Hi, Friends. I’ll be chatting with Teresa Tomeo about the spirituality of womanhood and my upcoming appearance at the San Antonio Catholic Women’s Conference tomorrow, Thursday, August 23 at 8:39am CST. You can tune in live or listen to the podcast later at this link: http://avemariaradio.net/christian-radio-host.php/Teresa-Tomeo/
My spiritual director once pointed out to me that, since the folks in heaven don’t really need anything, it would make sense that they would give rather than expect gifts on special days like holidays and birthdays. Since our Blessed Mother Mary loves us purely and without bounds, wouldn’t that Read more
Exciting news! I’ve been nominated for the top 100 Catholic speakers list for “Catholic Speaker Month” in September. This is a wonderful opportunity for me and so many other Catholic speakers to showcase our talents. Won’t you please go to http://brandonvogt.com/scsmvoting/ and cast your vote for your 15 favorite Catholic speakers? Of course, Read more
Everyone needs some quiet time now and then to step back, reassess, and reinvigorate. Now it’s my turn. I’ll be stepping back for about ten days from Internet, email, and phone, and that includes this blog. Not to worry: I’m sure that I’ll have plenty of great new items and Read more
Sunday, August 5 was the date of our first annual parish picnic; little did we know that it would be a date marked on calendars for another reason. As we gathered to begin the 11:00 a.m. Liturgy, an ambulance raced down the street past the park. I’m sure most of Read more
We can’t physically raise our loved ones from the dead as Jesus did his friend, Lazarus. However, we can raise them spiritually by keeping alive their memories and all that they’ve meant to us. That’s what Linda Thornley did when she found a batch of letters sent home during WWII Read more
Just a friendly reminder that today is Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day, and throughout our nation citizens are patronizing the fast food chain in support of Chick-fil-A’s founder S. Truett Cathy, who has held his ground on traditional marriage and family values. Chick-fil-A president and COO Dan Cathy (son of S. Truett Cathy) explained Read more