The One Great Thing
In addition to all the discombobulation of the household this past week we were also anticipating something very, very special. During the past two years of religious education classes at…
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April 19, 2026
Día de los Muertos
A couple of weeks ago, Laurent invited the family to come downtown to the Basilica for the All Souls Day celebration - mass, followed by the annual Día de los…
November 2, 2025
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A Wonderful Weekend
The school year is done - hallelujah! There has been much celebrating around our house, in the way of sleeping in, staying up late, going to pool parties, and most…
May 26, 2025
Habemus Papem!
Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of the Diocese of Chicago, has been elected as the 267th Pontiff of the Holy Roman Catholic Church and the first Pope from North America, taking…
May 8, 2025
Jubilee 2025
Pope Francis has declared the year 2025 to be a Jubilee Year, a year of hope. You can read here the text of SPES NON CONFUNDIT, the Papal Bull of…
December 30, 2024
Easter Sunday, 2024
I had been looking forward to Easter morning all week!! We were going to the Basilica!! Laurent had given me a hint of what was in store musically, and I…
April 1, 2024