Reading Catholic

Lent is next week, and even though I've been allegedly "looking ahead" since right after Christmas, but I feel ill-prepared an...

I'm so delighted to feature a delightful young woman of my acquaintance--Katie Bogner--as this month's Reader.  I got to know her a ...

No, I'm not starting a new blog series of Jane Austen Monday, though I would dearly love to.  I just wanted to share some links before t...

Today is the 40th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade , the 1973 Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion throughout pregnancy.  It's a sad...

Well, I jumped the gun a little by doing my traditional new year's post several days back, so I'm going to re-post here as my ...

Year's end is a great time to take stock of the past calendar year and make some new-year resolutions. Faith at "Strewing"an...

This post was inspired by two of my (four) sisters. One sister has a daughter with a Kindle and is always looking for something new to rea...

Did you know that some families have a tradition of giving books on Epiphany instead of Christmas? I sincerely  hope  families still have ...

I was so grateful when  Bonnie Engstrom of "A Knotted Life"  (as part of her Advent series) asked me to write about Advent traditi...

Here are the questions I ask and answer on the first of each month.  The questions, as always, are: first, what are you reading? what do...

I'm excited to share that I've been invited to be part of the Advent series hosted by Bonnie at A Knotted Life.    Kicking off the ...

Truth be told, I’m not. I usually dig out the Advent wreath well after Thanksgiving and the start of Advent, and we don’t light it every day...

Here are my "Little Flower" answers to the four questions I ask on the first of each month: first, what are you reading? what d...

I'm delighted this month to feature a young mother I know in real life as a friend, an insightful writer and influential young leader i...

Here are my answers to the four questions I ask on the first of each month: first, what are you reading? what do you like best about it? ...

Well, I still have the badge on the blog saying that "I'll be there!" to the Catholic New Media Conference in Dallas this week...

No, it’s not an interview that is 11 years old.  I actually mean that my 11-year-old daughter, Giuliana , here interviews author Daniel Mc...