This has got to be one of the best Pope Francis stories ever. It's from his friend and confrere, Diego Fares (†2022). (Fares gets a bi...

In my previous post, I wrote about Amelia Podetti's insights into the place of Latin America in society, and how    “The concept of the ...

This Easter brought us more than the news of the Resurrection: it also ushered us into an "interregnum." Easter Day itself marked ...

Last year I ended a ten-year streak of weekly posts on my Angelus blog; it's not that I ran out of Annunciations to feature each week: I...

Lent is coming (that's right; a month from now we will be in full-on Lent mode), and that means Lenten retreats and suchlike. Your favor...

It's still January as I write this, so HAPPY NEW YEAR! Things have been really hopping for me since the summer: retreat, followed by cho...

It’s Advent, so I am in Boston with the choir, getting our 2024 Christmas Concert lineup lined up in my head. This year we are adding a new ...

LOTS of books here! Don't be intimidated! It's just a list with some explanation of each title. All good material for coming to a be...

As the Original Theology of the Body Fangirl, I pay attention to material that purports to present or promote Pope John Paul's thought. ...

Two weeks ago we were running a weekend book fair at a local parish. One of the parish priests recommended my book from the pulpit, urging p...

Registration is now open for the women's retreat at Our Lady of Lourdes parish in Mineral Wells, TX (in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area). A d...

This past weekend brought a double dose of good news. Well, the first dose actually came at the beginning of the month, when I learned that ...

Today marks one month since we laid my sister Mary to rest. In the five weeks since her death, there have been more Masses offered for her s...

I've spent a lot of time lately in the hospital. First in the oncology ward, and then, for the past week and a half, in an ICU unit. Not...