North Bay: My true figure April 30, 2018By Robyn Barberry Filed Under: Blog, Unconditional I held a North Bay essay contest for my 6th grade class and, though every essay was a work of art, I thought this one really captured the layers and depth of personal growth that occurred for many of my students at North Bay.
Remembering a Baltimore priest’s ordeal at Dachau April 29, 2018By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Blog, Feature, The Narthex The Polish priest told the Review that the wood strips in the windows separating the glass panes at Dachau seemed like crosses. Every time he looked out a window, he was reminded of the sign of redemption.
Chalk drawings, children who grow too quickly, and highlights of a full week in rhyme (7 Quick Takes) April 28, 2018By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window Let’s wrap up National Poetry Month with 7 Quick Takes in rhyme!
The most unexpectedly religious film of the year April 26, 2018By Bishop Robert Barron Filed Under: Blog, Movie & Television Reviews, Word on Fire I am going to maintain that A Quiet Place is the most unexpectedly religious film of 2018.
My moo-ving experience with some cows April 25, 2018By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Blog, The Narthex Has your car ever been rocked back and forth by vigorous bovine tongues? Mine has. Here’s the story.
An open letter to the Duchess of Cambridge: In praise of third children April 24, 2018By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window Kate, you may think you have this parenting thing down by now, but you are in for a treat. Because now you and Prince William are parents to a third child.
A taste of spring, when mom cooks dinner, a munchkin survey, and frigid baseball fun (7 Quick Takes) April 20, 2018By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window Our saucer magnolia tree is blooming! Spring is here, and then it’s not, and then it sort of is. I think we might see some warmer weather this weekend.
Big fat juicy ones, long slim slimy ones… April 16, 2018By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window On our morning drive to school it was gray and rainy. It looked like a long, wet, gray day without outdoor recess.As our car inched along in the drop-off line, I spotted a little girl—maybe 6 or 7 years old—bounding along the sidewalk. She was stopping every few feet to bend down to the concrete, […]
Tie tying, homework and all that jazz, learning the Apostles’ Creed, a favorite board game, and more (7 Quick Takes) April 12, 2018By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window My parents sent our second-grader a new tie with a First Communion tie tack to wear, and he could not wait to put it on when it arrived.
Good Enough Is Good Enough: Q&A with Author Colleen Duggan April 11, 2018By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Books, Open Window “Writing is such a form of prayer,” Colleen told me. “When I get out of the way, the Holy Spirit can really work through me.”
The first day of baseball season April 9, 2018By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window At that first practice, anything and everything is possible. The season lies ahead of us fresh and clean and exciting.
Easter dinner and eggs and bunnies, a half-birthday celebration, and a sign of gratitude (7 Quick Takes) April 5, 2018By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window Easter fun, eggs, babies and gratitude.
