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Remembering Grandma

May 7, 2020
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Blog, Open Window, Uncategorized

When I think of the mother I want to be, I think of many women in my life who have inspired me—and continue to.

I’m dreaming of a quarantined Mother’s Day

May 5, 2020
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Blog, Open Window

As my 10-year-old son and I were chatting about Mother’s Day, we created this song.

Knowing his voice

May 4, 2020
By Father J. Collin Poston
Filed Under: Blog, Dust and Dewfall

If we know the voice of the Lord Jesus well, and we continue to respond to it, then we know what follows it: an abiding peace and confident hope that cannot be taken away.

A thank you in the sky (and a prayer for our healthcare heroes)

May 2, 2020
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Blog, Open Window

Gov. Larry Hogan had declared Saturday Healthcare Heroes Day, and the Blue Angels and Thunderbirds would be flying over as a thank you to those serving on the front lines in the pandemic.

Sugar-cube spill, home fashion, the gift of ramen, and more (7 Quick Takes)

May 1, 2020
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Blog, Open Window

Some days you’re trying to get something done when you hear a terrible crash in the kitchen. You come running and see that your son just spilled sugar cubes all over the floor.

Every Catholic man should do this once

April 30, 2020
By Hanael Bianchi
Filed Under: Blog, Fertile Soil

I completed the Exodus program this Easter as part of a fraternity at St. John Parish in Westminster. It changed my life.

Don’t waste a good quarantine

April 28, 2020
By Father T. Austin Murphy Jr.
Filed Under: Blog, Coronavirus, Diamonds in the Rough

This quarantine is an opportunity, not a crisis. And like any opportunity, it can be wasted. We cannot allow that to happen.

Get to know St. Louis de Montfort

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

Do you know much about St. Louis de Montfort?

A farewell to a lamp

April 26, 2020
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Blog, Open Window

As I turned the switch, the lamp started falling over onto my arm. I caught it and realized there were bits and pieces of the base spread all over the floor.