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Pascal’s Wager: The Man Who Played Dice With God by James A. Connor is a short, popular biography of, well…Blaise Pascal. Connor is the author of a previous book on Kepler, and teaches at Kean University in New Jersey. Connor is an English professor and a former Jesuit and you can tell. How? First, this…

Another one, with a two-hour delay already announced for tomorrow. What I’m waiting to see is if any of this will impact what was to be a long weekend coming up  – the Catholic schools have a 4-day weekend scheduled, with Friday being some sort of Catholic school teachers’ in-service and Monday Presidents’ Day, of…

A new Catholic press for children is a-borning and looking for writers!

…if you live in the Diocese of Orlando, are you donating your treasure for the sake of rebuilding buildings for the Church of God? Just wondering.

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Today, the Pope continued his Wednesday catechesis on early disciples of the Lord, today turning to women: The role of women in the history of the Church was the theme chosen by Benedict XVI for his catechesis at today’s general audience, which was held in the Paul VI Hall in the presence of 20,000 people.…

Got ourselves a "level 2" emergency here, as in, they’ll give you a ticket if you’re out on the road. Well, now…that’s a first. For me, at least. Even though the volume of snow here isn’t at Upstate NY levels, it’s blowing hard and drifting. No school today, it goes without saying. Therefore, there is…

There’s still time to head to Auburn, Alabama to their wonderful (I hear) Sacred Music Workshop, sponsored by St. Michael’s Church. The schedule: FRIDAY, February 16, 2007 1:00pm Welcome and Registration 2:00pm Polyphony Workshop, Scott Turkington Director 3:00pm Coffee and Break 3:15pm Polyphony Workshop5:00pm Reception with Scott Turkington 6:00pm Dinner on your own SATURDAY, February…

And the Pope’s message for Lent has been released: Focused on the theme “They will look on the one whom they have pierced” (Jn 19:37), the document highlights how God’s love is both “agape” – “the oblative love of he who seeks exclusively the good of the other” – and “eros” – “the love of…

At First Things, Michael Linton has a very thoughtful assessment of Alexandra Pelosi’s HBO program on evangelicals: We scoff at Shirley MacLaine running into the surf and joyfully shouting “I am God, I am God!” But when Haggard boasts about our great sex, and Falwell crows about our political power, as we sway like Dervishes…
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