"Celebrate Pentecost at home with joy and meaning! Discover the powerful story of the Holy Spirit’s descent, the reversal of Babel, and inviting Hallowed Home traditions: kite flying, a multilingual birthday cake for the Church, saint stories around the bonfire, special recipes, and more. Come, Holy Spirit!"
Gustave Dore’s Ascension. (Source: Creative Commons.) Ascension is the Answer Flashing back to a spring many moons ago–dear readers, I was in my TWENTIES (!)--a friend asked me, a fellow…
Mercy on my Bookshelf St. Faustina’s diary is a thick book. If you’ve not seen it, it’s 700-pages-of-tiny-font kind of thick. I tried to read it. But mostly I stared…
No (Free) Lunch On the first Saturday in January, we began with a hotel breakfast before catching the train to York. One hates to waste paid-for food. We sat next…
Our covered home crucifix. Walking into our petite parish on Passion Sunday I did a subtle double take and felt a half smile come to my lips as I saw…
Ciao and Buon Natale! Merry Christmas from Roma! {#5 in the series} Dear Reader, This is #5 in our series of travelogues all around Italy, the UK, and Ireland from…
I love sunflowers. There is something about their grand size, their vivid yellowness, and of course their sun searching. In Italian, the flower’s name is girasole—literally “sun turner.” No matter…
Our St. Joseph Altar or Table. How to Celebrate St. Joseph’s Day the Hallowed Home Way “Tupa, tupa.” (Knock, knock.) No, it’s not the start of that old child’s joke,…
La Rocca, The Godfather, and “The Etna!” {#4 in the series} Dear Reader, This is #4 in our series of travelogues all around Italy, the UK, and Ireland from October…
Mosaics, a Market, Marsala, Monasteries, Miei Cugini and Martorana – from Sicily with Love Dear Reader, This is #3 in our series of travelogues all around Italy, the UK, and…