April 28th, 2008
First, John and I have blogs up on GodSpy, follow-ups to the pope’s visit to the United States: Mine is After the Pope: Time to Hit the Books? John’s is on the front page as I write this: Gazing Upwards: The Pope’s Homily at St. Patrick’s Cathedral.
And thanks to Kathleen Lundquist for the heads-up on [...]
April 18th, 2008
Speaking of blogging on the pope’s visit to the U.S.–see our news below about our John on Godspy.com
–out good friend Lisa Hendey of CatholicMom.com is scheduled to appear Saturday on CNN to discuss the topic of Catholic blogging on the pope’s visit. The time (barring breaking news, Lisa added in her e-mail, like earthquakes in [...]
April 16th, 2008
Idylls Press illustrator and book designer John Murphy has copped the enviable job of flying to Washington D.C. and New York this week to blog for GodSpy on Pope Benedict’s visit to America. John’s first post, America: Encounter the Pope can be read here. His latest posts will appear on the GodSpy front page.
Debra Murphy on Reviving Christianity’s Artistic Tradition
Kelly Hatzenbihler on Reviving Christianity’s Artistic Tradition
Rach on Nessun Dorma, As You’ve Never Heard it Before
Kathleen Lundquist on Reviving Christianity’s Artistic Tradition Debra Murphy on Reviving Christianity’s Artistic Tradition
The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective by Kate Summerscale
Joan of Arc: A Life (Penguin Lives) by Mary Gordon
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There is a sense of insignificance which is trying and discouraging and leads to envy of the rich and great. It leads also to a certain selfishness even amid poverty and absolute want. The absence of the ideal of the self as potentially great and capable of great deeds keeps it small and self-centred….The greatness of the Church, coupled with a true sense of the dignity of the individual human soul, if looked at as a Christian should look at it, is the true antidote.
— Wilfrid Ward