We’re off on a family vacation, but I thought I’d go ahead and post some photos now, knowing that once we get home I’ll be less likely to get to it. Yesterday we drove up to Maine, where Dom’s mother and sister live, but...
Today was the feast of a saint I’d never heard of before. I found her biography after Bella asked me about today’s saints. St. Alphonsa of the Immaculate Conception (1910-1946) is the first saint from India. Canonized in 2008, she was...
So seven blog posts in seven days wasn’t really much of a challenge to me right now. I had more than enough material to blog when I set my mind to it. In fact, many days I did two posts. Could I sustain it over the long haul and would I want...
1. Shakespeare and Computers? They Go Way Back The “digital humanities” calls to mind slick hypertext versions of Hamlet and Google Scholar, but the article explains that the pursuit actually originated in 1949. Then, Father Robert Busa...
This morning we had a missionary priest visiting, a Marist Father from New Zealand who has been serving in the missions in Peru and Venezuela for the past thirty years. Now I love missionaries, but sometimes they can be a bit lackluster. This Father...
Four Quick Takes in Pictures
Miss Lucy and the notebook She is now a sitting up girl. She very seldom topples anymore. Usually when she does it’s a sign she needs her diaper changed. She’s still as smiley as ever. Loves to laugh and play peek-a-boo. Loves to eat my...
We are now the proud owners of an 8 man tent, which Ben keeps calling a “camp.” Dom set it up in the back yard this afternoon. And promptly four children decided they wanted to camp out tonight. Four children tucked in with new sleeping...
(Photo credit: George Martell/Pilot New Media) Available for use under a Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivatives license.) George Martell of Pilot New Media is traveling with the pilgrims to send back photos, YouTube videos, social media...
(Photo credit: George Martell/Pilot New Media) Available for use under a Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivatives license. This talk just blows me away. Here are a few excerpts: The New Evangelization is about being a missionary at home in a...