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Book Review: The Treasure Seekers
by E. Nesbit I came across this author, E. Nesbit, on a list of suggested reading by the woman who designed the...
Saint Josemaria Escriva
"... but rather the one who never fails to get up again..."
Saint Catherine of Siena
St Catherine of Sienna is sainthood-X. She was in it to win it.She was born during the plague epidemic and was child #25! Though many of her siblings didn’t survive to adulthood including her twin.She cut her hair to keep some dude from wanting to marry her and then...
Happy Feast of the Annunciation!
May we all be inspired by Our Lady to let God's will be done. For a reminder of that inspiration to hang about in your house, click here.
Happy Birthday Flannery O’Connor!
May her shouts continue to reverberate throughout the land of the deaf. To have the Hillbilly Thomas hanging out in your home, click here.
Lenten Sacrifices for Those Who Like a Challenge
Lent is coming. It’s a time of prayer, almsgiving and—what it’s probably most known for—fasting. The week preceding Ash Wednesday, a question pops into the heads of...
Happy President Lincoln’s Birthday!
Our sixteenth president: Abraham Lincoln. He's standing in front of the flag as it was during his presidency, un-locking the shackles of slavery and sewing up the United States with thread the color of the blood of its citizens who died to keep it united. If you'd...
Runaway Ralph
by Beverly Cleary I just finished this as a read aloud with my son who hates read alouds. He was completely drawn into the story and even asked me to continue on when our stopping point came at a suspenseful part of the book. He was sad when it was over and wants to...
Trying to Turn and Become Like Children
Part 1: Forgiveness I stopped making dinner and followed the sounds of screaming into the living room where I came upon yet another knock-down drag-out fight between my two youngest who had, apparently, engaged prison rules. There was some question...
Happy Feast Day of Saint Thomas Aquinas
Saint Thomas Aquinas, the angelic doctor.Born into a wealthy family, Saint Thomas decided to join the Dominicans. For some reason, this bothered his high-faluten family (I would think if any order would be on the bottom rung for elitists, it’d be the Franciscans....
How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization
by Thomas E. Woods, Jr., Ph.D. An excellent and well-cited recounting of how the Catholic Church was integral in preserving and adding to the achievements of Western Civilization. From Catholics helping save important writings and art during the barbarian raids after...