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A bit more – At Mass, we sat in front of a mom and a fairly young baby. At one point, Michael the Toddler whispered something to me. I didn’t quite catch it. He repeated it: “Dat baby has sweet toes.” Ah, see they do listen. To the most unexpected things. That mom with the…

An announcement at Inside Catholic: What is “Catholic” fiction? Is it simply fiction written by a Catholic? Must it include Catholic characters and treat distinctly Catholic themes? Does it reflect a “Catholic sensibility,” being a product of the “sacramental imagination”? Ought the Catholic reader — or the general reader, for that matter — even bother…

Gashwin does the reporting so I don’t have to! It was, indeed, great to meet so many people I only “knew” virtually at the Catholic New Media Celebration.  I’ll add the following to Gashwin’s list: Chris Cash of the Catholic Company, who has interviewed me a couple of times for their podcasts, was there (from…

       

Within the space of three minutes, two different parents calling two different children. “Come on over here Peyton” and “It’s time to go, Scarlett.” You just don’t.  

Catholic Charities, in its various local diocesan forms, has long represented both the best of Catholicism and its potential worst.  The best is obviously and simply the corporal works of mercy. The worst has usually involved two things that are also, often interetwined: a shaky Catholic identity and government funding. As I noted, Catholic Charities…

…the long way. Comments have been closed on recent posts to prevent frustrating and puzzling waits to see them appear. I’ll be around, but sporadically.   See you there!

“One of the things about Barbara Feldon is she has a certain ineffable quality. You either have that or you don’t, and I leave it up to the audience to decide whether I do.” —Anne Hathaway is unsure about how ineffable she is [NYDN] Source. Shut up.

Those of us who work with teens, teach teens or have teens living in our houses think a lot about…teens. We can’t stop pondering  youth ministry and ministry to youth and what to do with the kids and how to keep the kids engaged and excited and connected. We’re extremely susceptible to Evangelical Envy. For so long…

Thanks to reader Anna for pointing us to the livestreaming site for the Eucharistic Congress Drat. Jean Vanier spoke at 10, and I missed it. Mass is at 11 – it will be interesting to see what that’s like. I am not sure what this whole “Ark of the New Covenant” is about. Can someone…
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