Celebrate Ascension the Hallowed Home Way
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…
Celebrate Divine Mercy Sunday the Hallowed Home Way
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…
York, England Travelogue
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…
Observe Passiontide the Hallowed Home Way
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…
The Vatican Nativity Exhibition and St. Peter’s Square {#5 in the series}
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…
A DIFFERENT KIND OF PILGRIMAGE: FLORIDA’S PEPPER RANCH PRESERVE SUNFLOWER EVENT
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…
Pilgrim Tales Anthology: Our Stories
We, John and Laura, both have stories in the new fiction book, Pilgrim Tales: the inaugural anthology by the Catholic Writers Guild (CWG). The other ten authors in the anthology…
Celebrate St. Joseph’s Day the Hallowed Home Way
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,…
Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Shrine in NYC Is Closed to the Public
Requiem Mass held in honor of Alex Klucik. We headed to NYC to attend a Requiem Mass for the repose of the soul of Laura’s nephew and godson, Alex Klucik.…
An Eastern Sicily Pilgrimage: From Mount Etna to Godfather Movie Sites {#4 in the series}
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…
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