Eat, Pray, Love … why bother?

After reading Barbara Nicolossi’s scathing review of “Eat, Pray, Love,”  I confess I thought twice about saying anything more about it.  Her credentials are far superior to mine, and her POV is pretty much right in line with what the USCCB media office had to say on the subject regarding the film’s faulty reflection of [...]

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The Mother Who Opens Her Arms: On the Feast of the Assumption

Recently I found this post over at Theresa Whitfield’s blog, listing an impressive number of individuals who share one thing in common . . . they were adopted.  Gerald Ford, Faith Hill, Cyrus the Great — all these individuals became who they were because someone cared enough to raise them. As I write this, the [...]

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Howler Monkies: Thanks, Kate! (You, too, Elizabeth!)

I was just reading this link over at Kate Wicker’s Momopoly called “Howler Monkies, Prayers About Poop, and Amazing Grace” and wanted to share it with you. Would that ALL parishes were so warm and welcoming! It’s been quite some time since I last posted here — so sorry for the silence. My last article [...]

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