You know how sometimes, you start e-mailing with someone and you’re just so eager to meet in person because you know it’s going to be a mystical experience? Well, that’s how I feel about Nan Balfour, coordinator for the 2014 Catholic Women’s Conference in San Antonio, presented by The Pilgrim Center of Hope. When Nan and… Continue reading Being Christ in Our Lives: Nan Balfour
Category: Memoir
Of Discernment and Altars
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. It was on this day in 1968 that Humanae Vitae was released, the papal encyclical that affirmed traditional Catholic teachings on human sexuality, including the prohibition of artificial birth control. Some… Continue reading Of Discernment and Altars
“Something Greater Than the Temple”
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. Oh, how quick we are to play God—when someone else is involved. There I was at Mass last Sunday, smiling and chuckling when the earnest young transitional deacon referred to Little… Continue reading “Something Greater Than the Temple”
In the Midst of Wolves
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. “My political views are those of the Lord’s prayer.” That quote attributed to St. John Bosco pretty much sums it up for me, in terms of the United States and the… Continue reading In the Midst of Wolves