• Skip to main content
  • Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to footer
Catholic Review

Catholic Review

Inspiring the Archdiocese of Baltimore

Menu
  • Home
  • News
        • Local News
        • World News
        • Vatican News
        • Obituaries
        • Featured Video
        • En Español
        • Sports News
        • Official Clergy Assignments
        • Schools News
  • Commentary
        • Contributors
          • Question Corner
          • George Weigel
          • Elizabeth Scalia
          • Michael R. Heinlein
          • Effie Caldarola
          • Guest Commentary
        • CR Columnists
          • Archbishop William E. Lori
          • Rita Buettner
          • Christopher Gunty
          • George Matysek Jr.
          • Mark Viviano
          • Father Joseph Breighner
          • Father Collin Poston
          • Robyn Barberry
          • Hanael Bianchi
          • Amen Columns
  • Entertainment
        • Events
        • Movie & Television Reviews
        • Arts & Culture
        • Books
        • Recipes
  • About Us
        • Contact Us
        • Our History
        • Meet Our Staff
        • Photos to own
        • Books/CDs/Prayer Cards
        • CR Media platforms
        • Electronic Edition
  • Advertising
  • Shop
        • Purchase Photos
        • Books/CDs/Prayer Cards
        • Magazine Subscriptions
        • Archdiocesan Directory
  • CR Radio
        • CR Radio
        • Protagonistas de Fe
  • News Tips
  • Subscribe

Blog

Clouds, a new school year, puzzles, fishing, when things fall apart, and more (7 Quick Takes)

September 7, 2018
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Blog, Open Window

Don’t you just love clouds? I don’t think I look up at the sky often enough. I saw this one last night, and I loved how it was lit up from behind like a lightbulb.

A day that takes the cake

September 5, 2018
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Blog, Open Window

Our younger son has been asking me to bake a cake.

“Raven” about a wish that came true

September 1, 2018
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Blog, Open Window

When you’re counting down to an event, it seems to take forever to get there. And then all of a sudden, it’s time! And you’re there! And it’s all happening in a wonderful rush.

How we are squeezing every last ounce of summer out of this vacation (7 Quick Takes)

August 31, 2018
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Blog, Open Window

~1~ Summer vacation is ending. It’s time I acknowledged that. I like to take off the last week of August to help get our sons ready for the school year. But somehow, with school starting on Tuesday, I realize that our school supplies are only 95 percent together, the summer writing assignments are not complete, […]

Should Jesus be in the picture?

August 30, 2018
By Suzanna Molino Singleton
Filed Under: Blog, Snippets of Faith

How much better would our lives be if Jesus was always in the picture?

The Butterfly Effect: Remembering Mrs. Pesa

August 30, 2018
By Robyn Barberry
Filed Under: Blog, Unconditional

Every year, during our back-to-school liturgies, I scan the pews and say a prayer of gratitude and a petition for a successful school year for each of my colleagues. This year my task was more difficult because as I scanned the congregation, I was forced to recognize that one of us wasn’t there and never would be again.

When you wish upon an Instagram picture…

August 25, 2018
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Blog, Open Window

For their birthdays and Gotcha Days, our boys always get to pick something special for dinner. So as we were counting down to our younger son’s Gotcha Day—the seventh anniversary of the day we met one another—I asked him how he wanted to celebrate.

Hibachi fun, a surprise, sitters, finding a new hangout, and conference planning (7 Quick Takes)

August 24, 2018
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Blog, Open Window

For our younger son’s Gotcha Day, we took him to a hibachi grill. He was excited to go, but then when we got there, all he wanted was a plate of fried rice.

Heavy is the cross

August 23, 2018
By Robyn Barberry
Filed Under: Blog, Unconditional

The reality is that the cross we as Catholics have chosen and have been chosen to bear is heavy and growing heavier.

The Gentleness of Father Bernie

August 23, 2018
By Suzanna Molino Singleton
Filed Under: Blog, Snippets of Faith

I find him to be such a tender and calm soul. He speaks gently. He celebrates Mass gently. He acts gently. I love chatting with Father Bernie – his tranquility is contagious.

To whom shall we go?

August 22, 2018
By Father J. Collin Poston
Filed Under: Blog, Dust and Dewfall

In these current times of confusion, doubt, sadness or anger, instead of letting our passions rule us we should come to Jesus in his flesh and blood, in his Eucharist.

Remembering the day we met our son seven years ago

August 22, 2018
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Blog, Open Window

Back in December 2009, I was standing in the lobby of the U.S. Consolate in Guangzhou, China, with friends who had just become parents through the miracle of adoption.

  • « Go to Previous Page
  • Page 1
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Page 66
  • Page 67
  • Page 68
  • Page 69
  • Page 70
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Page 95
  • Go to Next Page »

Footer

Our Vision

Real Life. Real Faith. 

Catholic Review Media communicates the Gospel and its impact on people’s lives in the Archdiocese of Baltimore and beyond.

Our Mission

Catholic Review Media provides intergenerational communications that inform, teach, inspire and engage Catholics and all of good will in the mission of Christ through diverse forms of media.

Contact

Catholic Review
320 Cathedral Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
443-524-3150
mail@CatholicReview.org

 

Social Media

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Recent

  • Warsaw archbishop ‘devastated, crushed’ by priest’s arrest in brutal murder of homeless man
  • Jubilee of Youth chance to celebrate hope, fraternity in world at war, panel says
  • New York archdiocese sees hundreds of responses to ‘Called By Name’ program
  • Can’t afford a Catholic college? Think again. Many offer full tuition options
  • Detroit archbishop fires theologians Ralph Martin, Eduardo Echeverría from seminary
  • LA archbishop, joined by business leaders, starts fund to help families affected by ICE raids
  • FBI surveilled SSPX priest amid probe of suspected neo-Nazi’s plans for violence
  • Poland’s ‘living memorial’ to St. John Paul II marks 25 years of transforming lives
  • Our faith is not afraid of questions

Search

Membership

Catholic Media Assocation

Maryland-Delaware-DC Press Association

The Associated Church Press

© 2025 CATHOLIC REVIEW MEDIA, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

en Englishes Spanish
en en