Best Books of 2020
There’s not much you can say “best of…” in regard to 2020, but BOOKS certainly applies here. Given the lost social time, I’ve certainly had…
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The Pastoral Conversion of the Parish
I was so excited to see this new document from the Congregation of the Clergy on Twitter this morning! There is little written on the…
Our Introverted Church in an Extroverted World
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain was a big revelation to me during lockdown. Somehow it felt…
When Hunger Binds Your Heart to God
For some time a few weeks ago, the daily Mass readings followed Elijah in 1 Kings. There’s something about Elijah that speaks deeply to me.…
The Quirks of Lockdown
I’m back in London, and life as we’ve known it since mid-March is slowly beginning to bear more semblances to normality. Three months of hunkering…
“Parishes stay. Catholics move.”
One of the things I’ve heard people comment time and again during lockdown is the adventurous serendipity with which they can attend Mass online at…
And you are Christ’s
So many of us have experienced plenty of cancelled plans this spring. For me, I should have been in Rome this past weekend. It is…
