The Appeal of Fulton Sheen
I like Pat McNamara’s look into the background of Ven. Fulton Sheen: Growing up on an Illinois farm, a neighbor had told his father: “Newt, that oldest boy of yours, Fulton, will never be worth a damn....
View ArticleLisa Hendey, making me look good
August and September were unusually busy months — they flew by in a blur — and for that reason I wasn’t able to really clue in to what Brandon Vogt had in mind when he started a generous project meant...
View ArticleTwitter Advice for the Pope and What to Ask Him?
So, two days ago the Vatican announced the Pope’s new Twitter handle and relative hashtags. Since then, Pope Benedict XVI has amassed about half a million English-speaking followers (he will tweet in 8...
View Article“Minor Revisions” Reality TV goes Young and Catholic
Alright, I have to say it: I am not a fan of reality tv shows — all that splicing, all that talking to the camera while driving. Last night I stumbled into the den where the kids were watching some...
View ArticleDigital Field of the Lord: Hoeing the Rows, for the Seeds
In my my first reaction to Benedict’s announcement yesterday, I wrote: Listening to some of the inanities coming out of the mouths of cable news anchors, and noting the way they are quickly,...
View ArticleTalking “Strange Gods” with Brandon Vogt
One of my favorite people on the planet is Brandon Vogt, a young man of considerable energy and imagination, but also great faith and astounding generosity. No one could have faulted him, had he sought...
View ArticleInterviewing Brandon Vogt on Catholicism: New Evangelization
When, in 2011, Father Robert Barron’s Word on Fire Ministries released the first part of its “Catholicism Project”, the book-and-video series Catholicism, a Journey to the Heart of Faith, I called it...
View ArticleBooks in the Mail! Books Over the Air! – UPDATED
When I started blogging, I used to watch Instapundit make note of books he’d received in the mail, (even, eventually, making note of mine!) and I would be so jealous, thinking, “I want that! I want...
View ArticleSocial Justice and Mercy: “Two Threads of the Same Helix”
All it takes to sustain a culture war is a few select voices shouting in ideological indignation and people who are willing to label themselves “left” or “right” and then fall in line. In the 21st...
View Article
