Blogs

Un-dressed on the Altar

by Marisa Pereira May 27, 2012

With the lazy, hazy days of summer upon us, I have been asked to address the topic of appropriate dress for church on Sunday. However, at the moment, I’d like to focus the attention on appropriate dress for lay people…

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Christian Movies and the Quest for Artistry

by Daniel McInerny May 26, 2012

Crisis Magazine published yesterday this thoughtful piece by Father Bryce Sibley about why Christian films are typically so bad. (I haven’t yet seen, by the way, For Greater Glory, but have higher hopes for it.)
Last Fall at the annual…

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The Traditional Symbolism of Four

by David Clayton May 25, 2012

This can be something of interest to us and the basis of a powerful lesson for our children.
Recently I wrote an article about the idea that the number five was symbolic of Our Lady, here. In it I raised…

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What is Culture?

by David Clayton May 25, 2012

When I teach my class at Thomas More College I use a definition I heard in a talk from Fr Rob Johannson of the Diocese of Kalimazoo in Michigan about the Evangelisation of the Culture. He described it as that…

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LIFE’S LIKE A MOVIE: THE HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY

by David May 24, 2012

So I crank up the engine the other day and and lo and behold, it seems my truck has decided to start communicating with me through binary…

Now I couldn’t quite place it at the time, but there was just…

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The Gift of Shame (And the Habit of Justifying Stupidity)

by Mary Lane May 24, 2012

God is so kind to me.  Knowing that I would suffer from writer’s block today (despite a list of potential blog topics and questions to answer), He nudged a reader to send me this list, knowing it would give me…

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Baptism in the Wilderness

by Cari Donaldson May 22, 2012

The afternoon sun streams gently through the stained glass windows, leaving puddles of jewel-toned light here and there among the pews.  
The smell of incense lingers in the air from Mass, and all the members of the family pause and…

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He Won’t Ever get to be Pregnant

by Dwija Borobia May 22, 2012

I used to envy my husband.
Maybe envy isn’t even a strong enough word.  Let’s start over.
I used to nurse a precious little nugget of contempt for my husband.  Because he…he will never have to be pregnant.  He will…

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How the Way of Beauty Atelier has helped a Young Architect to Move Forward in his Career

by David Clayton May 22, 2012

An architecture student who attended a drawing class in last summers the Way of Beauty program at Thomas More College in New Hampshire tells how what he learnt about traditional proportion has improved his designs and enabled him to get…

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STILL VOICES

by David May 22, 2012

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