The Narthex
Random Ruminations #12
Freedom Versus Self-Will... Sr. Theresa Kane, RIP... Fr. Reese on Deacons... September Nature...
By John M. Grondelski | September 2nd 2024 11:39 AMFreedom Versus Self-Will Continuing my way through Roman Brandstaetter's superb literary corpus, I ran into a collection of short meditations he penned, inspired by his positive encounter with Franciscanism. He spoke of a writer, sitting at his desk, who noticed a bee walking along his window pane. Caringly, he opened…
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Your Catholic SAT... Caesar and Christ... A Plea to Pastors and Organists... and more
By John M. Grondelski | July 21st 2023 12:30 PMYour Catholic SAT Although many colleges have moved away from standardized tests like the SAT, in the name of “equity” and abandonment of academic standards, I believe they have value. One of the components of the SAT used to be a reading comprehension test. It tests for how closely one…
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