Rebecca Teti is married to Dennis and has four children (3 boys, 1 girl) who -- like yours no doubt -- are pious and kind, gorgeous, and can spin flax into gold. A Washington, DC, native, she converted to Catholicism while an undergrad at the U. Dallas, where she double-majored in Political Philosophy & Drama. She holds an MA in Political Theory from Catholic University and pre-children worked a variety of non-profit jobs, including as a pro-life lobbyist and later director of the Center for Family Development in Bethesda, MD. Rebecca now writes from home, with special interest in marriage and family issues, whatever the Pope is doing, retrieving Lego bricks from underfoot, and homemade pie.
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The Ratatouille Wins
Faith and Family Live! | Posted by Rebecca Teti in Food on Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Congratulations to Laura from Sea Glass Hearts, who won a $25 gift certificate to the King Arthur Flour catalog for sharing a recipe using home grown tomatoes.
Thanks to everyone who entered, and Laura: enjoy!
Beautiful Women Hang Out Here
Faith and Family Live! | Posted by Rebecca Teti in Faith on Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Msgr. Charles Pope, who keeps a wonderful blog at the Archdiocese of Washington site, recently spent some time at the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception.
“Some of the most beautiful women I know” hang out there, he writes, and he created this slideshow to prove it.
Be sure to read Msgr’s post for an explanation of the slides and music.
Stem Cell Developments
Faith and Family Live! | Posted by Rebecca Teti in News on Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Embryonic Stem Cells have been in the news again.
Last week a federal district judge issued an injunction against NIH using federal funds for embryonic stem cell research.
He reasoned that the President’s executive order permitting such funding contravenes federal law, at least pending the outcome of a case working its way through the courts.
You can read more about that here.
In related news, a... READ MORE
Missing Fr. Red
Faith and Family Live! | Posted by Rebecca Teti in News on Monday, August 30, 2010
Amidst the coverage of the aftermath of hurricane Katrina comes this touching portrait of a priest who’s still among the missing.
“Joe,” Ginart said patiently, “I’ve already told you. No cher, I’m staying. If it’s God’s will, I’ll get washed away. If it’s God’s will, I’ll go down with the church.”
There are some tributes and memories of him in the comments here.
... READ MOREGarden Giveaway
Faith and Family Live! | Posted by Rebecca Teti in Food on Friday, August 27, 2010
Update: Anyone with a tomato recipe can enter; no one will know your tomatoes aren’t homegrown 
As promised, here’s your chance to show off your home-grown tomatoes and the wonderful things that can be done with them.
Share your pictures and recipes, and be automatically entered to win a $25 gift certificate to the King Arthur Flour catalog, courtesy of an anonymous giver.
To participate, just... READ MORE
Nicer New York
Faith and Family Live! | Posted by Rebecca Teti in Reviews on Thursday, August 26, 2010
Native Washingtonians feel a smug superiority to New York City.
It may be The Big Apple, seat of finance, fashion and the arts, but we’re the true corridor of power.
And we’re prettier, more polite and our streets don’t stink.
I’m not so sure about that middle element anymore, though.
I used to spend a week or two each summer with my Great-Aunts in New York. It was great fun, but however many the... READ MORE
"Mary Is Tired"
Faith and Family Live! | Posted by Rebecca Teti in News on Wednesday, August 25, 2010
The only impressions I have about Christianity in Japan are snippets from the lives of saints Francis Xavier and later Maximilian Kolbe; the novel Silence; and this article from 2001 about the music of Bach leading to conversions.
I’m fascinated therefore by this 1970s subway poster meant to encourage people to yield seats to women with children.
If you click through to the whole collection, you’ll see a general fascination with Western images (and Jesus reminding people to take their umbrellas with them!), but this one is particularly arresting, I think, since it makes Mary stand for women and motherhood in a non-Christian culture.
Anyone more knowledgeable care to comment?
Coincidentally I’d been thinking about subway courtesy campaigns even before I stumbled across this image. More on that tomorrow.
Update: just ran across this article, “Why Christianity is Foreign to Japan.” (With a polite nod to Christopher Blosser.)
Orphan Bunny Rescue
Faith and Family Live! | Posted by Rebecca Teti in Just me on Tuesday, August 24, 2010
All together now:
“Awwwwww!”
Garden Tomatoes
Faith and Family Live! | Posted by Rebecca Teti in Food on Sunday, August 22, 2010
Gals, we’ve gone all summer without a contest to celebrate our gardens and farmer’s markets.
It’s not too late, though.
Do something wonderful with your home-grown tomatoes this week…caprese salad, gazpacho, galettes….
Take a picture and be prepared to share it through the magic of Mr. Linky on Friday (post the pics to your blog, flickr page or similar site).
From those who enter our tomato “contest,” we’ll choose a winner at random of a gift card to King Arthur Flour.
Don’t enter yet…just create your tomato goodness and snap your photos. Contest will open this Friday.
Happy Vocation News
Faith and Family Live! | Posted by Rebecca Teti in Faith on Thursday, August 19, 2010
I’ve so come to look forward to The Anchoress’ periodic vocation round-ups.
There’s no better evidence that the Church is young and alive as the pope once exclaimed.
Here, have a look.
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