of the Pope’s mind and heart, since the position is selected by the Pope: As of yesterday, the Italian bishops’ conference, CEI, has a new president. He is Angelo Bagnasco, archbishop of Genoa,…

Tim Drake on novelist Dean Koontz in NCR(egister) Koontz’ books — more than 50 to date — often feature ordinary people facing extraordinary evil. It’s a theme Koontz draws from his own life, as he was raised by a father whom Koontz has described as a sociopath. Later in his life Koontz’s father made two…

Today is the feast of Sts. Perpetua and Felicity – the account of their martyrdom is found here. More: Of the several authentic accounts of early Christian martyrdom that have been preserved, none is so detailed as that of Saints Perpetua and Felicity of Carthage, and four Christian men.  They died under the decree of…

Today’s General Audience: By praying for the civil authorities, even when they are persecuted by them, Christians follow Christ’s teaching on the cross and recognise the legitimacy of the political institutions. But “Cesar is not everything, another sovereignty emerges” born of the truth that God is coming, and thus “is worthy of being heard even…

People sometimes think that once you’ve answered the call, entering religious life is a piece of cake. Not so. Religious communities don’t accept potential members unless they are free from worldly ties, responsibilities and burdens. Including…student loans. One blogger is asking for some help in paying off her student loan so she can enter the…

The Church Music Association of America is pulling together a fun Frappr map of Gregorian Scholas across the land. One of those scholas is located at the parish pastored by the new bishop of St. Charles. FYI. The CMAA website has lots of interesting stuff, including their fine publication, Sacred Music, and even a Cafe…

Canonist Ed Peters has an interesting column exploring an answer given to a question in the "God Squad" Q & A column . It’s worth a read because of what Ed has to clarify about the nature of the Eucharist and our reception of Communion, particularly since he brings the Eastern Churches into the picture…

Every year, at the enormous Los Angeles Religious Education Congress, Cardinal Mahony has participated in an online chat – two, in recent years, one with schoolchildren, and the other with adults. Here’s the transcript of the latter. Some excerpts: James: I’ve read that Pope Benedict is concerned about the liturgy and is about to issue…
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