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Meditating on the swift passage of time…. Note to grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins: Joseph thanks you very much for Michael’s presents…

(and Greek) Trying to give some encouragement: So, in a bid to stem the decline, on Oct. 30 the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences launched a competition for journalists. An award will be given to the journalist who best shows an appreciation for Latin and Greek, demonstrates their relevance to Europe ’s “cultural and scientific” development,…

A nice note from a reader and pray-er of Michael’s Church’s Most Powerful Novenas book, which has, incidentally, been reissued in a new edition that’s in more of that prayer book format, with a leatherette cover, etc. It’s not here yet – it’s apparently on a slow boat from China at the moment. Seriously.

Over the past few days, in Erie, a canonical trial of a prominent New York priest has been conducted. A NYtimes article: Mr. Donohue, 42, is the accusing witness in the church trial of Monsignor Kavanagh, the most prominent priest in the archdiocese named in the sexual abuse scandal and the only priest from the…

Andrea Jaeger! Twenty-five years ago, Andrea Jaeger was the brat of the women’s tennis tour. While rising to No. 2 in the world, she tells PEOPLE she sometimes screamed at linesmen and was standoffish to competitors. Cut to the present: The former tennis star, surrounded by a gaggle of young cancer survivors, strolls the halls…

The 10:30 Mass at St. Peter’s this morning was Mozart’s Coronation Mass – Cardinal Christoph Schönborn celebrated. I thought I read somewhere that the Pope would deliver a short address at the end of Mass, but I’m not sure if that happened or not. (He will definitely be saying something on Wednesday, when he visits…

From earlier today: The day for those who pray (Pro orantibus), which is celebrated on 21 November, the commemoration of the Presentation of Mary in the Temple, is traditionally dedicated to remembering cloistered religious communities. The value of this day and of cloistered life itself were at the heart of the reflection of Benedict XVI…

Last night, Pope Benedict attended a concert given by the Berlin Philharmonia Quartet, "hosted" by Federal President Horst Koehler of Germany. He said, in part (translated by Teresa Benedetta at PRF): When soloists make music together, each individual is required not only to give all his technical and musical capabilities in playing his part, but…

…there was a football game or something there yesterday, right? A reader writes: This falls way down low on the scale of importance, but as an Ohio State fan, I wanted to pass this along. Buckeye Coach Jim Tressel is Catholic. When I was living in Youngstown and he was still a coach at Youngstown…

A very nice story from the Columbus paper about third orders (thanks, Kevin) Like Bowen, Jodelle Lorenz of Dublin, 75, was impressed as a highschool student in Dayton when sisters and priests talked about the religious life. Ten years ago, after retiring, Lorenz joined the Third Order of Lay Carmelites, which meets monthly at St.…
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