Monthly Archive: December 2013

Creating Home with Tradition in Mind

Our Lady of Guadalupe “A pleasant retreat in all seasons.”  Socrates advocated passive solar architecture design and even taught a class on it, according to this Mother Earth News article.  Classic. Want to experiment...

All Francis Friday

St. Nicholas of Myra The Vatican II Church as entertainment.  Rorate sums up the latest scandal involving one of Francis’ advisers in a post titled, “Beyond Belief: A Neoconservative Reality Show.”  If you want...

O Lord, Make Haste to Help Me

The Winnipeg Free Press reports on how a Nigerian man, trapped in an air pocket of a sunken tug boat, called on the Lord and was rescued, in this article, “Miracle in the Atlantic...

A Living Crib

St. Peter Chrysologus Don’t mix the false with the true.  Finer Femininity shares an excerpt from Christ in the Home, which gives guidance for parents on how to present the Christmas story to their...

To Take Care of Each Other

St. Francis Xavier In this poignant essay for CNN, Kerry Egan, a hospice “chaplain”, reveals the truth about those everyday people who care for their dying family members. Kinfolk is a magazine that promotes...