Not to be outdone by the Democratic Conventioneers who have asked Sister Catherine Pinkerton to lead them in nbsp prayer nbsp the Republican National Committee announced this today Father Edward A Reese S J president of Brophy Prep in Phoenix will give the opening invocation at the Republica

Only if you use too much incense nbsp More specifically from the sounds of this new study only if after returning home from nbsp Mass you are in the practice of incensing your apartment all day nbsp See the article on the newly discovered nbsp link between incense and cancer here nbsp n

Thanks to Greg Kandra over at The Deacon s Bench Greg is a deacon as well as a husband and ardent mediaphile who pointed out nbsp an profile in The Cleveland Plain Dealer of Sister Catherine Pinkerton of the Congregation of St Joseph nbsp nbsp The 86-year-old sister nbsp has been chosen to

Grant Gallicho nbsp at Dotcommonweal has been doing an excellent job nbsp tracking the latest developments nbsp in the Archdiocese of Chicago here and now in the Diocese of Belleville here nbsp Though you ll be appalled nbsp it s essential reading nonetheless and shows that the sexual abuse

Do you read Busted Halo nbsp You should nbsp The online magazine for seekers in their 20s and 30s is one of the best spirituality websites around nbsp Consistently interesting thoughtful and very often witty it s the perfect place for the collegiate post-college and even poster-colle

In the Improbable Comparisons Department check out this lighthearted--but entirely accurate--look in TimeOut New York a local arts and events magazine at the upcoming seminar on Dorothy Day at the Museum of the City of New York next week nbsp Next up How is Thomas Merton like the Hulk nbsp

Cindy Wooden of CNS has the story nbsp Pope Benedict XVI has approved the beatification of Louis and Marie Zelie Guerin Martin the parents of St Therese of Lisieux nbsp The couple will be beatified Oct 19 World Mission Sunday during a Mass in the Basilica of St Therese in Lisieux France

My nbsp favorite new TV show other than Monster Quest nbsp is AMC s clever series on corporate America circa 1960 Mad Men nbsp Originally I was nbsp fascinated by nbsp the show s unabashed verisimilitude to begin with everyone smokes constantly nbsp at home at parties in restau

The U S Conference of Catholic Bishops has released the Vatican-approved new translation of the Mass after years of research debate and controversy nbsp The new translation now available on their website means that both priests and parishioners will soon find that the most familiar part of Ca

Here s an unusually perceptive article on the fifth anniversary of Cardinal Sean O Malley s installation as archbishop of Boston something that I would consider in the wake of Cardinal Law s departure an almost impossible job nbsp Michael Paulson at the Boston Globe does nbsp his usual