Hosting our first sleepover, holding onto summer, losing power, and an eclipse coincidence (7 Quick Takes) August 18, 2017By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window How do you prepare to host your first sleepover? I made sure we had popcorn and chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream on hand.
The mysterious church on the edge of the world August 17, 2017By Bishop Robert Barron Filed Under: Blog, Word on Fire I have discovered now through direct experience, though I had certainly sensed it through photographs, that it is practically impossible to gaze at Mont Saint-Michel without falling into mystical reverie.
Stepping into the ocean and our beach vacation August 17, 2017By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window The beach is a place full of wonder. The ocean is magnificent, powerful, and moving with a rhythm all its own.
Look, up in the sky, it’s an eclipse August 16, 2017By Paul McMullen Filed Under: Baltimore Boomer, Blog Whatever happens, darkness at the break of 2:48 p.m. Aug. 21 is going to be another grand moment with creation.
‘The World Needs Heroes’ August 14, 2017By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Blog, Saints, The Narthex, Vocations, Young Adult Ministry, Youth Ministry If we start sharing stories of heroic virtue and courage, we are bound to inspire religious vocations.
Reflecting on Charlottesville: Looking for light in the darkness August 14, 2017By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window, Uncategorized It forced me to recognize that racism is real, not just under hoods, but in so many large structural ways and in small daily encounters we take for granted. And I realized that I do not know how to respond to racism, even when I am confronted by it.
A trip to the beach, a slip and slide, a peach cake realization, and what we’re reading this summer (7 Quick Takes) August 12, 2017By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window We are just back from an amazing trip to the beach, where we saw some beautiful sunsets. You might think I would have more time to write while on vacation, but every night we sort of forgot about putting our children to bed until it was so late that all I wanted to do was fall into bed myself.
Weigel’s new book recounts “unexpected” connection to St. John Paul II August 10, 2017By Christopher Gunty Filed Under: Behind the Headlines, Blog, Commentary How did a Baltimore boy get connected to Pope John Paul II, and how did he come to write “Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II,” published in the fall of 1999, and “The End and the Beginning: Pope John Paul II—The Victory of Freedom, the Last Years, the Legacy.” Listen to George Weigel talk about his new book, “Lessons in Hope: My Unexpected Life with St. John Paul II,” on “Catholic Baltimore.
When Mama becomes Mom August 9, 2017By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window Our older son decided to start calling us Mom and Dad. Part of me isn’t surprised. I knew this would probably come—at least for Mama to transition to Mom.
Squirrels eat mushrooms, Pokemon tournaments are long, and other things I learned this week (7 Quick Takes) August 4, 2017By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window Some weeks are both long and short. This was one of those for me. Thank goodness it’s Friday. But I can’t believe it’s already time for quick takes!
An umbrella for the rain August 2, 2017By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window It was such a simple act of kindness, just a small moment of thoughtfulness. But witnessing that spark of compassion in our child gave me such hope and joy.
Taste summer in Baltimore with a peach cake recipe July 29, 2017By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window, Recipes It’s summertime, and Baltimore peach cake is a local tradition. There are many different versions, and I’m not sure how you can go wrong with any combination of peaches and cake.
