Nice Read for Priests - St. Francisville Louisiana Man Dies In Heart of the Church and the Eucharist

Rod Dreher had a nice story on a funeral he went too recently. See Dying In The Church  . I found his obit here .

Tragic Day For Diocese of Little Rock and Holy Trinity Seminary in Dallas - Catholic Seminarian John "Daniel" Phillips Killed In Auto Accident

How horribily sad for his parents, friends and classmates. He was just 18. See Seminarian killed; dreamed of being 'Father Daniel' ...

In His Final Days Alfred Hitchcock Embraced the Mass and Eucharist

Fr. Henninger at the Wall Street Journal has a very poignant write up this morning about the home Masses he celebrated for a frail Alfred Hi...

Pope Benedict To Nursing Home Residents " it’s wonderful being old ”

One of the interesting visually and in the text itself  as to the past visit by Pope Benedict to the UK was his trip to a nursing home. It d...

Truth Telling Op Ed In New York Times Against Massachusetts Euthanasia

There is a very concerning Euthanasia choice on the ballot in Massachusetts this coming election day. The Archdiocese of Boston and many oth...

All Saints Day - Catholic Diocese of Oakland Produces It's Own Wine For Mass From It's Cemeteries

This is a pretty cool sort of All Saints Day  Last Things sort of related  article. See Cemetery vineyards in Hayward, San Pablo, Antioch pr...

All Saints All Souls Day Reflection on the Tombs of New Orleans

This is was a very nice article by Fr. Kurt Young for All Souls and then All Saints day regarding the above ground tombs in New Orleans . Th...

Hurricane Isaac Caused the Dead To Rise In Louisiana

Vaults, caskets are scattered on a levee across from a cemetery on the east bank in Plaquemines Parish . Pic via the Shreveport Times TMS W...