Sara Weinraub introduces us to the lovely book THE DAY-TO-DAY LIFE OF ALBERT HASTINGS http://weatherspoon.wordpress.com/2009/03/09/ I’m charmed by many of the books Princeton Architectural Press publishes. A recent PAP favorite is The Day-to-Day Life of Albert Hastings. Photographer Kaylynn Devene...

You’ll want to read neo-neocon today. She’s got quotes by Lenin and thoughts on Dostoevsky and yes, it’s all relevant, relevant, relevant. The quotes from Lenin are chilling and you will be able to relate all of them to what is happening in America, today, even though President Oba...

Last time we reflected upon the issue of controlling the appetite for food, and the way in which St. John Cassian saw it as a door either to be closed or opened to other sins.   Before we continue You might find it interesting to know that St. John’s eight devices served as the basis for the...

Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Recently, because my son Noah has been diagnosed with Hodgkins’ lymphoma, a cancer of the lymph system, I’ve been thinking a lot about what cancer is and what it means to live in a world where cancer abounds. Put simply, cancer can be described as rebellion at...

On February 14, a Passionist Nun from St. Joseph’s Monastery posted their first news and photos of the January 27 ice storm which - though barely mentioned in the press, or by the steak-eating, super-bowl-watching president - claimed over 50 lives and (as of the 14th when the nun was writing) ...

Folks, this according to the Catholic News Agency: Vatican City, Feb 16, 2009 / 02:11 pm ( CNA ).- Today the Vatican announced that it will recognize 10 blesseds as saints on February 21 in a ceremony at the Vatican. Among the soon-to-be canonized is Bl. Damian de Veuster, a Belgian missionary who s...

Some notes from the introduction to School(s) for Conversion: 12 Marks of New Monasticism. New Monasticism (NM):- is a form of living that heals brokenness- liberates us from “the powers of this dark age” (Eph. 5)- provides a space to practice the way of Christ- practitioners have partia...

I'd like to point you to a new blog I am reading. A Dirty Shame is a well written blog by a man too gentle to live among wolves. His writing gripps you as you read. Here is today's offering on Saint Blase Saint for a Day A good friend reminded me that today is Saint Blase day. I kid you not....

Got an email from someone today wondering why I did not write about Candlemas. Feb 2 is actually one of my very favorite feast days, the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, (if I’d ever become a nun I’d have been Sr. Mary Whatever of the Presentation of the Christ) and I would write s...

This post first appeared in 2007. I am reposting it with some changes because the entire full length movie is now available on YouTube in 12 parts with English subtitles. The first two parts are available at the bottom of the post to get you started. It is well worth your time. I've been a movie fan...