Can I wear a rosary around my neck?
My knee-jerk response to this was no, because that’s what the good sisters told me in Catholic school thirty years ago. But I did a…
saying the rosary
Buoyed Up By the Rosary
Mary was very perplexing to me before I became a Catholic. She was like some unnamed bird that I could not see and did not…
Beads On Call
August 15 is the feast of the Assumption. According to Catholic tradition, at the end of Mary’s earthly life, she was assumed body and soul…
Mary Was Here
When I was ten, my favorite movie was Mary Poppins. As it begins, British siblings Jane and Michael Banks write an advertisement listing their requirements…