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… Continue reading Returning Catholics FAQs: Adultery
Month: October 2015
Then He Embraced Them
Note: On Tuesdays and some Sundays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. Oh, that Francis. How we love him; how we are challenged by him. For some, the meeting with Kim Davis was validation and confirmation of the Church’s view… Continue reading Then He Embraced Them
On the Nightstand: October 2015
As some of you know, I’m part of a looseknit spiritual group of wonderful women in my area called Churchwomen of a Certain Age. (Most of us are 50 or older, though we’ve allowed a young’un or two in as well.) I didn’t know any of these women when they were in their twenties or… Continue reading On the Nightstand: October 2015
Being Christ in Our Lives: Nora Lawson
For the past ten years, Nora Lawson has been the go-to person for funerals at a parish near my home. She helped grieving families plan the readings and music and arranged for priests and post-Mass or service gatherings. Nora has a gift for listening to the stories about the loved one, and sharing those stories with… Continue reading Being Christ in Our Lives: Nora Lawson