Well it’s Lent so here’s the article I mentioned in my last post. There are a couple references to charitable giving. Give and ye shall receive. Journey To The Foot Of The Cross: Bishop Ricken Offers 10 Things To Remember…
Ashes, Ashes, We All Fall Down
You gotta check out the ashes I got doused with at the 5:15pm mass at Old St. Mary’s. It’s good I went in the evening; people would have thought I was nuts walking around with a black forehead. I didn’t…
Rituals and Celebrations
A couple weeks ago, I spent my lunch hour going to mass at Old St. Mary’s on the corner of California and Grant for a holy day of obligation. These are days when you are obligated to go to church…
Funeral and Faith
I attended the funeral today of my uncle who died suddenly and unexpectedly from a rare, acute form of leukemia. Even on a normal day, I consider myself emotionally hypersensitive. So seeing my aunt red-eyed and hearing people’s voices start…
Positive News from Pilot Territory
Speaking of private schools, some good news from my tiny catholic high school (400 total when I went there) St. Joseph Notre Dame in Alameda where our mascot was a pilot. This just came through today in the email newsletter….
Hidden Talents
The last time I was at church, I realized there’s something I no longer do now that I’m married. I stopped singing and that makes me sad. But it couldn’t have made me very sad since I didn’t realize it…
Next Stop in Italy: Siena
Alrighty now, back to Italia. Remember we’ve done 2 nights Venice, 2 nights Florence, 2 nights Greve-in-Chianti, and now it’s time to blog about my namesake’s home, the medieval town of Siena. I was named after St. Catherine of Siena…
Book Review: Heaven is for Real
I’ve been trying to read a lot more. At any given moment, I’ll have a book either in my hand, in the purse I’m carrying, or in the bathroom closet for toilet time. So I’ve been following several publications on…
Oh, Those French People
I’m a nomad when it comes to churches. There’s St. Agnes, the first church along the Panhandle I started attending because it was exactly one block away from where I lived. There’s St. Mary’s on Cathedral Hill where Dean got…