As a Protestant, I had some vague idea about the rosary, but quite honestly I thought it was a sequence of rote prayers directed to Mary. Somehow I completely missed the fact that the recitation of prayers was to be combined with meditations on the life of Christ. Nor did I understand that the Lord’s [...]
September 24, 2009
I’d like to know who is in charge of naming things in the Catholic Church. With the Popes being real busy, I’m sure it is someone else at the Vatican. Truly, it doesn’t matter who made it official- I really just want to register a protest. I vote for our current liturgical season, Ordinary [...]
September 17, 2009
Continuing the series Epic…. conversion of the Franks, Benedictine servant leadership, the Gregorian chant, St. Boniface and the first Christmas tree, tensions between the western and eastern Church, Ireland the “nursery of saints,” the rise of Islam, Mohammed’s favorite wife, Charles Martel saves Europe, more heresy, more councils, the Great Schism, crusades to liberate the [...]
September 14, 2009
During my journey into the Catholic Church, I was given a DVD entitled “Common Ground.” It is a video conversation that took place between the leaders of two large churches in Michigan, Father John Riccardo, former priest at St. Anastasia Catholic Church and Pastor Steve Andrews of Kensington Community Church. In the video, the priest and [...]
September 9, 2009
Recently, three images of the Blessed Virgin Mary left an impression on me. The first image was a small statue of a very pregnant Mary- the kind of pregnant where when you are sitting down, you can simply rest your dinner plate directly on your stomach. No lap tray required. Seeing Mary depicted this [...]
September 7, 2009
I’m a native Atlantan living in the city of Atlanta. I know - there aren’t many of us left. Because the city has grown exponentially in the last few decades, I really can’t afford to venture too far out of my zip code if I want to have any chance of staying out of [...]
September 1, 2009
One of my recent projects has been listening to a 20-part series called Epic, which outlines the history of Christ and the Church. In the first 4 sessions, we covered Pentecost and Christ’s establishment of the Church, the first Church council, Gentile converts, the apostles and their disciples, the early Christians’ view of the [...]
August 31, 2009
Now that my kids are older and can swim on their on, my time in the pool is waning. However, I am still in the parenting stage where I have to be at the pool. This summer was particularly pleasing as I could find a chair in a quiet corner, soak in the sun and [...]
July 24, 2009
I have been reflecting on an event that I have attended for two years in a row now- the Eucharistic Congress in the Archdiocese of Atlanta. It is a time when thousands of Catholics gather near the airport for workshops, motivational speakers, and worship. The Eucharistic Congress that I attended in 2008 was my first [...]
June 22, 2009
What is a Southern Catholic Chick you may be asking? What does it mean to be truly Southern and faithfully Catholic? Well as recent converts who were received into full communion with the Catholic Church over a year ago, those are questions that we have been pondering lately. Born and raised in the South, we both [...]
September 28, 2009
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