September 12, 2025 “You think those dogs will not be in Heaven! I tell you they will be there long before any of us.”—Robert Louis Stevenson This is the story of Klink, a dachshund who lived his best life roaming the streets of Greenwich, back before there were...
September 11, 2025 “The world tells us to seek success, power, and money. God tells us to seek humility, service, and love.” —Fulton J. Sheen The following is taken from an essay about grief by Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen. Tears make our hearts realize...
September 10, 2025 So many of us want the memory of our loved ones to live on. We have scholarships created in their honor, we write heartfelt obituaries, we hold memorial services, we commit their names to stained glass windows and charitable endeavors. Louis V....
September 9, 2025 Julie’s friend Marcus gave her six plants from his garden. He called them “mushroom plants,” and they sat out there all summer because she never got around to planting them until the end of August. “What the heck is a mushroom plant?” she wondered as...
September 8, 2025 “When the Sisters are exhausted, up to their eyes in work; when all seems to go awry, they spend an hour in prayer before the Blessed Sacrament. This practice has never failed to bear fruit: they experience peace and strength.”— St. Teresa of...
September 7, 2025 Ruth Stone, who worked for a time at Wesleyan University Press, has been called the “poet of grief,” largely inspired by the death of her second husband, Walter. Stone’s poetry has been compared to Emily Dickinson’s. Another poet, Sandra Gilbert,...
