Growing Our Lady’s Victory Garden

Blythe Kaufman and her children, including Asher, enjoy gardening in Our Lady’s Victory Garden. The family is encouraging other families to grow vegetables too. With gas prices soaring and grocery bills at an all-time high, a Connecticut family seeks to help others on a journey of cultivation.

Can we simply drop the Ascension story?

The Ascension of Jesus Christ, related in the Gospels of Mark and Luke and referred to throughout the New Testament, can be taken as something of an awkward anecdote in the Catholic canon. “And when […]

Day 148: Solomon’s Wealth (2022)

Fr. Mike explains the purpose behind the beauty and extravagance of the Temple Solomon built for the Lord. On the other hand, he also points out the issue with the image of power and strength Solomon is trying to portray by gathering so much wealth as King. Today’s readings are 1 Kings 6, 2 Chronicles […]

Blessed Margaret Plantagenet Pole

Margaret Plantagenet, daughter of the Duke of Clarence and niece of King Edward IV and Richard III of England, was born in 1471 at Farley Castle near Bath, England. When she was about 20 years old, she married Sir Richard Pole and bore him five children. When Henry VIII became king, she was widowed and […]