- Catholic Spirituality, Catholics Do What?, Evangelization, feast days, Italy pilgrimage, liturgical living
Defend us in battle
Today is Michaelmas, the feast of St. Michael, the archangel, and actually of the rest of the archangels, too. I’m not building my kids a satan piñata to smash or baking anything with blackberries, but those are…
A few recollections + the ups and downs of leaving your treasure at home
Well, we’re back. Mostly. Our largest suitcase is still globetrotting, along with all our souvenirs, Dave’s suit, and my favorite new pair of jeans. (and the rest of my decidedly lackluster but nonetheless nice to have around wardrobe,…
“Pray, hope, and don’t worry” (it’s Padre Pio’s feast day)
Today, the 23rd of September, is the feast of the beloved Padre Pio. In a happy coincidence of internet unreliability, I couldn’t blog about it until today, his actual feast day, even though we left Petrelcina, Piana…