Special delivery: Giving and accepting hugs and kisses June 15, 2017By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window How often do I look for ways to spread love and affection among the people I encounter?
Welcome to summer break, a trip to the Orioles game, belated birthday cards, dragon eggs, and a broken elevator (7 Quick Takes) June 11, 2017By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window This week’s 7 Quick Takes broach the summer break baseball, a broken elevator and more.
Thoughts during an evening at baseball practice June 9, 2017By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window I can’t tell whether he’s one of the better players on the team. That doesn’t matter. I know he’s right where he needs to be right now. And so am I.
Scuffy the Tugboat, the school year that just won’t end, an Elvis sighting, cicadas, fishing and more (7 Quick Takes) June 2, 2017By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window This week’s 7 Quick Takes covers everything from Scruffy the Tugboat to fishing and cicadas.
Refresh yourself – spiritually, too June 2, 2017By Christopher Gunty Filed Under: Behind the Headlines, Blog, Commentary If it’s good to dust off the cobwebs in our home, it’s even better to sweep clean your heart and soul.
In defense of the fidget spinner June 1, 2017By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window Usually I agree with my friend and fellow Catholic Review blogger, Robyn Barberry. But we have finally found the topic that divides us: fidget spinners. Read Robyn’s persuasive (and also poetic) take over at her blog, Unconditional.But take a spin through mine first. It’s small, it’s fast, it’s so much fun, And nearly every kid has one, Or […]
Lament of the fidget spinner June 1, 2017By Robyn Barberry Filed Under: Blog, Unconditional This is a response to Rita Buettner’s blog post singing the praises of fidget spinners. Though I’m a huge fan of Rita AND her poem, I can’t stand fidget spinners. Although they are not a problem in my art classes at St. Joan of Arc School, I can’t imagine trying to teach with a whole […]
Communion Prep with YouTube June 1, 2017By Robyn Barberry Filed Under: Blog Even though we’d been preparing for months, Collin was nervous about receiving his First Holy Communion. I would pretend to be the sacristan in front of the kitchen counter, administering unconsecrated Triscuits and water from a Waterford goblet. Time after time he’d forget something when he approached the “altar.” Hands folded in prayer, a bow, […]
Bill Newman, bishop and jock, not necessarily in that order May 25, 2017By Paul McMullen Filed Under: Baltimore Boomer, Bishops, Blog, Sports Growing up with a love for baseball, the future Bishop William C. Newman didn’t stop playing the game even after he entered the seminary.
FOCUSed on Christ in Panama May 25, 2017By Father J. Collin Poston Filed Under: Blog, Campus Ministry, Dust and Dewfall, Young Adult Ministry When we encounter Jesus, whether on a mission trip in another country or in our ordinary, daily lives, we discover that he wants to befriend us.
7 Quick Takes: Piggyback rides, succulents, salmon, and how great it is when your son loves you more than his bathrobe May 19, 2017By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window Rita Buettner shares this week’s 7 Quick Takes.
A commencement goodbye May 18, 2017By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window During my 19-year career, I’ve seen colleagues come and colleagues go. The hellos I look forward to. The goodbyes I dread.
