Note: On Fridays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. “I can do what I wanna do, be who I wanna be … I don’t have to be me ‘til Monday,” the old country song by Steve Azar says. Ah! We… Continue reading Being the Gospel
Month: September 2014
Wednesday’s Women: The Lay Women of the Great Martyrdom of Nagasaki
The Basics: Their ages varied, and most were born in Japan; died September 10, 1622, in Japan; beatified in 1867 by Pope Pius IX; feast day, September 10. Mothers, wives, laywomen, tertiaries. The Story: There were more than fifty of them, missionaries and Japanese natives, on the hill that day outside Nagaski. More than half were beheaded;… Continue reading Wednesday’s Women: The Lay Women of the Great Martyrdom of Nagasaki
Returning Catholic FAQs: About the Scandals
On Mondays, I answer questions frequently asked by those considering a return to the Catholic Church. How do I know this stuff? I was away for more than 30 years myself, and am the co-author of When They Come Home: Ways to Welcome Returning Catholics, a book for pastors and parish leaders interested in this ministry.… Continue reading Returning Catholic FAQs: About the Scandals
Here Comes the Judge
Note: On Fridays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. “I’m right, right, right, and you’re wrong, wrong, wrong.” It was the litany of the Rigney household. My brilliant, narcissistic, schizophrenic father must have said it to Mom and the four… Continue reading Here Comes the Judge