The recent canonization of St. Oscar Romero was a moment of pride for many in our community.
Hometown Saints: Baltimore Hispanic community celebrates St. Oscar Romero
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A mistake that turned out just fine
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This pot of slops wasn’t looking very exciting, so I pulled a packet of onion soup mix out of the pantry. Onion soup should be able to jazz almost anything up.
Me-me-me Birthday Prayer
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I’ve never done that before – prayed only for myself in a single prayer session – and yet it felt suitable. No way I could have survived 59 years without God.
Leftover Halloween treats, autumn trees, limericks, and more (7 Quick Takes)
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How was your Halloween? Ours was spooky and fun.
This Halloween even the soup is scary
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The pumpkins are carved. The costumes are ready. The decorations are up. Even the chicken noodle soup is disguised as a ghost.
What’s in a name?
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As a young adult Catholic, I aspire to emulate Ms. Joyce’s behavior, and become a Proverbs 31 woman.
Pokemon tournaments, not winning $1 billion, what we had for dinner this week, and more (7 Quick Takes)
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There was a time where I was not proficient in Pokemon. I’m still not an expert, but I can at least speak the language.
What would you do with $1 billion?
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We’re all thinking about it, right? What exactly would we do if we were to win more than $1 billion in the Mega Millions jackpot?
An Amelia Bedelia move, rats, a trip to the salad bar, and a few conference leftovers (7 Quick Takes)
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I ran out of ideas for dinner by the end of the week, so I cooked a little of everything that was left in the fridge. It didn’t look like much of a spread on the table.
Sundays aren’t for football and other kids’ games
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Remember our Sunday-best outfits? As children, we girls wore patent leather shoes, frilly party-type dresses with white gloves, clutched matching patent leather purses, and hats with ribbons snaking down our backs. Hats for women once were a requirement in Catholic churches – can you imagine that today?
Beauty in word and art and in a Catholic women’s conference
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A group of 28 women came together for Saturday for “Beauty in Word & Art: Catholic Women Writers, Artists & Social Media Voices in the New Evangelization” at the Shrine. The day was an absolute gift.
Apple picking, scarecrow making, apple pie, two birthdays at once, and a quick day trip (7 Quick Takes)
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When you aren’t playing soccer during the fall, you have these wide open weekends to fill—or at least I thought that would be the case. So my husband and I were determined we would go apple picking this fall.
