On Wednesday, July 22, 2026, the Sisters, staff, and oblates of St. Scholastica Monastery welcomed friends and family to celebrate Sr. Hilary Decker on the 70th anniversary of her monastic profession. All shared in Mass…
According to the New England Quarterly (vol. 98, Issue 3, Sept. 2025), the very first advice column ever written appeared in 1691. The Athenian Gazette, or Casuistical Mercury (often shortened to Athenian Mercury was founded by John Duton. This periodical set out to answer…
AI gets a bad rap these days in many circles for many reasons, but primarily it seems to be because of the unknown use of its potential power. However, putting skepticism aside, I asked AI…
February is full of feasts, and begins, too, a time for us to fast. One of the original meanings in the prehistoric Germanic language of the word fast was to “hold oneself to observance (https://www.etymonline.com/word/fast).…
by TERRY BAKER, GUEST WRITER In the age of fast paced technology, never-ending changes and stresses, of broken relationships and society’s constant clamor, there is a place of refuge. There is a place of quiet…
“The most wonderful time of the year” is often considered not so wonderful. Complaints abound about the commercialism of the season, all the while participating in it through ‘necessary’ attendance of office parties, neighbor and…
What do we really mean when we say we are “thankful”, “grateful” , and “blessed”? “Have a blessed day,” rolls easily off the tongues of many these days. But has it, too, become just part…
On Aug. 11, 2023, the Today Show Senior Food Editor Emi Boscamp published an article on the rise of the popularity of the buffet. In the report, she quoted IBIS World Research Marketing Company as…
The circle is a mathematical wonder. It is an object/shape that has no beginning nor end—except for the point on it in which we determine is the start or the finish. There are an infinite…
