commeNTARY BlogOpen Window One way to get tickets to visit Alcatraz Rita BuettnerJuly 23, 20182 min read Apparently Alcatraz tickets are a hot commodity. AppealBlogGiving One parish helps another Development DepartmentJuly 23, 20183 min read Your support for the 2018 Archbishop’s Annual Appeal is making great things possible. Take, for instance, the parishes of St. Joan of Arc and Church of the Annunciation. BlogOpen Window When you discover you aren’t the only people still playing Pokemon Go Rita BuettnerJuly 21, 20183 min read Two years into playing Pokemon Go, my sons and I may not be playing with the same enthusiasm we did when it started. But I’m not so sure. There’s still plenty of excitement there. BlogOpen Window Recovering from vacation, for Pete’s sake, a new iCade, household chores, and the worst sounds in the world (7 Quick Takes) Rita BuettnerJuly 19, 20184 min read Nothing is more fun than taking a vacation week at the beach. But I can’t believe how tired I still am from a vacation that ended a week ago. Baltimore BoomerBlog Cycle of life, interrupted, for bad and then good Paul McMullenJuly 19, 20186 min read It’s been three weeks since a man with a grudge and a rifle shot down the doorway to the Annapolis Capital and murdered five of its employees, among them two colleagues. Every one of those 21 days has been required to process the mysteries of life and what can only be described as survivor’s guilt. CommentaryGuest Commentary Nothing is ‘normal’ after the death of a child Christina M. DelaneyJuly 18, 20184 min read The day after Nick left us, I was sobbing uncontrollably, pacing the floor alone in my living room, when my husband was out. I screamed at God, saying, “How could you take my son? My son!! Why did you take him from me???!!!” BlogOpen Window Cookies for breakfast and sloths for everyone (or what we do on a beach vacation) Rita BuettnerJuly 16, 20183 min read It’s 7:30 a.m. on a morning of our beach vacation. I haven’t even poured my first cup of coffee. And I’m pretty sure I could have used another three hours of sleep. CommentaryGuest Commentary No problem, just opportunity for Spalding group after Haiti mission canceled Rob MedoffJuly 16, 20185 min read The power of a person’s will to do good and to share love with others is something that should never be underestimated. CommentaryThe Catholic Difference The Summer Reading List George WeigelJuly 14, 20184 min read The vacation season is an opportunity to escape TwitterWorld and do some serious reading. These books will help make your summer enjoyable, instructive, or both. BlogOpen Window Toes in the sand and peach cake in my hand or what we did on our family beach vacation (7 Quick Takes) Rita BuettnerJuly 12, 20184 min read You might think that a blogger who is on vacation all week would have time to write a blog almost every day. In fact, I thought that myself. Previous 1 … 188 189 190 … 238 Next