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Sunday, October 12, 2014

The Baroque and St. Teresa of Avila

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The October issue of The New Criterion has an article by F.H. Buckley, "Men of the Baroque: the sculptor & the poet"; you h...
Saturday, October 11, 2014

Blog Tour Interview for "The Paradise Tree"

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I met Mary-Eileen Russell, who writes under the nom de plume , Elena Maria Vidal, at the Catholic Writers Guild Live Conference in 201...
Friday, October 10, 2014

BBC and the Sixteen (Harry Christophers) on Sacred Music

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Over the past couple of weeks, my husband and I have watched this DVD set from the BBC/CORO: Sacred Music, hosted by Simon Russell Beale,...

Henry VIII's Musical Spy (and Double Agent)

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From Alamire , directed by David Skinner, comes this new release of Tudor church music with a connection to the White Rose of York: On...
Thursday, October 9, 2014

New DVD on Blessed John Henry Newman

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Today is Blessed John Henry Newman's memorial in the dioceses of England and Wales. To mark the day, I'll be on the Son Rise...
Wednesday, October 8, 2014

October 8, 1845, A Rainy Night in Littlemore

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Blessed John Henry Newman wrote many letters on October 8, 1845, preparing them to post AFTER he had met with Father Dominic Barberi, Passio...
Tuesday, October 7, 2014

A Reminder and A Preview

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Just a reminder that my series on Blessed John Henry Newman begins tonight at 7:00 p.m. at the Spiritual Life Center in Wichita, Kansas. ...
Monday, October 6, 2014

Anne Elliot and Autumn

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A Clerk of Oxford posted this scene from my favorite Jane Austen novel, Persuasion : Her pleasure in the walk must arise from the exercise...
Sunday, October 5, 2014

A Teaser for November/December

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I know it's just the first of October, but I noticed the cover for the November/December issue of OSV's The Catholic Answer Magaz...
Saturday, October 4, 2014

The Death of a Saint's Son and a Blessed's Father

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On October 4, 1646, Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel and 1st Earl of Norfolk, and Earl Marshal died--also known as the "Collecto...