United in Lent
Features | Posted by Celeste Behe in Faith on Saturday, February 27, 2010
Sunday, Feb. 22, 2004: Our family is seated around the dining room table, discussing which sacrifices we’ll make during the upcoming Lenten season.
My husband will give up beer, and I will forgo my daily red wine (Burgundy, to be precise). Nineteen-year-old Grace, our eldest, will go cold turkey on the computer, and Ben will give up video games. Clare has resolved to do some spiritual reading every... READ MORE
Romance Him!
Features | Posted by Celeste Behe in Marriage on Saturday, February 13, 2010
There’s a delightful scene from the movie “Enchanted” in which fairytale princess Giselle advises an unsentimental divorce attorney on how to tell his girlfriend that he loves her. In song, Giselle suggests that he wear a color to match her eyes, plan a private picnic by the fire’s glow, or dedicate a song with words meant just for her. Then Giselle uses her lilting voice to summon two doves to deliver... READ MORE
Modesty in Motion
Features | Posted by Celeste Behe in News on Monday, August 10, 2009
Shakespeare may have been right to write that “all that glitters is not gold.” But some young Catholics are out to buck that logic with a little spiritual alchemy.
Working amid the glitz and glamour of the entertainment and communications industries, these young people are, through their faithful witness, successfully transforming elements of the media into spiritual treasure.
Their tool is zeal.... READ MORE
PURELY Cool
May/June 2009 Magazine Issue | Posted by Celeste Behe in Everyday Apostles on Thursday, May 14, 2009
By Celeste Behe
Rebecca Christian
Modest and Fab
Rebecca Christian, Modestia.StBlogs.com
“There is a stunning beauty in the simplicity of a Franciscan sister’s habit,” says Rebecca Christian. “But we are not all women religious, are we?”
It’s for those of us who do not wear the veil that 20-year-old Rebecca Christian, a student at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, Calif., created her... READ MORE
Catholic Coffeehouse Dwellers
September/October 2008 Magazine Issue | Posted by Celeste Behe in Everyday Apostles on Tuesday, August 19, 2008
By Celeste Behe
St. Killian’s, Christendom
Kaylie Miller
When she was 15 years old, Kaylie Miller made a promise to herself: She would not attend a Catholic college. But her resolve faded when she visited the campus of Christendom College in Front Royal, Va.
“I fell in love with the place,” recalls Kaylie, now 24. “I had a meeting with Dr. [Timothy] O’Donnell, president of the college, and he half-jokingly... READ MORE
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