Seven o’clock Friday evening . We leave the Vincci Baixa, the lovely yet affordable (this is Portugal, after all) hotel Maureen found for us two blocks from the Lisbon waterfront. Senor Fado, the place in the Alfama neighborhood where we’re supposed to go for authentic, typico Portuguese fado music on Saturday night, looks on the… Continue reading The Great (Fado) Escape
Author: Melanie
Melanie Rigney is the author of Radical Saints: 21 Women for the 21st Century and other Catholic books. She is a contributor to Living Faith and other Catholic blogs. She lives in Arlington, Virginia. Melanie also owns Editor for You, a publishing consultancy that since 2003 has helped hundreds of writers, publishers, and agents.
There’s Ministry… and Then There’s Ministry
I was away from the Catholic Church in any meaningful way from June 1972 until Christmas 2005, when I received the Eucharist again for the first time. I came back full metal… volunteering for any ministry I could get my hands on. I was on the Parish Council within a month of being back in full… Continue reading There’s Ministry… and Then There’s Ministry
Kathleen Norris and Me
December 1982. Sharyl, a friend from my days in Pierre, South Dakota, was in her first year as the grade school principal for the Harding County, South Dakota, school system. Harding County is in the far northwest corner of the state, bordering Montana and North Dakota. At that time, Harding County, with a total area of… Continue reading Kathleen Norris and Me
The Supreme Word Goddess of the Universe
The first time I met Meredith Gould, she was rearranging the table and chairs for an editing panel in which she and I and another person were participating. You see, the table and chairs weren’t exactly aligned. I had to laugh; if she hadn’t done it, I would have. In the next hour, I learned… Continue reading The Supreme Word Goddess of the Universe