I like Burley Coulter. I like him, at least in part, because he “caused a lot of trouble for himself and other people,” as Wendell Berry puts it. Burley is a member of Berry’s fictitious town of Port William, the setting for novels such as Jayber Crow and Hannah Coulter. He is one of the most interesting and well-written characters in the Port William series and…
POPE FRANCIS TO CONFER NEW LAY MINISTRIES FOR FIRST TIME IN ST. PETER’S BASILICA
The Vatican has announced that Pope Francis will confer the ministries of catechist, lector, and acolyte upon lay men and