Sofia Bell was recently selected to play in the 2023 McDonald’s All-American Games and had offers from schools like Gonzaga, Notre Dame and Stanford.
March 16, 2023
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: When Botticelli illustrated Dante
With ‘Botticelli’s Secret: The Lost Drawings and the Rediscovery of the Renaissance,’ Joseph Luzzi has written a fascinating narrative that tells the story of the drawings and seeks to revise our understanding of the phenomenon traditionally known as the Renaissance.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: The apostle to Alcoholics Anonymous
In Dawn Eden Goldstein’s biography of the Rev. Ed Dowling, we encounter a remarkable individual whose intellect, enthusiasm and humility helped Alcoholics Anonymous burgeon into a worldwide haven for spiritual growth for those struggling with addiction.
Posted inArts & Culture, Poetry
Finding the divine in anything and everything: A review of the year in poetry
With great poetry God is not only in the details, but in the details of the details.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Seeing the Catholic Church through the eyes of a global news aggregator
Learning a little more about Flipboard got me wondering what kind of vision of the Catholic Church you might find when the audience creating it is from around the world.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
The Irish rebel who wrote ‘the first modern thriller’
Erskine Childers went from being the John le Carré of his day to a convicted war criminal and nationalist martyr.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Pro-life leaders reject South Carolina bill allowing death penalty for women who have abortions
Under the bill, an abortion would be considered homicide, subject to sentences of 30 years in prison or the death penalty.
Posted inFaith, Scripture Reflections
Fellow Catholics: What unites us is much more important than what divides us
A Reflection for Thursday of the Third Week of Lent, by Kevin Clarke
Posted inFaith, News
Catholic faith has plummeted in Ireland. But Dominicans and lay educators see hope for a revival.
Even after decades of Ireland’s rapid societal secularization, clergy and laypeople have cause for optimism about the renewal of the Catholic faith first brought to the Emerald Isle by St. Patrick in 432.
Posted inFaith, News
Polish bishops defend St. John Paul II, form independent commission to get ‘full picture’ on sex abuse record
The bishops of Poland announced they will create a commission of experts to investigate cases of abuse of minors by clergy from the past, including Karol Wojtyla’s archbishopric.