1. In Third Place…

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    December 5, 2012 by lucieromarin

    Third place, and the title ‘Bronze Queen of Not Having the Vocation You Want’ goes to to  Archangela Tarrabotti, a …
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  2. She Certainly Never Guessed…

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    December 4, 2012 by lucieromarin

    … that she’d end up as the name of an asteroid! On a related note, I was making a list …
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  3. Vocation: Nothing’s Inevitable

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    December 3, 2012 by lucieromarin

    It has become commonplace to present vocation discernment something along these lines:  Pray. Eventually, hear the Voice of God. Meet …
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  4. Modesty: A Less Weird and Angry Approach

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    December 1, 2012 by lucieromarin

    Alas! If you are going to move in Catholics circles, you are going to hear lots of other people’s thoughts …
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  5. Modesty, and Why Men Talk Like That About It

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    November 29, 2012 by lucieromarin

    A recent post over at Charming Disarray – in which the writer describes having to argue with Catholics against wife-beating …
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  6. No Gyrovagues!

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    November 27, 2012 by lucieromarin

    Some years ago, a young man of my acquaintance invited the Missionary Sisters of Charity to a University O-Week. They …
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  7. Taught, Sold, or Chosen

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    November 24, 2012 by lucieromarin

    There are two ways (other than prayer!) by which to combat a widespread vocations crisis. One is education. The other …
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  8. What God Loves About Your Past

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    November 21, 2012 by lucieromarin

    It is certainly not a tenet of the Catholic faith that life only becomes valuable on the day you marry …
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  9. What Should I Do?

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    November 18, 2012 by lucieromarin

    The speaker: someone I no longer think of as a good friend, but with whom I am still on polite …
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  10. In Which I Try to Pray for My Enemies

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    November 16, 2012 by lucieromarin

    Today is the Feast of a saint much-loved by one of my least favourite people in the whole wide world, …
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