A surprise painting May 14, 2026By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Commentary, The Domestic Church “I love thinking of how God was watching, guiding us toward one another, always knowing how it would come together. He must have enjoyed seeing how we connected over a much-loved painting of a little girl and a dog.”
The slow work March 30, 2026By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Commentary, The Domestic Church As much as we want to keep trying to fix a problem, maybe this is the time to hand it over to God. We can place whatever is troubling us into his hands, trusting that he will walk with us, moving mountains we cannot move and preparing us for the next step on our journey.
Being here March 18, 2026By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Commentary, Lent, The Domestic Church During Lent, God offers us a special invitation to recognize his presence in our lives. We can add prayer time or take on more works of charity or give in numerous ways. And maybe we can simply prioritize time with God, listening to him and looking for his fingerprints on our lives.
What a surprise February 12, 2026By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Commentary, The Domestic Church Even with our best plans, life is full of surprises. Whether they bring joy or sorrow, pleasure or pain, light or darkness, they offer us an opportunity to grow in love and relationship with God and others who walk life’s journey with us.
Discover a New Year December 31, 2025By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Commentary, The Domestic Church We might see this new time in muted sepia tones or we might see it unfolding in vibrant technicolor. However we feel about this new year, we have the chance to begin again. And we hold onto the faith that we are not alone.
While you wait December 1, 2025By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Advent, Commentary, The Domestic Church During this time of preparation for Christmas, Advent offers us a beautiful opportunity to grow in faith while we are waiting.
Grace times two November 24, 2025By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Commentary, The Domestic Church During this season of gratitude, we might offer standard words or new ones to thank God for his many blessings. He is with us at our dinner table, following along with the conversations, enjoying the connections and perhaps marveling at how the little ones are growing and participating in new ways.
The Crayon costume October 27, 2025By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Commentary, The Domestic Church Whatever new challenges you undertake during this season, may you find they give you strength, clarity of purpose or whatever you are seeking on your faith journey.
Radio Interview: Rita Buettner and Faith for Working Moms October 6, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: CR Radio, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, The Domestic Church Catholic Review Editor Christopher Gunty sat down with columnist Rita Buettner to talk about how she is able to find links between what’s going on at home and what the saints have to say.
Crabs and conversation September 10, 2025By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Commentary, The Domestic Church When we crack claws and pluck crab meat over brown paper, we do it patiently and with joy for the process and the time together. Perhaps we can bring that same patient joy to our hopes for God’s work in our life.
Listen for God this summer July 15, 2025By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, The Domestic Church The Loyola School started with a seed of an idea from Jesuit Father William Watters, who has brought such vision and commitment to Jesuit education for children in Baltimore over the decades.
A father’s gift June 12, 2025By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Commentary, The Domestic Church When I think of our Father in heaven, I like to imagine him being a little like my father on Earth – looking at a problem and finding a way to solve it that I can’t see.
