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The Deacon's Bench
Worth a thousand words
By
deacon greg kandra
Outside Rockefeller Center, New York City. November 5, 2007. Photo: by Stan Honda/Getty Images
I’m full of fudge — and chutzpah
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
Lo and behold, I return from a four-day retreat with Trappist monks — four days spent blissfully chanting the psalms at four in the morning, conversing with geese, napping at mid-day, and devouring brandy-laced fudge at dinner — when what do I find in my e-mailbox but a cheerful note from my favorite blogger in…
Praying for the geeks: a nun who blogs
By
deacon greg kandra
What’s it like to have a 15th century job in the 21st century? This plugged-in nun knows — and San Francisco’s David Ian Miller decided to toss a few questions her way. His interview: Her cell phone has a custom ring tone. She frequents the Internet’s most popular social networking sites. She gets jittery when…
Not everyone loved “Bella”
By
deacon greg kandra
While so much of the Catholic press has been cooing over the new movie “Bella” — produced by a devout Catholic (and co-producer of Mel Gibson’s “Passion”) and carrying an explicit pro-life message — not everyone has been enraptured. Some film critics have been decidedly cool to it. And now a respected Catholic screenwriter and…
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