Meet Philly's New Archbishop
Posted by Rebecca Teti in News on Tuesday, July 19, 2011
As Lisa indicated obliquely yesterday, the Pope has appointed a new archbishop of Philadelphia: Archbishop Chaput.
Here’s an interview he granted to John Allen about the appointment. I think you’ll find it interesting on many fronts, but here’s what’s really relevant for a certain blogmistress.
I’m going to have to become a Phillies fan, and an Eagles fan, and everything else in Philadelphia. I genuinely mean that, because I think it’s important for the bishop to embrace the sports teams that his people embrace. But I want you to know that all the time I’ve been a Broncos fan, I’ve secretly been a Steelers fan … I hope that doesn’t get me into trouble in Philadelphia!
I’m an old Pittsburgh guy. I was there for three Super Bowls that the Steelers won, and that made a permanent impression on me. Secretly, where it has to be hidden, I’m a Steelers fan, but I also want to embrace the local community.
Priorities!
Love Comes First
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Family on Thursday, November 19, 2009
Last night I lamented to my husband that I’m feeling frustrated lately by my fumbling attempts to keep all my balls in the air.
“I feel,” I told him, “like I can be a great mother or a great housekeeper, but not both.”
Many women I know appear to be both great mothers and great housekeepers, but I haven’t been able to make my personal resources extend to fill both those roles. Right now, I told Bryan,... READ MORE
Realism and Teamwork
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Homemaking on Monday, November 16, 2009
This weekend, my husband and I took care of two major tasks. Bryan tackled the yard, raking and bagging leaves and cleaning gutters. I rotated the children’s clothes, storing the outgrown ones and getting their fall wardrobes ready.
These two things took the entire weekend, and we were proud that we managed to get them both done!
We used to make ambitious lists of the things we hoped to accomplish... READ MORE
Keeping Order with a New Baby
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Homemaking on Monday, March 02, 2009
My mother always says that for the first few months after you have a new baby, you should consider that you are doing well if everyone in your family is fed and clothed. All the other normal household tasks get superseded by the more important task of taking care of the family’s newest person.
During Camilla’s newborn days Bryan and I mostly spent our time comforting our wailing daughter and strategizing... READ MORE
What I Don’t Do
Posted by Danielle Bean in Homemaking on Tuesday, September 09, 2008
In our podcast last week, some of the other Faith & Family Live! bloggers and I took on the topic of moms who “do it all.”
Though we all agreed that no one in fact does “do it all” the myth persists that some moms do. The smart moms do it all, we think. Or maybe it’s the pretty ones? Or the rich ones? Or the virtuous ones? And how do they do it anyway?
In my own feeble effort to dispel the “do it... READ MORE
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