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Katie and I went to see Amazing Grace today. Good film, definitely worth seeing for several reasons: 1) It’s an entertaining, well-made, substantive film in and of itself. The performances are uniformly fantastic with some "great faces," as my mother would say. Standouts for me were Rufus Sewell as Thomas Clarskon and Michael Gambon as…

…in the shadow of St. Peter’s. The PNAC has started an a part of its website to the Clericus Cup – the soccer tournament between teams representing the major seminaries in Rome. Keep up to date there. (There’s also an official site that is supposedly here, but I can’t get it to load.) The tournament…

Over the past 24 years of parenting, how many times have I been a part of exchanges like this: "What do you want for your birthday, Mom?" "Oh, all I want is a good boy for my birthday." or "I wuv oo, Mommy!" "If you love me" (fatigued tone of voice) you’ll do what I…

This story has been brewing for months, ever since the University of Minnesota’s theater schedule for the year was announced, but this weekend was the moment: the theater presented its production of Nobel Prize for literature laureate Dario Fo‘s play The Pope and the Witch. From a review of the play when produced at Yale:…

A group of four young people have taken up a pilgrimage of sorts – to attend Mass at every parish in the Diocese of Toledo. Here’s their website with the record of their travels. Their reports do include a bit of history on each parish. Join four young Catholics, Victor, Stephanie, Michael, and Seán on…

The Angelus talk, today: Prayer, for the Christian, “is not an optional but a matter of life and death. Only those who pray, that is, those who entrust themselves to God with filial love, can enter into eternal life, which is God himself.” Taking his cue from the Transfiguration, Benedict XVI chose to talk about…

The Pope’s Lenten Retreat is over, and Teresa has translated his remarks as the retreat drew to an end: In the name of all of us gathered here, I wish to tell you, with all my heart, thank you, for the marvelous anagogy [mystical interpretation] that you have given us this week. In the Holy…

We’ve discussed Dave Brubeck off and on – here and here, last year when Notre Dame awarded him the Laetare Medal . Here’s a 2003 America article by a Dominican about the religious elements of Brubeck’s music.

Fr. Jay Toborowsky of the "Young Fogeys" blog has an amusing encounter (in reflection)  with Fr. Cantalamessa after his recent talk at Seton Hall. (Fr. Toborowsky also hosts the Diocese of Metuchen weekly radio show – listen here!)

The great unmentionable, even among most anti-abortion politicians: defunding Planned Parenthood. Why is this important? Because: Planned Parenthood Mar Monte, based in San Jose, performed 10,956 abortions in 2005 and another 11,729 in 2006, according to annual reports published on its website. The abortion giant operates 34 clinics and 35 “satellite sites” in 40 counties…
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