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Remembering My Father
1+ week, 1+ day ago (200+ words) Wendell Berry on Friday, September 4, 2026 What did I learn from him? He taught the difference Between good work and sham, Between nonsense and sense. He taught me sentences, Outspoken fact for fact, In swift coherences Discriminate and exact. He served…...
Walk in the footsteps of Fulton Sheen
1+ week, 3+ day ago (64+ words) Gigi Duncan, National Catholic Register on Wednesday, September 2, 2026 A weeklong pilgrimage by the Fulton Sheen Movement will lead participants to the places and traditions that shaped Fulton Sheen’s life. ‘The Resurrection of the Christ’: a 20-minute documentary on the forthcoming…...
Mary, Virgin of Virgins
2+ week, 5+ day ago (246+ words) Saint Alphonsus Liguori on Monday, August 24, 2026 Of all virgins thou art fairest, Dearest Mary, heavenly Queen: Of all creatures thou art purest, Like to thee was never seen. Thy sweet face is like the heavens, Full of grace and purity:…...
In Praise of Notre Dame???s John Cavadini
4+ week, 1+ day ago (506+ words) Christopher Kaczor on Friday, August 14, 2026 Indeed, the other garbage collectors also recognized his talent and elected him the president of their union. As they used to say, “Business is picking up.” But I didn’t know then, nobody knew then, how…...
Christ the good shepherd
1+ week, 2+ day ago (90+ words) St. Gregory the Great on Thursday, September 3, 2026 I am the good shepherd. I know my own – by which I mean, I love them – and my own know me. In plain words: those who love me are willing to follow me,…...
Miracles, sainthood, and the first televangelist
1+ week, 1+ day ago (57+ words) Peter Smith, Associated Press on Friday, September 4, 2026 He captivated millions on TV. Now Archbishop Fulton Sheen is one step closer to sainthood. ‘The Resurrection of the Christ’: a 20-minute documentary on the forthcoming Mel Gibson film National Shrine Cathedral of…...
Chimes of Freedom
2+ week, 21+ hour ago (900+ words) Fr. Raymond J. de Souza on Saturday, August 29, 2026 Is Bob Dylan’s music a Catholic thing? Many a homilist has quoted his 1979 song Gotta Serve Somebody, especially against the argument that unbelievers are freer because they don’t have to serve God. Dylan…...
Wendell Berry???s eternal story
1+ week, 1+ day ago (89+ words) Paul Kingsnorth, First Things on Friday, September 4, 2026 The story that Berry told and re-told for so long was the story of the decline of the human-scale world he grew up in, its replacement by a world of technology and bureaucracy,…...
The Mass: Our intimate encounter with the transcendent Lord
1+ week, 3+ day ago (63+ words) Bishop James Conley, What We Need Now on Wednesday, September 2, 2026 All of us, whether religious or not, long for transcendence because the human heart was made for it. ‘The Resurrection of the Christ’: a 20-minute documentary on the forthcoming Mel…...
A giant on the shoulders of giants
3+ week, 4+ day ago (61+ words) Cross Abbey in Berryville, Virginia “Popule Meus” by the Norbertines of St. Michael’s Abbey...