Some of you of a certain age may remember Peggy Lee, the songstress who belted out “Fever,” but also a rather sad song, entitled “Is that all there is?” In that second song, she relates a series of experiences in her life – watching her house burn down as a child,… Read More »Christmas: the remedy for a disenchanted world
The lead up to my cancer surgery in April of 2014 was brief. As I was being rolled into the operating room for the biopsy the previous January, one of the attending physicians at Lahey Burlington mentioned, almost casually, that they had seen a dark area in the corner of my… Read More »A new lease on life
Thanks to a Christmas gift from my brother and sister-in-law, I was at Symphony Hall this past Friday afternoon with Fr. Roland. Marcelo Lehninger conducted two Beethoven pieces, the Overture to the Creatures of Prometheus and the Emperor concerto, and finished with the 5th symphony of Tchaikovsky. Javier Perianes was the featured… Read More »Music and the human spirit
Undoubtedly, there are advantages to reading from a tablet or an iPad. Cost, convenience while traveling, storage capacity, font flexibility all favor the electronic device over the traditional book, to say nothing of environmental concerns and the elimination of all that paper. Clearly, electronic is the reasonable way to go. But sometimes rationality… Read More »A book in hand
Shane Lowry, the Irish golfer who recently won the British Open, made an interesting observation about how he dealt with the pressure of entering the final round with a four stroke advantage over the field. The context for the reporter’s question was a similar lead several years back going into… Read More »Putting God before golf, and everything else
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Front of the building Assumptionist Center, located in the Brighton section of Boston, is home to a small community of Assumptionist religious. Those religious invite a limited number of young, single men who are studying and/ or working in the Boston area to share an experience in Christian community life.… Read More »Invitation to Live in the Assumptionist Center
The Augustinians of the Assumption sponsors Bayard Publishing, a Catholic Publishing company that publishes Catholic Digest, Living Faith, Living with Christ, Pflaum Gospel Weeklies, and Catechist. They also publish books, booklets, digital products, and a popular newspaper in France, La Croix. Visit Bayard’s website: https://www.bayardinc.com/