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Homemade bread, haircutting goals, a feast day gift, and a wish for a bird (7 Quick Takes)

May 29, 2020
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window

I almost think it would be worth it to make bread just to fill the house with the scent of bread cooking.

You can’t play basketball over Zoom: a second grader’s take on virtual communication

May 29, 2020
By Robyn Barberry
Filed Under: Blog, Unconditional

Social distancing can be miserable, but at the very least we have each other.

Bianchi’s Wager

May 27, 2020
By Hanael Bianchi
Filed Under: Blog, Fertile Soil

Here’s my version of the wager. Embrace an authentic Catholic attitude and see how it impacts your life now.

A Child’s Coronavirus Prayer

May 27, 2020
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window

This weekend, my 10-year-old godson wrote a prayer.

Remembering who they were

May 25, 2020
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window

During this time of social distancing, as we wear masks and stay away from people we love, it’s important to remember that we are doing this because life matters. Because love matters.

Food faces, wildlife encroaching, an unexpected call, my dinner of the week, and more (7 Quick Takes)

May 22, 2020
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window

Do you see faces in food? It happens to me all the time.

Ask St. Rita for help with an impossible situation

May 22, 2020
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window

St. Rita is patron of several things, including parenthood and marriage difficulties, but what she’s best known for—and perhaps most needed for today—is impossible causes.

“Do my llama slippers need an Instagram account?” and other pandemic questions

May 21, 2020
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window

I started thinking about unexpected questions that only seem to come up when you’ve been living under stay-at-home orders for weeks on end.

A bittersweet moment for the Class of 2020

May 19, 2020
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window

Heartbreaking as this experience is for the Class of 2020—and it is—I also find the Class of 2020 intriguing and inspiring.

Class of Covid: The overlooked graduates of the class of 2020

May 19, 2020
By Robyn Barberry
Filed Under: Blog, Unconditional

My hats go off to all graduates of all grades everywhere. In surviving this, you have gained wisdom, skill sets, patience and appreciation that will guide you everywhere you go.

Touchpoints with a saint’s life

May 17, 2020
By Christopher Gunty
Filed Under: Behind the Headlines, Blog, Commentary, Uncategorized

As we mark the centenary of the birth of Karol Wojtyla, who became St. John Paul II, it caused me to reflect on moments of my life that intersected with the man who was pope for a great chunk of my life and career in Catholic journalism.

Feast on yeast, Mother’s Day treats, closet reorganization, and more (7 Quick Takes)

May 16, 2020
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window

I finally got my hands on some years, and I made homemade pizza this week.