Our first grill, a car parade from afar, a 49th anniversary gift, and birdcage liner (7 Quick Takes) June 26, 2020By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window In the excitement about getting pet birds, I have failed to acknowledge another significant change for our family. We got a grill.
Making a real hash of things June 26, 2020By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window, Uncategorized Maybe today you’re looking for something even more important than hash browns. Maybe you’re searching for hope or peace or comfort or an answer to a difficult problem.
Will Nancy Pelosi take a page from her father’s playbook? June 25, 2020By George Weigel Filed Under: Commentary, The Catholic Difference If inner-city and other low- and middle-income Catholic schools are emptied because of unbearable financial pressures on parents, there will be multiple victims.
Cops and Padres June 22, 2020By John Garvey Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary, Intellect and Virtue, Racial Justice There’s a phrase in Juvenal’s “Satires” that might be translated as “Who will guard the guardians?” That’s the right question to ask for both police racism and clergy abuse.
Welcome to the summer of low expectations June 22, 2020By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window Most years when the school year ends, I take off from work for the first week of summer break. The boys and I have a week of fun. We hit arcades, eat and explore our way through the area, and sometimes throw in an overnight trip to see our cousins in New York. This year […]
Our fathers … ourselves June 20, 2020By Suzanna Molino Singleton Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Snippets of Faith Think about the ways you are like your father, whether he is here or in heaven. Consider the good parts you’ve inherited, the ones ingrained in your genes.
The novelty of pet ownership, pandemic dreams, fireworks, and an anniversary (7 Quick Takes) June 19, 2020By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window We are in a sweet honeymoon period with our new pet birds. Everything they do is fascinating.
Introducing… June 18, 2020By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window Our younger son has loved birds for as long as I can remember. And, at some point during this pandemic, he started asking for a pet bird.
People call me ‘Father,’ but I don’t have kids June 18, 2020By Father Richard Malloy, S.J. Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary The older I get, the more in awe I am of the witness and self-sacrificial love parents have for their children.
Lessons from an unusual school year June 17, 2020By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window What have we learned over the past three months?
Grief and Protest June 16, 2020By Beth L. Hewett Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary, Racial Justice Grief is absolutely essential to being human, to being fully alive. When we cannot experience, own and befriend our grief, we cannot sustain our hearts.
St. Anthony and the Eucharist June 15, 2020By Father J. Collin Poston Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Dust and Dewfall, Uncategorized May our eucharistic Jesus give us that renewed life, and powerfully change and transform us from the inside out.
