December 2016 – Seashell Nell

Synod Report. Part 3.

I was sitting at a table at the Synod when once of the members mentioned it. Mind you, I had neither vote nor voice at the Synod. Rather, I had a notebook and a couple of pens. I was charged with taking notes at a table. “There is a fallacy in today’s culture that oneContinueContinue reading “Synod Report. Part 3.”

BEST SAINT STORY YOU’LL HEAR TODAY

DO YOU WANT TO KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT A MAN NAMED VITALIS OF GAZA? I will tell you. The man was a hermit, which means he lived a life of sparse pleasures, yo, and a lot of fasting and what not. Probably bugs, too. Well, one day he decided to just not be a hermit anymore,ContinueContinue reading “BEST SAINT STORY YOU’LL HEAR TODAY”

Synod Report. Part 2

I packed the wrong shoes for the Synod. Oh, don’t get me wrong–they were cute and complimented all weekend long. Only, they have a raised heel, and not even that high, but enough to start bothering my feet after the first day on them for hours…and then the second…and then the third. Being on aContinueContinue reading “Synod Report. Part 2”

MINI CAMINO NEW YEARS INFO

Every year for the past EIGHT years I have attended a remarkable retreat over New Year’s at Marytown. Not this year, though. For reasons outside of of knowledge, said retreat is cancelled. My yearly connection with all that is good and holy, my yearly refocus and refresh and rejuvenation…gone. To say I’m lost is likeContinueContinue reading “MINI CAMINO NEW YEARS INFO”