Let rsquo s drink to the new saint nbsp nbsp How are the Jesuits celebrating the October 17th canonization of nbsp soon to be Saint Mary MacKillop nbsp nbsp In addition to coverage in Eureka Street and an editorial in America magazine 18 October nbsp the following new item from the Norther

Today is the Feast of Blessed John XXIII the beloved Papa Roncalli nbsp Here is a reflection on his life from My Life with the Saints Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli was the third of thirteen children born in 1881 into the Roncalli family who were poor farmers in the town of Sotto il Monte near B

Last night I finally saw David Fincher s highly touted new film The Social Network and nbsp it s extraordinary nbsp I ve always been a fan of Fincher director of Fight Club The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and one of the great overlooked movies of the last ten years Zodiac nbsp nb

Today October 9 for the first time nbsp nbsp we can celebrate the optional feast of nbsp BLESSED nbsp John Henry Cardinal Newman 21 February 1801 nbsp ndash 11 August 1890 nbsp nbsp He converted to Catholicisim on this day in 1845 nbsp Prolific writer and possibly future Doctor of the

The night train glided over the Mississippi River from Wisconsin into Minnesota and as usual it was running late I hoped a cab was waiting for me for the final 40 miles of the journey but when I had made my reservation the clerk told me the cab would not wait if the train was more than a little

You will recall that presidential candidate Barack Obama once in famously said ldquo Ronald Reagan changed the trajectory of America in a way that Richard Nixon did not and in a way that Bill Clinton did not rdquo The response was predictable liberals were furious conservatives were nauseous a