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You know those crafty-artsy-hipster-crunchy-parenting-homeschooling blogs where they’re always posting photos of the kids’ projects, which are always very cool, primitive yet winningly elegant in said simplicity, displayed against the background of the Mission furniture in their Craftsmen bungalows or their farmhouse and if they’re Catholic, Pius and Benedicta got it all done in between their Latin and Greek lessons? And…

No, 2.2 was not required. Off to graphics. We’ll just count this post as version 2.2. When I clicked on the text of Spe Salvi  Friday morning at 7am and glanced over it with echoes of Max and Ruby and early-morning complaints echoing in my ears and the pressure of a deadline looming with no babysitter…

Pope Benedict continues to school us in the Early Church Fathers, turning to St. Chromatius in today’s GA. From Teresa Benedetta at PRF. (As he always does, Benedict begins with concise and skillful scene-setting for the ministry of Chromatius: Arianism, threats of invation and so on. And then he turns to his life and work:)…

I think I’m about to go on a John Gardner kick. Never even read Grendel before (David did, in high school, and made a video based on it for a project…that’s as close as I got). But I picked up the new edition of Nickel Mountain on the “new arrivals” book at the library, read…

..not St. Christopher over there on the right. Click on the “Image Source” link, and it will take you to an article on Francis Xavier in art, and an account of the painting from which that image is taken. Francis Xavier had a dream of carrying an Indian on his back, and this scene dramatizes…

…as the title evolved in our house, somehow. Discussion after the jump so we don’t have to worry about spoilers.

Somehow, I don’t think that all those sneering at concerns about The Golden Compass had this in mind as the ideal alternative. Or maybe they did. Who knows. The Curt Jester has another version that has appeared: But I’ve not seen that yet with my own eyes on a website as an ad, though. I’ll…

Yeah, there’s some culture around here. A bit. First, any of you who were scandalized by the cover of Eleanor Dundy’s book on my sidebar can rest easy – it’s read and I’m about to review it: The Dud Avocado. I was tuned into this book by Terry Teachout, arts critic, biographer and blogger extraordinaire.…

Spe Salvi version 2.1 has gone off and away, so we’ll bide our time until more revision notes come in. I’ll fill this post with bloggage, but only because I want to clean out my email box without guilt. Dinesh D’Souza debated Daniel Dennett at Tufts on Friday night and reports here. An agnostic who…

I’m here. I spent all day Friday and Saturday immersed in Spe Salvi, attempting to condense it to 1500 words or so. Yeah.  I’ll be back at some point on Monday. Meanwhile, check out Clayton Emmer’s wonderful online Advent Calendar. And Gashwin’s account of his truly Catholic (in every sense) Sunday.
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