LAST FRIDAY was a glorious, unseasonably warm day. I took advantage of this day by hiking at Castlewood State Park. Castlewood straddles the Meramec River in southern Saint Louis County. The name ‘Castlewood’ derives from the tall bluffs on the...

AS NOVEMBER IS the month of the Holy Souls, and since this year has been proclaimed the Year for Priests by Pope Benedict, here are some photos I've taken lately of priests' graves. Father John Zuhlsdorf, in a recent sermon, asks us in our charity to...

THE HOLY SEE today promulgated the Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorium Coetibus. The press release: On October 20, 2009, Cardinal William Levada, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, announced a new provision responding to the...

Taken today, at Castlewood State Park. More photos are here.

A CORRESPONDENT sent me information on the new Father McGivney Catholic High School, opening in Fall of 2011, in the Saint Louis suburban village of Glen Carbon, Illinois. The website is: http://www.frmcgivneyhs.com. It is named after the Venerable...