Creative Minority Reader (Free subscription) | 05/01/2009
Hey, if you're looking to kill some time why don't you go over to Amy Welborn's site and read about how she kills her time. It's actually an interesting insight into the twisted mind of one of the best Catholic bloggers...evah.: Everyone has their own way of killing time on the Internet. Mine is related to that ’satiable curiosity. It’s absurd. I don’t do games or timewasters and while I’ve...
Shrine of the Holy Whapping (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
From Amy Welborn, on the temptation to look for " the right kind of Catholic ": In Rome, you might stand or kneel within a church built on the home of an ancient martyr. Perhaps the church contains that martyr’s remains and truly bears the martyr’s memory, which has strengthened the faithful in carrying their own crosses for centuries. But there is a good chance that this same church was built...
Faith and Family Live! (Free subscription) | 24/12/2008
Rachel Balducci: Not all sweetness and light - Several years ago, Amy Welborn wrote a beautiful piece for The National Review Online about “the dark side of Christmas.” Every year, I end up reflecting on that article, reminded of it perhaps in a moment of stress or pre-Christmas fatigue, or possibly by a nudge of the Holy Spirit. Do go read it. It’s wonderful. Here’s the money shot: Glad tidings...
Creative Minority Reader (Free subscription) | 12/12/2008
Cardinal Avery Dulles, who grew up in a famous American family, converted to Catholicism while at Harvard, and went on to become one of the leading theologians of our time died today at 90 years old. Amy Welborn has newsreel footage of his 1956 ordination in New York... Continue reading> > >
internetmonk.com (Free subscription) | 13/12/2008
Media ignorance of the Bible. The “Incomplete” Merton. Aren’t Evangelicals All About “Self-Feeding?” (I think this was one of my best podcasts.) Our sponsors are: New Reformation Press. Order your copy of the Treasury of Daily Prayer from NRP. And do it soon. Zaccheus Press- Fine Catholic Books, including Priestblock 25487. Amy Welborn on Merton Carl Olson on Avery [...]
Theology of the Body (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
Having spent yesterday explaining to my little brothers about the importance of attending Mass on a civic holiday inaugurated by the good Pilgrims, and having done a quick survey of the blogs on friends' Thanksgiving celebrations, I have to say that may favorite is Amy Welborn's lovely little story of Thanksgiving Day in Rome- here .
