Blog
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The Real McCoy: Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin Novels
BY IAN KOSCO They illustrate what is most important for a man, and for a society, when faced with the dangers and challenges that will surely come.
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A Band for All Seasons: Switchfoot Review
BY CLARE-THERESE Switchfoot is a band for deep thinkers. They’re a band for all seasons – a band of powerful songs.
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Ten Interesting Facts I’ve Learned While Studying Astronomy
BY EMILY GEERLING I’ve always thought of the sky, outer space in particular, as a scary place where there are things so big it makes your brain hurt.
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Love Hurts: A My Fair Lady Story
BY EMILY RADENMACHER “For the record, Eliza, I did show some emotions, but you didn’t see them because I expressed them somewhere else.”
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Our Lady of Britannia
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI Thou stood on Newgate Arch and graced Pendragon’s shield; Cardigan bore they taper, and Walsingham thy seal.
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Faith, Trust, and Pixie Dust: Living a Fairy Tale Every Day
BY ALEXANDRA JEZIERSKI There is something gripping about fairy tales. As we read them, we are enthralled, captivated, enchanted.
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A Quirkish Contradiction: An Exploration of the British Constitution
BY O’NEILL Since, unlike the US, we lack a codified constitution, our Parliament may pass any darn legislation it wishes.
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A Promise Lives: The Musical Moods of Middle-Earth
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI The musical score behind Sir Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings film trilogy is intricately crafted to match the proportions of the epic tale.
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Papal Factoids
BY BYRNWIGA The great deal of discussion surrounding the resignation of His Holiness Benedict XVI has led to observations of clerical dress.
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It Begins with Light: A Londoner’s Conversion to Catholicism
BY WYNDYSASCHA Catholic Christianity is a practical, lived thing; one can know all about the Faith and not be a Christian.
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Victoria Crucis (The Victory of the Cross)
BY EMERALD You thought we were yours, didn’t you, Satan? But Christ came. He freed us from your chains.
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A Glimpse of Reality: An Analysis of Alfred Lord Tennyson’s “The Lady of Shalott”
BY MEREDITH JOY HINKS Is an artist forced to choose between love and art? This is the question which Tennyson aims at us, using the Lady as his prop.
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Springtime Floral Photos
BY EMILY GEERLING Here’s my latest batch of floral photography – some of the best shots of flowers I’ve ever taken!
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The Tenth of April
BY MARIE JEANETTE Torn by the wind, in the wind they are breaking. The balance of mirrors so serene, so severe.
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God’s Humble Instrument
BY ELLEN VIRGINIA “I think the first thing I’ll see will be the angels, happy angels with bright, shiny wings.”