I wrote on Tuesday about this beautiful old church in Maryland. It had an upgrade to the windows in 2023. I don't know how much of the rest has changed -- I met someone who suggested that the tabernacle might be pretty old -- but I'm sure that the light from newly repurposed stained glass [...]
You might notice that the header image is reversed. I visited a church last week with that lovely stained glass over the door in the back. I couldn't get a picture, or even actually see the image very well from the inside of the church. When I went into the (very tiny) vestibule the light [...]
Lots of people probably saw this article but I still love it. https://www.ewtnnews.com/world/us/how-the-formula-1-pit-stop-has-saved-thousands-of-babies Basically, around 2001 doctors in neonatal intensive care units in London realized that they were losing babies after surgery to transfer procedures from the operating room to the intensive care unit. After watching a Formula 1 race in Italy they were impressed [...]
There doesn't seem to be a lot of agreement on a saint for today. The vatican.va website lists Saints Quiricus and Julietta as the saints of the day, but provides no further information on them. They were a mother and child, martyrs under the Diocletian persecutions in Tarsus. Saint Lutgardis (1182-1246) was sent to a [...]
What is genre? I have asked and asked this question and back in 2018 I found an interesting explanation -- but I didn't note where it came from. A story is a piece of art that induces different emotions as it is read, or told. Different stories can evoke different patterns, varying types of emotion [...]
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