by Leslie Sholly | Apr 16, 2010 | Catholicism
When I was a little girl, I received The Song of Bernadette as a Christmas gift. The story of Bernadette and the apparitions at Lourdes captivated me, and I immediately decided that Bernadette would be my Confirmation saint years down the road. I recently re-read...
by Leslie Sholly | Apr 15, 2010 | Catholicism, Genealogy, Graveyards
Well, maybe he’s not. Actually, I don’t believe it at all, because I’m Catholic and our tradition denies that Jesus had any siblings. This is some of the suspicious information you run into doing internet-based genealogy. I was investigating my...
by Leslie Sholly | Apr 12, 2010 | Catholicism
I loved Easter long before I appreciated its religious significance–the excitement of the Easter Bunny, the new clothes, the family dinner, the egg hunt, and most of all the springtime. It’s my favorite holiday as an adult, not just because for Christians...
by Leslie Sholly | Apr 10, 2010 | Abortion, Catholicism, English Literature, Euthanasia, Georgetown, Life Issues, Reprints
The following is a reprint of a column that ran in The East Tennessee Catholic newspaper on August 11, 2002. It explains the name of my former column, which is now the name of this blog. Names are important. Think of the time we spend choosing the names we give our...