Monthly Archives: December 2006

Perpetual Adoration at St. Louis

Posted on December 30, 2006 by Devman

Howdy, friends! Katie and I have been given the honor of starting Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration (PEA) at our parish, St. Louis.  It has been a challenge for me especially, so I would like to ask that you say a prayer … Continue reading →

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Sophie Scholl, The Final Days

Posted on December 29, 2006 by Devman

What an excellent movie!  My dear sister-in-law, Courtney, gave me “Sophie Scholl” for Christmas, and a few days ago I watched it with Katie and my mom. I found out about it from Steven Greydanus’ DecentFilms.com review.  He gave it … Continue reading →

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A Voice Was Heard in Ramah

Posted on December 28, 2006 by Katie

  On this feast of the Holy Innocents, my heart is aching for all those women who’ve had abortions, for those mothers who will never be able to hold their babies, this side of heaven.  And, I’m inspired by the … Continue reading →

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A Gift of Honeybees

Posted on December 27, 2006 by Devman

Our friends, the Brumleys, sent us a unique gift for Christmas: A hive of honeybees! When I first read about their gift in an email they sent me, I was confused because the picture showed an African woman receiving honey … Continue reading →

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Our First Noel

Posted on December 22, 2006 by Katie

  Hi, readers, and happy final days of Advent!  I haven’t written in a number of weeks, being fully occupied with “pondering things in my heart” and other such worthy efforts.   And, now, it’s nearly the Feast of the … Continue reading →

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God Speaking Through a Child to Her Mother

Posted on December 16, 2006 by Devman

I just read a great article in our new magazine that our friend Maria K. gave us a subscription to, “Faith and Family”. Patty Kiernan writes in the first-person about her life. She grew up nominally Catholic (twice-a-year Mass goer). … Continue reading →

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New Blog Name!

Posted on December 14, 2006 by Devman

You may have noticed that Katie and I changed the name of our blog from the old “St. Joseph’s Vanguard” which was appropriately for my bachelorhood and unequivocally masculine, to “St. Joseph’s Vanguard Meets Feminine Genius”, which reflects the complementarity … Continue reading →

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Adoption Questions?

Posted on December 12, 2006 by Devman

After reading about David and Mary (posted below), Katie and I have started talking about adoption. It is too early for us to know whether we will be able to have children of our own flesh or not, but with … Continue reading →

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An Amazing Couple

Posted on December 11, 2006 by Devman

I recently read about a Catholic couple here in Austin, David and Mary, who had been married for 3 years but had been unable to conceive children. Like many couples in such a situation, they looked into adoption, but instead … Continue reading →

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Advent at the Rose’s Home

Posted on December 10, 2006 by Devman

Katie has had some neat ideas for our first Advent together, and I wanted to share some of them with you:

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