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Friday, September 06, 2013

The St. Ann Choir's History at St. Ann Chapel and St. Thomas Aquinas Church

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The St. Ann Choir first began singing at Masses at St. Ann Chapel, which has a complex and fascinating history of its own. At th...
Thursday, September 05, 2013

The Renowned St. Ann Choir of Palo Alto Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary This Fall: Singing Gregorian Chant and Polyphony in Liturgies Since 1963

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Palo Alto, California/September 5, 2013/The St. Ann Choir In observance of its fiftieth anniversary, the St. Ann Choir will sing William B...
Tuesday, July 16, 2013

The Blessed Virgin Mary and the Little Cloud Seen From Mount Carmel

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The feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel is today, July 16. Our Lady is believed to be symbolized by a little cloud that was seen from the top ...
Monday, June 24, 2013

Some Art Historical Musings About the Bent Cross. Is It Expressive or Satanic?

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In April of this year, Pope Francis began carrying the rough-hewn silver papal staff that is shown in the above photo to some of his publi...
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Saturday, June 22, 2013

Death's on Your Doorstop

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This afternoon, my front doorbell rang multiple times, insistently. Liberty mumbled, "That's annoying" and went to answer the ...
Wednesday, May 08, 2013

Some Reasons It Was Hard to Return to the Church After Vatican II

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Today's post is a response to a Canterbury Tales blog from May 6, 2013, titled: "Ten Reasons Why It's Hard to Become Catholic....
Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Beyond Salve Regina: The Four Great Seasonal Marian Antiphons

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Most traditional Catholics know how to sing Salve Regina. But did you know Salve Regina is only one of a total of four great seasonal Marian...
Monday, March 25, 2013

Flannery O'Connor an Abbess? Maybe Anchorite, not Abbess

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My Amazon Review of the Book: Abbess of Andalusia from December 14, 2012 The misuse of the word abbess in the title might help explain ...
Friday, December 07, 2012

Today is the Feast of St. Ambrose

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In honor of today's feast, I'm posting a memoir piece I wrote in the year 2000 after my trip to Italy, because it mentions the tomb ...
Sunday, November 18, 2012

Masses at the End of the Year (Revised)

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Now we come to the end of the Church’s liturgical year. We are at the end of the season called the “Time after Pentecost,” which is a time w...