In Him We Live And Move And Have Our Being

There recently was a death of a 98 year-old lady named Irena. During WWII, Irena, got permission to work in the Warsaw Ghetto, as a Plumbing/Sewer specialist. She had an ‘ulterior motive’ … She KNEW what the Nazi’s plans were for the Jews, (being German.) Irena smuggled infants out in the bottom of the tool [...]

I ran into a little booklet by Norman Vincent Peale the other day. He made quite a splash at one time with his philosophy about “the power of positive thinking”. I hadn’t heard anything about him for quite a few years, and decided to do a web search on the phrase “power of positive thinking”, [...]

Phoenix, Arizona has a noise ordinance forbidding the ringing of church bells (which register about 67 decibels). It allows the ringing of the bells on ice cream trucks (which chime in at about 70 decibels), however. Three churches – St. Mark Catholic Parish, Christ the King Liturgical Charismatic Church, and First Christian Church – have [...]

Not sure if any of you would be interested, but Matt Warner (fallibleblogma.com) is hosting a “Catholic Speaker Month” event – choose a speaker form the list (from the link below), write a small bit about it, and link back to Matt. He’ll post a “biggie” including info about all of our links. It may [...]

When I took my solemn vows as a Trappist monk I meditated long and hard over my reasons for making such a commitment. After 10 days of this in our little community hermitage out in the woods, I decided that I was becoming a monk because I loved God and was so caught up in [...]

______________________________________________ Don’t forget to enter this week’s photo caption contest, found here.

I posted a different photo for the contest earlier, and my dear friend Marion let me know that the picture was too small to see. THAT’S NOT FAIR, IS IT?! Thanks, Marion! So here’s another… Can you think of a caption for this picture? Winners announced next week! Use McLinky to enter the contest: My [...]

St. Francis de Sales has been described as “gentle”, but he’s very firm about some things. One of them is slander, or gossip. Read what he has to say about it. No man can enter heaven in possession of another man’s property, and of all external goods a good name is the best. Slander is [...]

Mary Ann Glendon has long been known in legal circles. She taught at Boston College Law School from 1968 to 1986, and has been a visiting professor at the University of Chicago Law School and the Gregorian University in Rome. She has received honorary doctorates from numerous universities including the Universities of Chicago and Louvain. [...]