Top Ten Movie Moms

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 05:00:00 GMT

When I set out to make a list of great movie moms in honor of Mother’s Day, I knew it wouldn’t be easy—but I found it even harder than I thought. Let’s face it: Great mothers are in short supply in the movie...

Most Memorable Mother's Day

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 05:00:00 GMT

Here are some fun an funny memories of Mother's Day past. Check out our handy gift guide at the end of the story, too.

Ultimate Gift

Litany in Flowers

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 05:00:00 GMT

Here's a timely idea for the upcoming Marian month of May.

Wayne Ottenbreit's Litany of Flowers is an unusual and unusually charming devotional book.
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Poppy Seed Kolache Recipe

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 05:00:00 GMT

My mom, Sharon Hadacek, left a legacy of wonderful recipes. One of those recipes is Czech Poppy Seed Kolache. She left behind more than one version of the kolache recipe because she was the kind of baker who was always trying to perfect her recipe...

Neglected Family Fare

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 05:00:00 GMT

It’s spring break and the grandkids are visiting. Or you’re looking for a DVD for a birthday present. You want three things: a) something worthwhile (not junk); b) something they’ll enjoy (not just high-minded or educ...

Easy Lenten Suppers

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 05:00:00 GMT

From slow-cooked to fast and easy, these simple recipes offer some variety for your meatless meals this Lent.

Black Bean Burritos

Impostor Pasta & Mock Meatballs

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 05:00:00 GMT

As a family, we give up sugary snacks for Lent, but Sundays are meant to be a mini-Easter, so I told the kids we could make a treat.

My oldest son Eamon wasted no time in selecting this funny confection he’s had his e...

Through Mary's Eyes

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 05:00:00 GMT

Irish-born Roma Downey is most known for her role as Monica on the hit TV series Touched By An Angel. Now Downey and her husband Mark Burnett have produced a 10-hour miniseries, The Bible, which will premiere o...

Rice Puff Grotto

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 05:00:00 GMT

For a tasty treat to celebrate Our Lady of Lourdes, try building this grotto out of Cocoa (or Fruity) Pebbles!

Our Lady o...

A Muffin Kind of Morning

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 05:00:00 GMT

I love muffins! So easy! So homemade! So flexible! So very yummy!

Here’s what I’m hoping to convince a kid or two to help me bake up this morning:

Oatmeal Muffins

New Orleans Baked French Toast

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 05:00:00 GMT

Do you have something special planned for Mardi Gras?

I like to mark the day with something out of the ordinary and it’s customary to enjoy a rich treat that uses up the sugar and eggs b...

God on the Big Screen

Mon, 21 Jan 2013 05:00:00 GMT

Have today’s movies lost religion? Not necessarily—but sometimes it helps to know where to look. For instance, mainstream films are more likely to include sympathetic depictions of religious faith in period pieces than in stori...

December 2012 CD Cover

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 05:00:00 GMT
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January 2013 Cover Art

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2012 Movies Worth Watching

Mon, 31 Dec 2012 05:00:00 GMT

The movie year 2012 was disappointing. Nothing this past year has overwhelmed me like the previous year's transcendent Of Gods and Men. Few films have offered the blend of moral and artistic power of <...

Return to Middle Earth

Fri, 30 Nov 2012 05:00:00 GMT

When Peter Jackson first set out to adapt J.R.R. Tolkien, the original plan was a trilogy beginning with The Hobbit and covering The Lord of the Rings in two sequels. But film rights for ...

July 2012 Prayer and Reflection

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 05:00:00 GMT

After using her PC tablet and stylus to design tile inlay patterns for her sons’ tiling business, Nellie Edwards (1955- ) began experimenting further with her virtual canvas and brush to create wor...

June 2012 Prayer and Reflection

Tue, 29 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Artist Corbert Gauthier began drawing as a child and even now places an emphasis on the drawing stage before he begins to paint. As Gauthier layers on the colors, he uses both opaque paints as well as glazing techniques, creating scenes and subjec...

Worth Watching in June/July 2012

Tue, 15 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Like many Americans, I didn’t know much about the 1920s Cristero war, or Cristiada, for most of my life. Until I began to do some background reading in preparation for For Greater Glory (opening June 1), I was largel...

Martyrs, heroes, and rebels: “For Greater Glory”

Mon, 14 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT

What price would you pay for freedom? In “For Greater Glory” (releasing June 1) which tells the story of the real-life martyrs and heroes of the 1920s Cristero War, which arose in response to government oppression of Catholicis...

A Homegirl Mother’s Day

Thu, 03 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT

When Jesuit Father Greg Boyle opened a small bakery 20 years ago in East Los Angeles — in the middle of some of the most dangerous and violent gang territory in the world — then began employing members from rival gangs to work ...

Mirror Mirror and fairy-tale revisionism

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Fairy-tale revisionism is everywhere these days. A pair of primetime TV series, ABC’s Once Upon a Time and NBC’s Grimm, recast fairy-tale icons in modern TV genres (soapy seriocomedy, c...

May 2012 Prayer and Reflection

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 05:00:00 GMT

The landscape paintings of Father Arthur Poulin (1950- ), a Camaldolese monk and priest, are created through a highly contemplative process. He first covers a blank canvas in layers of black gesso; then, using dots of color, he brings his light-fi...

April 2012 Prayer and Reflection

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Bold colors and distinctly contemporary influences characterize the inspiring artwork of Chinese artist He Qi (1950- ). Blending the folk art and traditional painting techniques of his Chinese herit...

The Secret World of Arrietty

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 05:00:00 GMT

It’s still one of the better-kept secrets of family entertainment that the most imaginatively daring and influential animation house in the world isn’t Pixar, but Japan’s Studio Ghibli, best known for co-founder and a...

Celebrating St. Patrick

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 05:00:00 GMT

With all the loud and crowded parades, green beer, leprechauns, and kelly-colored costumes, it can be easy to forget that St. Patrick’s Day commemorates a real man, and that the feast of St. Patrick — March 17 — marks...

From Darcy to ‘Downton’: The appeal of the costume drama

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 05:00:00 GMT

“It really does boil down to one moment writ large…” says British TV critic Kathryn Flett. “Man steps out of lake, world changes. Television is never the same again.”

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The Academy Award Nominees

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

I like lists better than awards, so I look forward to the Academy Award nominations more than the Oscars ceremony itself. The process of whittling down countless contenders to a handful of nominees is more interesting than the process of picking o...

March 2012 Prayer and Reflection

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Having retired after decades of teaching and administrative work, Benedictine Sister Paula Howard (1922-) discovered her talent for creating icons at the age of 77. One of her early works, Vatopedi Virgin: Mother of Consolati...

Worth Watching in January and February 2012

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT

TELEVISION & MULTIMEDIA
PBS’ AMERICAN EXPERIENCE focuses on figures and events of the American West, including Billy the Kid (Jan. 10), Custer’s Last ...

January 2012 Prayer and Reflection

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT

Advent Starry Night 4
Virginia Wieringa (1947- )

Advent Starry Night 4 by Virginia Wieringa (1947- ) is one of a series of paintings she cre...

February 2012 Prayer and Reflection

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT

The Flood, from the Atrium, detail of Noah receiving the white dove (mosaic) Veneto-Byzantine School (13th century)

The story of Noah (Genesis 6–9) has always captured the imagination of...

December 2011 Prayer and Reflection

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT

Inspired by the art of the great Italian Baroque painter Caravaggio, Matthias Stomer (c. 1600–p. 1650) drew upon Caravaggio’s masterful use of chiaroscuro, using a single light source ...

Worth Watching in December 2011

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT

INTERNET
The Congregation of Holy Cross recently re-launched holycrossvocations.org, offerin...

Worth Watching in November 2011

Thu, 03 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT

TELEVISION, RADIO, AND MULTIMEDIA

PBS introduces NOVA’s “THE FABRIC OF THE COSMOS,” hosted by physicist Brian Greene, and reveals more wonders of the universe. Wednesda...

November 2011 Prayer and Reflection

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT

Completed in 2002, The Communion of Saints is a cycle of 25 fresco-like tapestries designed by John Nava (b. 1947) for the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles. With figures averaging 10 feet tall, they depict 1...

Worth Watching in October 2011

Fri, 30 Sep 2011 05:00:00 GMT

Television, Radio and Multimedia

Hallmark Movie Channel will air FINDING A FAMILY, based on the true story of Alex Chivescu, a foster child who searches for a new mom and dad. (

September 2011 Prayer and Reflection

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 05:00:00 GMT

Deposition from the Cross, detail of the Virgin Mary, Fra Angelico (Guido di Pietro)(c. 1387-1445)
LOCATION: Museo di San Marco dell'Angelico, Florence, Italy
CREDIT: The Bridgeman Art Library International
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October 2011 Prayer and Reflection

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 05:00:00 GMT

In 1888, after filling many canvases with images of the summer harvest in Provence, Dutch post- Impressionist Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) turned his attention to the vineyards of the region. Believed to be the only painting he sold during his lif...

Pope Benedict, manga hero

Tue, 02 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMT

This summer, hundreds of thousands of young people will gather in Madrid, Spain to experience World Youth Day. An international event celebrating our Catholic faith, all youth are welcome to attend regardless of their religious beliefs, and an est...

August 2011 Prayer and Reflection

Mon, 01 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMT

The English artist and engraver William Brassey Hole (1846-1917) has given us a wonderful meditation on 1 Kings 19:9-13 (see pages 80-81). Elijah in the Desert of Horeb shows the humbled prophet standing at the edge of the abyss at the entrance of...

July 2011 Prayer and Reflection

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 05:00:00 GMT

The son of a clergyman, Vincent van Gogh (1853-90) studied to be a pastor and was a preacher among poor peasant farmers for many years before he turned to art in the last ten years of his life. It was, perhaps, inevitable that he would be fascinat...

Summer recipes!

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 05:00:00 GMT

Summer is here! It's time for picnics, parties, and barbecues. For these warm weather get togethers, make sure to have plenty of dishes on your menu for those with food allergies so no one's taste buds are left out of...

Worth Watching in June 2011

Thu, 09 Jun 2011 05:00:00 GMT

Television and internet

The Hallmark Channel presents Rock the House, an original movie about a man who tries to improve his relationship with his teenage daughter and...

Holy Manga!

Wed, 08 Jun 2011 05:00:00 GMT

Maybe you’ve seen a young person reading them. Maybe you’ve run across shelves of them in your local bookstore. Or maybe you’ve never encountered them at all. But whatever your familiarity with the books of visual sto...

June 2011 Prayer and Reflection

Thu, 02 Jun 2011 05:00:00 GMT

In his signature style, Camaldolese monk and artist Father Arthur Poulin uses minute brush strokes and tiny dots of color layered over a black background, creating a contemplat...

May 2011 Prayer and Reflection

Thu, 19 May 2011 05:00:00 GMT

On this month’s cover we see the colorful image of the paschal lamb from a tile in the chapel at Carisbrooke Castle on the isle of Wight. standing with a banner reminiscent of the standards carried by military regiments durng the Classic...

Worth Watching in May 2011

Fri, 29 Apr 2011 05:00:00 GMT

Television, Radio & Multimedia

The Beatification of Pope John Paul II will broadcast on Catholic TV at noon and 8 p.m. Watch on Sk...

January 2011 Prayer and Reflection

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 05:00:00 GMT

Detail from Nativity Chapel mosaics (2008) Marko Ivan Rupnik, S.J. (1954- )
LOCATION: Chapel of the Holy Spirit, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT
PHOTO CREDIT: Tracy Deer-Mirek / Sacred Heart University

February 2011 Prayer and Reflection

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 05:00:00 GMT

For Camaldolese monk and artist Father Arthur Poulin, painting is a way “to proclaim the Good News of the gospel.” In an original style that echoes the tech- nique of the Impressionists, he begins by covering the canvas with bl...

Catholic Digest

Top Ten Movie Moms

Most Memorable Mother's Day

Litany in Flowers

Poppy Seed Kolache Recipe

Neglected Family Fare

Easy Lenten Suppers

Impostor Pasta & Mock Meatballs

Through Mary's Eyes

Rice Puff Grotto

A Muffin Kind of Morning

New Orleans Baked French Toast

God on the Big Screen

December 2012 CD Cover

January 2013 Cover Art

2012 Movies Worth Watching

Return to Middle Earth

July 2012 Prayer and Reflection

June 2012 Prayer and Reflection

Worth Watching in June/July 2012

Martyrs, heroes, and rebels: “For Greater Glory”

A Homegirl Mother’s Day

Mirror Mirror and fairy-tale revisionism

May 2012 Prayer and Reflection

April 2012 Prayer and Reflection

The Secret World of Arrietty

Celebrating St. Patrick

From Darcy to ‘Downton’: The appeal of the costume drama

The Academy Award Nominees

March 2012 Prayer and Reflection

Worth Watching in January and February 2012

January 2012 Prayer and Reflection

February 2012 Prayer and Reflection

December 2011 Prayer and Reflection

Worth Watching in December 2011

Worth Watching in November 2011

November 2011 Prayer and Reflection

Worth Watching in October 2011

September 2011 Prayer and Reflection

October 2011 Prayer and Reflection

Pope Benedict, manga hero

August 2011 Prayer and Reflection

July 2011 Prayer and Reflection

Summer recipes!

Worth Watching in June 2011

Holy Manga!

June 2011 Prayer and Reflection

May 2011 Prayer and Reflection

Worth Watching in May 2011

January 2011 Prayer and Reflection

February 2011 Prayer and Reflection