Burst!
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Reviews on Friday, February 04, 2011
One of our ads at the top right reminded me to post this recollection of a priest with an out-sized personality and a heart to go with who made a lasting impact on the Archdiocese of Washington.
Kevin Wells is a former sports writer whose life changed radically when blood vessels in his brain suddenly burst. Here he reads chapter 5 of his new book, Burst: A Story of God’s Grace When Life Falls Apart.... READ MORE
Milk of Human Kindness
Posted by Rebecca Teti in News on Friday, January 14, 2011
How about a round of good news?
I have two nice stories. Both take place in the context of sad news, but they show kindness at work.
First, a pilot from Southwest Airlines held a plane for a grieving grandfather. Not only was the pilot kind, but the company backed him up.
Second, from Fr. Z., from whom I first stole the idea of collecting good news in a post, comes the story of the Trappist monks who furnished a casket for the poor little girl shot in Arizona.
Do you have any good news to share?
Happy Birthday, Mary!
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Faith on Wednesday, September 08, 2010
During last week’s podcast the topic of how to observe today’s feast, The Birth of Mary, came up.
My answer was my usual answer to feast days: cake!
Since birthdays can be an occasion to sing people’s praises and let them know how much we appreciate them, I thought it might be neat to share stories of graces we’ve received through Mary’s intercession—even if we’re getting a late start here at 4:00pm... READ MORE
Happy Vocation News
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.
Tell Us Your Good News
Posted by Rebecca Teti in News on Friday, July 30, 2010
Need some good news? I do, so here’s some:
I’m pleased to report that Prof. Kenneth Howell—that teacher fired from the U. of Illinois for explaining Catholic teaching in a class on Catholicism—will be offered his job back.
Not happy news, exactly, but better-than-we’d hoped: the Gulf oil spill will have less environmental impact than expected.
I meant to post this earlier in the summer but never... READ MORE
Go, Maddy!
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Reviews on Saturday, January 16, 2010
I’m not an American Idol fan (not my kind of singing), but enjoyed this uplifting clip about new contestant Maddy Curtis.
The guys at Creative Minority Report report that Maddy’s entire family converted to Catholicism a few years ago. She’s the 9th of 12 children, and her mom is pro-life activist Barbara Curtis:
“The wonderful part is that during her audition for Idol, producers highlighted the Down Syndrome children in her family and they quoted Maddy saying “I think some people are a little skeptical of Down syndrome. Those four boys bring out the best in every person they meet. They see the world in colors, and we need to see the world that way.”
Nice!
Breakthrough!
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Health on Friday, August 07, 2009
The HIV genome has been mapped, researchers at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill announced yesterday.
Scientists hope this new information will enable them to fight the HIV virus by vaccine or genetic manipulation.
What hopeful news!
No News Not The Only Good News
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Reviews on Saturday, May 16, 2009
This lovely column from Simcha Fisher reminded me of an observation made by a brilliant psychiatrist during a lecture I attended some years ago.
He said that if someone lives a good life but messes up once, we all think, “Aha! Now we know what he’s really like!”
The problem is, it’s not true. What we’re really like is the way we are 99% of the time, the way we’re striving to be.
Our falls, when they... READ MORE
Let’s Not Lay Anyone Off
Posted by Rebecca Teti in News on Friday, March 13, 2009
This is Paul Levy, CEO of a Boston hospital facing tough economic times.
Here’s a heartening story about him and his employees working together to save everyone’s job.
Mr. Levy didn’t want to have to fire the janitors and food service people who could least cope with job loss, so he approached his entire staff to find better solutions. And they came through, in spades.
The consensus was that the workers... READ MORE
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