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Why Do You Love Me?: A Movie Review of "A Time to Remember"
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI Ruben Gomez stars as Angelo Villano, an Italian-American boy in the 1950’s who dreams of being a singer like his idol, Mario Lanza.
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Misleading Labels: Pope Francis and the Political Quandary
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI Perhaps in the broad sociological sphere, conservatism and liberalism are not so much at odds as inextricably intertwined.
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Mary’s Carol
BY AMANDA PIZZOLATTO Oh blessed Mary, my Mother dear! How I love you so! Please be my Mother while I’m here.
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Yule Light: Frodo’s First Winter in the West
BY ANNE MARIE GAZZOLO “Are you taking Elanor out in your arms and showing her the stars and telling her the names of them all?”
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Hobbit Home?: A Lord of the Rings Poem
BY DONNA FERGUSON DUDLEY Moss covered home, formed from a tree, with door and windows three, set my mind to wondering, “Just whose home could this be?”
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The Twelve Days of Christmas: Seemingly Secular, Actually Catholic!
BY EMILY GEERLING With a little allegorical digging, the seemingly secular carol ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas’ may well be full of hidden Catholic truths.
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Mystical Waters
BY TIMOTHY MATHER I am the gentle caress of the spring rain, I am the reflection of a pond, I am the ebb and flow of the tide revealing hidden treasures.
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The Immaculate Conception
BY ELLEN VIRGINIA Queen of Virgins, pray for us! Thy purity gives God great praise; On earth, thou lived for Him alone.
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Love’s Triumph
BY DONNA FERGUSON DUDLEY The Princess rushed into the wood, still hoping that she could outrun the burden of a marriage forced.
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Celtic Advent
BY TIMOTHY MATHER As we light the candle of hospitality in our windows, may we welcome the child of rebirth into our lives.
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The Diamond of England: The Mission and Martyrdom of St. Edmund Campion
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI This was a saint with sparkle; this was a man with know-how; this was the cream of Catholic England.
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Those Eyes
BY PHOENIX A butterfly’s soft breath or fox-step light as death were on a face, so I could not say no.
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Harvest Thanksgiving: A Trans-Atlantic Tradition
BY JOANNA BOGLE “Do you celebrate Thanksgiving in England?” a young American asked me at a suburban High School in Ohio.
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Rosary Mysteries
BY AMANDA PIZZOLATTO Oh glorious Queen robed in white! Go meet your Son wreathed in light! The angels rejoice for He has risen.
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Champion of Liberty and Son of Freedom: The Life of Thaddeus Kosciuszko
BY DAVID HAMBURGER Kosciusko gained renown amongst Americans and those in his homeland as a selfless champion of freedom.
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Every Word So Employed: George MacDonald and the Theological Imagination
BY MATTHEW JAMES ROBERTS This representation of truths through metaphors reveals afresh the bridge between our sensory and rational faculties.
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On Fairy Tales: A Rhapsody of Themes from G.K. Chesterton and J.R.R. Tolkien
JEF MURRAY As a Catholic artist and storyteller, what interests me most are those things that help us all to make sense of the world around us.
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Melting Clock
BY RACHEL LIANNA HOLLAND Tick-Tock. Tick-Tock. The clock is melting off the shelf. Tick. Drop by drop, it forms a muddy black and white pool on the shelf below.