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With the news that the Archdiocese of New York is planning round-the-clock reconciliation to kick off Lent, the New York Times offers this look at how a church in a nearby diocese came to rediscover the sacrament: The day after Msgr. Stephen DiGiovanni was installed in June 1998 as the pastor of St. John the…

After posting Part 1 of “Confession 101,” the good folks at Busted Halo have now put up Part II — which stars Steve Carrell!! No, wait. That’s not Steve Carrell. It’s Fr. Dave Dwyer. (Carrell will play him in the movie version, I’m sure…) Anyway, I found this to be a friendly primer on the…

If you haven’t been in a while, the good folks at Busted Halo are offering this friendly primer. With Lent around the corner, it couldn’t come at a better time. H/T to the sinner in the video, God Googler, Mike Hayes.

Last night, at the 5 p.m. vigil mass, the last woman in line for communion received the host, and then pulled out from her purse a brown paper napkin. “Can I have another?,” she asked. “I want to take it to my husband. He’s sick.” I told her, gently, no, and asked her to see…
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