Monthly Archives: September 2014

“Thank you, every woman, for the simple fact of being a woman! Through the insight which is so much a part of your womanhood you enrich the world’s understanding and help to make human relations more honest and authentic.” St. … Continue reading →

OK…so a man walks into a White Sox game with an Australian, a South African, a Cubs fan (all consecrated women) and his wife.  What happens?  The man has a  wonderful afternoon with great friends.  Thanks to Sonia Baldwin (Australian), … Continue reading →

“The more we let God take us over, the more truly ourselves we become – because He made us. He invented us. He invented all the different people that you and I were intended to be. . .It is when … Continue reading →

It seems to me that “making up what is lacking in the sufferings of Christ” implies that there was something lacking in his redemption. Now, I’m not the only one who has a problem with this. Many a theologian, far … Continue reading →

Last Friday the preschool students came to mass with all the other students at school. No one gave any warning, but I tried to make things as simple and short as respectfully possible. It turns out that one little boy … Continue reading →

Have you ever eaten turkey necks? Cooked in a crock pot? Well I hadn’t either until last Sunday. Perusing down the meat section at Walmart, a discounted meat package caught my eye. Always looking for a bargain, I picked up … Continue reading →

Hundreds – perhaps thousands – of the faithful and devoted lined Michigan Avenue in Chicago last week. With passion, they waited breathlessly to enter the sanctuary of their cult and hold in their hands the object of their greatest love … Continue reading →

Organized by the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization Rome, Sept 18-19-20 This morning we began with community prayer led by Mons Fisichella to the strains of the Taizé “Magnificat” by a small choir and a guitarist.

Organized by the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization Rome, Sept 18-19-20 Today’s agenda was full. We celebrated the Eucharist together in St. Peter’s Basilica; dozens of priests and bishops joined Mons. Rino Fisichella to concelebrate a beautiful Mass … Continue reading →

Organized by the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization Rome, Sept 18-19-20 http://www.novaevangelizatio.va/content/nvev/en/eventi/Incontro-evangelii-gaudium.html http://www.zenit.org/en/articles/the-pastoral-project-of-evangelii-gaudium I was blessed to participate today in the first of three days in which the Church is inviting pastoral agents from all over the world … Continue reading →