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Calling Guest Bloggers!

Over the summer, we were thinking and talking about the future of the blog, and this is one of the outcomes of that conversation. If you have a passion for writing and a story to tell about your...

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Mary Mary Quite Contrary

By Felicia Schneiderhan A year and a half ago my husband Mark and I bought our first house. The previous owners had beautiful gardens, but in two years of vacancy, things had gotten out of hand. The...

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Hope for Change

I am guilty of being a hope-filled optimist. I like movies with happy endings. I cheer whole-heartedly for my team, even when I know there are slim odds they will win. At mass, I like to sing uplifting...

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The Swinging Friar

by Rebecca Curtin It’s fall, and baseball season is coming to a close. It’s bittersweet saying goodbye to the “Boys of Summer,” and it’s tempting to be caught up in the excitement of a new football...

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For Your Consideration

This Sunday we won’t have a blog post on the readings, but we do have a couple links for ya. One is the USCCB website, which has the readings of the day for every day of the liturgical year, including...

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Soft Hearts

by Angela Batie Carlin My, the readings feel dismal today. But, I suppose some people would call the life of the Church dismal these days. With each new news story – from parishes closing their doors...

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Perfect

Felicia Schneiderhan My first thought always when hearing today’s Gospel is “Good, I don’t have to be perfect.” See, I have this perfectionism thing going. My spiritual advisor reminds me that my...

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One Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church

By Rebecca Curtin We believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible. And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the only-begotten,...

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Continuing the Story….

As we reflect back on the past four years, we are incredibly grateful for the people who have supported this work–those who believed in our idea before it had a publisher, those who had enough faith in...

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Write your service experience

News from a new memoir collection project: Seeds of Service. Here’s their introduction: Have you committed a year or more to post-graduate service in the United States? Do you have reflections to share...

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