Pax Christi is the Catholic peace organization. The Stations of the Cross going across Manhattan, mostly on 42nd St., are the New York branch’s biggest event of the year. This was the 26th year in a row they organized the Stations. Brigid and I participated for many years, from about 1991. I think being involved … Read more
After 10:45 Mass (very crowded!) we went over to the Gagnon Estate for an Easter egg hunt and Easter dinner. This is a bit of a tradition – we’ve gone to the Gagnon’s for quite a few Easter days. Two of the six Gagnon’s were not around – Monica is working in France, and Nate … Read more
Today we are going to the 10:45 Mass, and then over to the Gagnons to eat lots of food and drink a bit of wine. I thought this was a cool picture. Tom Faranda’s Folly: "Apostles Peter and John hurry to the tomb on the morning of the Resurrection" Unfortunately it’s a little small – … Read more
That’s the title of this painting, done by Eugene Burnand in 1898. It’s on the current cover of the Jesuit weekly magazine, America.
My friend Laura put me on to this picture, very coincidentally, yesterday. It is by British artist Herbert Schmalz (1856-1935). You can just see Calvary in the upper right hand corner. This morning I will be doing the Pax Christi Stations of the Cross, going across midtown Manhattan.
As Donald Luskin says on his blog, this has got to be the “Magazine cover of the year. … And it’s only March.”
Here’s the first of nine interesting interpretations of the Last Supper. Hit the link below the picture for the others – I especially like 2, 4, and 6. You have to read the note to #9 to figure it out! The Last Supper – 1 of 9 | Christianity Today
I just got an email that this priest had died. I knew him a little, and then Brigid and I had some very pleasant contact with him. Tim and his birth mother stayed in his home (it was below Kingston, NY) before Tim was born. I doubt if we had seen Fr. at all in … Read more
Yesterday morning there was a terribly sad and shocking accident at the Croton-Harmon railway station, as Theresa Fiorentino, the operator of the newstand in the station was struck and killed by an Amtrak train. Like everyone else who ever commuted to New York, I saw the lady all the time back when I was a … Read more
I liberated this picture from the Althouse weblog. Here’s a feature in today’s Wall Street Journal that’s timely – New York and the Famine – WSJ.com On this St. Patrick’s Day, Ireland is peaceful and prosperous. The animosities of the past will have little bearing on the great parade that travels up Fifth Avenue … Read more