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Kevin from Ohiol sends along two photos that brought the importance of small moments to mind: In the amber gloom of an almost-empty St. Stanislaus Roman Catholic Church in Cleveland’s Slavic Village, the slightest noise reverberates up into the shadowy heights of the tall Gothic ceiling. Carol Oden’s face lights up as Bishop Roger Gries…

From Christianity Today: For Conservative Christian groups, this year’s hot gift is a weapon for fighting back in the "War on Christmas," be it a button, a bumper sticker or a memo with advice to the troops. The Mississippi-based American Family Association says it has sold more than 500,000 buttons and 125,000 bumper stickers bearing…

…from Brandon in the comments below. The joy of the world as God created it is that not only do the little things point to and affect the big things, but even the littlest thing has a value that the Lord does not miss in his count of all things. Only a God-made-infant could arrange…

Oh, such a little thing. Well, life is made up of little things, isn’t it? The tone in which you greet the people you say you love, even when you don’t feel loving. The care with which you prepare a meal. LIttle things point to big ideas and embody them. So…what’s up with the purification…

More on the canonization progress announced earlier this week: By Benedict XVI’s decision the Church will soon canonize four more saints and proclaim 78 new blessed. On Saturday, in a private audience to Cardinal José Saraiva Martins, prefect of the Congregation for Saints’ Causes, the Pope authorized the promulgation of decrees of recognition of the…

This past Sunday, during the Angleus, Pope Benedict drew attention to the plight of refugees, particularly Iraqi refugees in Syria. Today AsiaNews runs a story about such refugees, reporting from Syria, Turkey and Jordan: UNHCR said there are around 500,000 Iraqi refugees in Jordan and in recent months the daily influx has reached 1000. In…

The American bishop of a Bolivian vicarate reflects on the challenges of his ministry, and the profound needs of the people whom he serves. For Bishop Morgan Casey, pastoral visits can mean long hours bouncing over rutted dirt roads or chugging along a muddy river on a motorboat to one of more than 300 tiny…

It was announced that Bishop Ryan of Monterey has resigned because of the age limit, and Bishop Robert Garcia, auxiliary of Sacramento,  was named to replace him. Born in 1947, studied at St. Patrick’s Seminary in Menlo Park, ordained in 1973. In the early 1980’s, he was incardinated into the newly created Diocese of San…

1) When you turn your back and hear "FROW! BALL" (Smash) – you realize that you should have remembered that 6 months of more or less constant ball-throwing would not be forgotten once the Christmas tree was decorated. 2) When you take out a couple of teeny-tiny stockings that are used as Christmas ornaments, you…

From the Boston Globe: Many folks do big, special things in observance of the Christmas season, but not the Little Brothers of St. Francis. The aim of their tiny, one-of-a-kind fraternity is to bring friendship and humanity to Boston’s lonely, shunned street people year-round. They have never sought publicity and today, 36 years after the…
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