The Pillar, a Catholic newsletter, wrote a review of 'Cabrini', the movie, in the Tuesday, March 12, 2024 edition. https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/st-fina-cabrini-and-bishop-birthdays Mr. Flynn wrote several screen-scrolls of explanation of all the other religious movies he didn’t like, and how he was hoping that this one would be different, and by the time he got there you [...]
I went to see the movie, “Cabrini” from Angel studios, over the weekend. Two thoughts dominate my reaction. I knew nothing about this truly great saint. Okay, I knew that she had been in Denver. I knew that she was Italian. I knew that she wanted to go to China, and was, instead, sent by [...]
Over the past week I’ve been working on two large sewing projects (along with my writing). Each project has a pattern with very lengthy instructions. For one project, I’m trying to make a stole, and the fifty page instruction booklet has these words on page 38. Now we will try to make the stole. from [...]
I saw an article about new ways of teaching preschool classes. You begin the day by talking about how the kids feel. I’m not going to link to it, because it was over the top. But it did say that all the children in the example school ended up in tears, after a few minutes [...]
Continuing with the Dante seminar commentary… The turning point for Dante in Hell, the moment when he begins to be less sympathetic to sin, is when he reaches the circle of those who practiced simony. (According to Dr. Cook…) Simon Magus, in the Bible, wanted the powers that the Apostles had from Jesus, and he [...]
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