"He instinctively can find the shining greatness of our American culture and does a good job of highlighting it (although he also does have those rare lapses when he writes about hockey, but that is something caused by impurities in the Eastern waters or something)." Erik Keilholtz
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Mark C. N. Sullivan is an editor at a Massachusetts university. He is married and the father of three children. Email
Teetotalers, be forewarned: If you scroll all the way to the bottom of John Cahill's blog you will learn the provenance of his Six Bells URL.
Miss Kelly pays tribute to the virgin and martyr St. Agatha, who according to legend remained cheerful in the face of the most harrowing torture, and was depicted in medieval paintings carrying her breasts on a plate.
Fr Nicholas at Roman Miscellany writes on St Lucy, traditionally pictured carrying eyeballs.
POD stands for "Pious and Overly Devotional," and you don't get much more POD than this picture of Fr Nicholas' friend, Fr Whinder, revering the skull of St Cordula.
The Lion & the Cardinal posts historic images of Dresden before its destruction by bombing in the Second World War. See also the images of Strasbourg Cathedral, the Polish icons, and an eccentric taxidermist's rendering of a monkey as Martin Luther.
Matthew at the Shrine of the Holy Whapping reflects on the Order of the Mopses, a secret society whose initiates donned collars and kissed a porcelain pug's backside as an expression of devotion.
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