Abortion

A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to pray in front of an abortion clinic in the area. What an emotionally charged experience! I had only prayed in front of an abortion clinic once in my life before and it was so many years ago, I don’t really remember what it was like. I [...]

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Happy Feast of St. Joseph

I was away for the feast of St. Joseph, but I thought I would post this beautiful poem anyway in celebration. It gave me a whole new level of appreciation for our dear patron.
+Lily
Limbo by Fr. Richard, OFM

The ancient grayness shifted suddenly
and thinned like mist upon the moors before a wind.
An old, old [...]

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Focus on Fashion: Layering

Yes, my friends, layering is still “in” and I am determined to learn how to work the style this summer. (Can you tell I’ve caught the fashion bug for spring/summer already?! In case you couldn’t tell, Lily is a shopping Barbie of sorts.) But to work the style you first have to own some decent [...]

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Focus on Fashion: Swing Jackets

How to wear this cute-as-a-button Spring trend:
I love the cropped swing jackets that are around this year. I find the style very flattering and unusual. They’re easy to wear as a light coat outside in the shoulder seasons, or just as a light coat around the office, with a warmer jacket over top for outside. [...]

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Focus on Fashion: Modest Bathing Suits?

As I was getting walking around campus yesterday the weather was so nice (almost 60 degrees!) that I was pondering getting back into my running schedule in time to shape up for summer once again. From there it was only a hop and a skip to start thinking about the dreaded bathing suit purchase…it seems [...]

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Saints of the day

Blessed John Mason – Martyr (+1591)
On the morning of November 8, 1591, the English Catholic layman John Mason came to the London home of (blessed) Father Edmund Genings (Honored on Dec. 10th)
Was Born at Kendal, Westmorland, England; and died in Tyburn, England by hanging drawing and quartering, a usual method for Catholics during the Elizabethan [...]

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Prayer Request

I received this email from a good friend on Friday:
Tomorrow morning (like a mere 6 hours from now , I leave for Haiti with five other guys from the seminary. We’ll be in Port-au-Prince and Hinche (rural Haiti) at an orphanage and a hospice for the next week. I’m really excited about it. So [...]

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Happy Feast of St. Katherine Drexel!

Saint Katharine Drexel, Religious (Feast Day-March 3) Born in 1858, into a prominent Philadelphia family, Katharine became imbued with love for God and neighbor. She took an avid interest in the material and spiritual well-being of black and native Americans. She began by donating money but soon concluded that more was needed – the lacking [...]

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Prayer

Good morning, Lilies! I helped lead a Confirmation retreat about a week ago and gave a talk on prayer (many thanks to all those who were praying for me!). There were three talks in addition to my own: the others were given by my spiritual director, two beautiful sisters from the Servants of the Lord [...]

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Life of a Saint

Hello, Ivy here.
It’s been a while since my last post due to my innate skills of being lazy. But I am here to post about the life of a saint that I’ve read about, but could find little on in other places. I hope to make a habit of this as I find obscure or [...]

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