Dymphna's Road

The jolly Vir Speluncae Catholicus of the Lair of the Catholic Cavemen tagged me with this meme: What picture I would use for my holy card, ...

Archbishop Wuel has not impressed me but then I didn't expect much. However, I have to give credit where it's due and when Nancy Pe...

When my mother was in the hospital I promised St. Anthony that if he'd help her I'd visit his shrines in Ellicot City, MD and in Pi...

I love.... John Wayne movies Bear Grylls and Les Stroud cream cheese clouds of incense Wagner Ella Fitzgerald Puccini Stonefly brand shoes ...

Fr. Frank Pavone's order, the Missionaries of Life, has aparently disbanded. The reaction in Catholic blog land seems to be smug glee. Y...

An exorcist points out that sexual sin can lead to demonic possession. I first read about this on another blog that was dismissive of the pr...

After Mass one day, the gentleman who runs the group that prays the rosary in front of our local abortion clinic asked me if I'd like t...

I got a new veil for my collection. It's a pretty little thing from the fantastic ladies at HaloWorks.com Rocky really likes it but sur...

I love this picture. It's two little girls having a....uh... disagreement at a church festival in Spain.

I take two medications every day. I've been dragged out tired and forgetful all this week and yesterday I forgot all about them until la...

but I really don't like this painting of St. Gianna at the new Our Lady of Guadalupe Shrine in Wisconsin.. You know gnats and flies alwa...

Well, my mother spent 5 days in the hospital. She was released on day 4 but fainted on the way to the car. She was taken back to the emergen...

Yesterday my mother went to see her cardiologist who sent her to the hospital to have a heart catheter test. They only do those on weekdays...

remember this . The little Saudi Arabian girl in this photo is not playing dress up. She's not a flower girl. She's a bride. It'...

When Rocky and I visited the Amish Mennonite visitor center and took a tour of Amish farmland I was reminded of the old saying, "like p...

While we were on vacation, Rocky and I went to Mass at a church in Pennslyvania's Dutch country. I won't say the name because the pr...

It's Rocky's birthday and we're going on vacation. Tonight we go to dinner at whatever restaurant he wants and tommorow we hit ...

This year is the 40 th anniversary of HV . I think the contraception rule must be the most flouted of all the Church's teachings. I onl...

The college professor that I mentioned in an earlier post claims to have desecrated a stolen Host. I won't link to the story because t...

Steve Skojec has written an interesting post for Inside Catholic.com. He has a hair curling snarky quote from blogger and journalist, Hilary...