Archive for December, 2006
Saturday, December 30th, 2006
Perpetual Adoration at St. Louis
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 that God will start PEA at St. Louis for his glory.
It has been a challenge because [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Adoration by Devman
Friday, December 29th, 2006
Sophie Scholl, The Final Days
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 his highest marks in every category, including Moral/Spiritual value. But it is a German film that [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Catholic Life by Devman
Thursday, December 28th, 2006
A Voice Was Heard in Ramah
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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 many women who seek healing, using their experience to evangelize others through programs such as Silent [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Catholic Life by Katie
Wednesday, December 27th, 2006
A Gift of Honeybees
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 from a man dressed in a beekeeper outfit. I kept reading and realized that the bees [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Catholic Life, Grapevines and Nature by Devman
Friday, December 22nd, 2006
Our First Noel
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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 Incarnation!
Dev and I have had a deeply blessed Advent, enjoying the light from the candles on [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Catholic Life by Katie
Saturday, December 16th, 2006
God Speaking Through a Child to Her Mother
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). In her mid-twenties, she went to Hollywood to find fame and fortune where she found [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Love and War by Devman
Thursday, December 14th, 2006
New Blog Name!
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 of the masculine and feminine that me and Katie bring to our marriage and subsequently [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Catholic Life by Devman
Tuesday, December 12th, 2006
Adoption Questions?
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 so many children needing a family here in the U.S. and in the world, the question [...]
7 Comments » - Posted in Love and War by Devman
Monday, December 11th, 2006
An Amazing Couple
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 of going to China or Russia or Guatemala to find the children that God wanted them [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Love and War by Devman
Sunday, December 10th, 2006
Advent at the Rose’s Home
Katie has had some neat ideas for our first Advent together, and I wanted to share some of them with you:
1 Comment » - Posted in Catholic Life by Devman
Friday, December 8th, 2006
Immaculate Conception Mass at St. William’s
Wow.
That was my reaction to seeing the completed St. William’s parish in Round Rock today when Katie and I went there to Mass for the our Blessed Mother’s Immaculate Conception feastday.
The outside is awesome: It reminded me immediately of St. Francis’ Basilica in Assisi, Italy.
The inside is equally awesome, both in size but especially in [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Catholic Life by Devman
Tuesday, December 5th, 2006
Movie Review: The Nativity Story
As you may have read on Roxy’s blog, she and Gerardo and Katie and I went out on a double-date Saturday morning to see the Nativity Story.
Overall, the movie is worth-watching because it is encouraging to the Christian faith and a good-hearted portrayal of the events immediately leading up to the birth of Jesus Christ, [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Saints and Angels by Devman
Friday, December 1st, 2006
First Wedding Photo
I worked hard tonight to try to setup a photo album in the blog or on my homepage, but it just didn’t want to work right. I will try again this weekend so you can view a nice slideshow.
In the meantime, here is a very nice photo from the pictures that Danielle took: