George Carlin’s Last Words
When George Carlin died in 2008 at the age of 71, American comedy lost one of the sharpest and truest voices it had ever known.…
read moreLiving and Dying with Tuck Everlasting
For Kathleen Erin Daly The outside cover of Natalie Babbit’s 1975 novel Tuck Everlasting poses just one question — what would you do if you…
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Renewing the Spirit: A Catholic Guide to Overcoming Career Burnout
As the holiday season draws nearer, so do my responsibilities as a mother and college professor. Meeting work deadlines, traveling for business, attending committee meetings,…
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Community Service: How You Can Act on Catholic Social Teaching Every Day
During my many years of volunteer service (primarily in hunger relief organizations), I’ve witnessed a frustrating phenomenon. While people (admirably) tend to focus on opportunities…
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Bless Us, Oh Lord, for These Thy Gifts: The Holiness of Mealtimes
A few years ago, I was asked to sit on an alumnae panel at my high school to talk about life in college and beyond.…
read moreFamily Goy
A ventriloquist’s cartoonish dummy can vocalize insults that would earn the ventriloquist himself a punch in the nose. In much the same way, on “harmless…
read moreFaithful Departed — Roy E. Disney
Did any among us not grow up with Disney? Children of the 40s marked their years with Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, Fantasia,…
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