Friday, July 31, 2009

Life Lesson #44,758

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Chesterton frequently uses the fence or wall as a metaphor in his writings. My favorite and is this one: “Catholic doctrine and discipline m...
Thursday, July 30, 2009

Speaking of Belloc

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In art a style can never be imposed nor predicted. It grows organically from any given epoch reflecting the needs, wants and desires of that...
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Sunday, July 19, 2009

Belloc's Windmill To Be Closed

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Hilaire Belloc's windmill, the largest working windmill in West Sussex, is closing its doors to the public. See BBC article Historic wi...
Thursday, July 16, 2009

Today in 1953: Death of Belloc

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Epigram "On His Books" published in Sonnets & Verse : When I am dead, I hope it may be said: "His sins were scarlet, but ...
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Tuesday, July 14, 2009

ZENIT: "Blessed" G.K. Chesterton?

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published today on ZENIT: Interview on Possible Beatification of English Author By Antonio Gaspari
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Wednesday, July 08, 2009

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In case you missed it A.N. Wilson’s review of The Paradox Who Was Chesterton New evidence about the development of G. K. Chesterton's i...
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Tuesday, July 07, 2009

Paul Nowak, author of the new "Uncle Chestnut" book

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Paul Nowak, author of the recently published The Inconvenient Adventures of Uncle Chestnut , sent this note: I've been meaning to let yo...
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Saturday, June 27, 2009

Yuk It Up Folks

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Two men considering a religious vocation were having a conversation. "What is similar about the Jesuit and Dominican Orders? " the...
Sunday, June 21, 2009

I say Hello. I say Goodbye

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Please join me in welcoming to the planet my newest grandchild, Riley Ann. Yes, the world just got a little prettier. Riley’s birth...
Wednesday, June 17, 2009

June 14 - A Feast Day?

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In Catholic tradition, a saint's feast day is the day he or she died. Chesterton died June 14, 1936. If the cause for his canonization p...
Wednesday, June 10, 2009

a pencil

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After spending some time teaching kids which end of the pencil makes a mark I began reading, with interest, an essay by Tom Purcell entitle...
Tuesday, June 09, 2009

Love = Sacrifice

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"Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends." VERY COOL VIDEO HERE
Monday, June 01, 2009

GKC for Children

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MEDIA ADVISORY, May 29 / Christian Newswire / -- G.K. Chesterton, the prolific and influential Christian writer, is the subject of a new boo...
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Wednesday, May 27, 2009

whew........

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.....a bit of an absence from here. Had son's First Communion, Soccer Games, Daughters dance recital, and that whirlwind of the school y...
Sunday, May 17, 2009

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I write this as President Obama speaks at Norte Dame. I am saddened that it happened but not surprised. Father Jenkins has more than once br...
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Thursday, May 07, 2009

On neighbors' dogs

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We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next-door neighbor. - GKC We know our neighbors on one side. Not well, but enou...
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Friday, May 01, 2009

Free At Last! Free At Last!

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Concerning my post ‘The Ridiculous and the Sublime’, a reader writes: “Alan Capasso, I will pray for your deliverence from the persistant m...
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Thursday, April 30, 2009

A Chesterton video

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Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Jolly Good!

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Sunday, April 26, 2009

Weekend Thoughts

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It seems to me that many in Faith based circles are sensing a tectonic shift in American Culture. I believe this to be true. I do believe th...