by Leslie Sholly | Jun 10, 2021 | Uncategorized
The popular understanding of religious freedom is the ability to attend the worship service of your choice on a regular basis. But is that a full definition? In Dignitatis Humanae, The Second Vatican Council declared “that the human person has a right to religious...
by Leslie Sholly | Mar 31, 2021 | Uncategorized
Over the past year I noticed a precipitous decline in my “likes” on my Facebook page, which is where I am most active and therefore is how I tend to gauge my “success” at this social media/blogging thing. This decline coincided with my sharing...
by Leslie Sholly | Jan 10, 2021 | Uncategorized
As another year comes to a close it is painfully obvious that I have written very little. I don’t know why that is as time was more plentiful than usual. Discernment is in order, for sure. But in the meantime, I am starting the new year off right with an...
by Leslie Sholly | Nov 11, 2020 | book review, Uncategorized
I’ve always been that girl with her nose in a book. Yet somehow in recent years I have realized that I am spending more and more time reading news online and less and less time sitting down with a good book. This month I decided to do something about that. I...
by Leslie Sholly | Jan 7, 2020 | Uncategorized
It’s become a yearly tradition for me to highlight the year’s most-read posts (according to WordPress stats), and also to share my favorite posts from the year. Many of the most-read posts are oldies-but-goodies, and I choose to celebrate their staying...
by Leslie Sholly | Dec 2, 2019 | Uncategorized
For most of my adulthood, my prayer life has consisted of Mass on Sunday, various random calls on God on the saints as necessary throughout the day, and petitions in bed at night–if I did not fall asleep first. I would marvel at folks who attended Mass daily,...