Author D Mac
A friend and student here at Mundelein Seminary, Nick Blaha, is studying for the priesthood with the Archdiocese of Kansas City. He’s spending part of his summer in El Salvador at an orphanage called Nuestros Pequenos Hermanos (sorry about the… Continue Reading →
I had the good fortune to stop by Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in the Chicago suburb of Glenview recently and saw a pretty remarkable thing: a Catholic church which used a colonial mode to “prove” that Catholic were… Continue Reading →
Click on the photo below for a chuckle. Finally, an e-mail forward that actually made me laugh.
From Radio Equalizer: A new low has been reached in the world of Al Sharpton on his radio show. FEMALE CALLER (31:50): He (Michael Jackson) is truly the soundtrack of my life. I also have a theory about Sarah Palin… Continue Reading →
Strange we never saw this at the time. From WorldNet Daily: According to the Associated Press, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg snoozed during oral arguments today over political redistricting in Texas. “The subject matter was extremely technical,” notes AP writer Gina… Continue Reading →
If you are in the Chicago area, you may want to come to the Liturgical Institute’s Hillenbrand lecture with Jeff Greene, founder and president of Evergreene Architectural Arts in New York. His talk, entitled, “Traditional Design Principles and Their Application… Continue Reading →
One of my students is the niece of the priest in the video below, Monsignor John Esseff. Monsignor Esseff is widely known as a spiritual master who works with the Institute for Priestly Formation. He is also Lebanese and understands… Continue Reading →
I’m not a big fan of political grandstanding. I’m an architectural historian. I talk about eschatology and column capitals and HVAC. But today’s vote in the House is big. We’ve all be inundated by the Michael Jackson story , so… Continue Reading →
CMR readers who know Chicago’s Holy Name Cathedral might be interested in this historic photo from the Mass held there for the famous 1926 International Eucharistic Congress (click image for larger view). The extraordinary decorations include not only the banners,… Continue Reading →