You won’t believe what I did.Ten years ago I signed up for—brace yourself—an online Catholic singles dating site.It was something I had never thought I’d do. I always assumed I’d meet the man I would marry through work or through a friend, perhaps in college or at a party orRead More

Many months ago when we were reading Clam I Am!: All About the Beach, we came to a page where Thing 1 and Thing 2 were making pictures by dropping sand onto pieces of paper. Daniel loved that idea. It became his favorite page in the book, and he talkedRead More

One of the challenges of writing my Catholic Review column is that it is published every other week. Events that have yet transpired as I’m writing may have already happened by the time you read this column. As an old cartoon character used to say, “What a revoltin’ development!”Read More

Every summer when we go to the beach, we bring along a cheap kite, and John skillfully puts it into the sky.There are always kite flyers who have cooler, more expensive kites. I even heard this year that you can buy a kite with LED lights on it, designed toRead More

UPDATED: The bell tower of the Chapel of the Immaculate Conception at Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg was struck by lightning July 19, which resulted in a fire.Read More

This was our third summer renting the same beach house for our family vacation. So when we were moving into the house last Saturday, I wasn’t expecting any surprises.I headed into the bedroom John and I would be sharing and looked at the beds. If I moved them just aRead More

Is there any doubt that we are creatures of anxiety? This weekend's Gospel reading from Luke finds Martha and Mary greeting Jesus for a visit. We know the story. Martha rushes around preparing food and drink to serve Jesus, while her sister Mary seemingly does nothing, sitting at the feet of Jesus andRead More

we’re inviting you – faithful foodies – to an experience of the Holy Land. “Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.”Read More