We're trying something new for the U.S. Catholic blogs this week. Starting today, I'll be posting links to interesting things I've come across on the web all week. Since I hope to grow the list of sites I check and blogs I read, please feel free to suggest some of your favorites. (I'm also taking title suggestions. So far, all I've come up with "The Dish on Fridays.") In the meantime, I hope that these links help you to discover some fantastic online religion coverage.
- Monday was Word AIDS Day. A friend of mine, who has both worked with and adopted from an orphanage run by the Missionaries of Charity shared a beautiful, personal reflection.
- I find this multifaith calendar super useful.
- Vocation dolls. Wow.
- Finish up the week with daily Advent reflections from the Shrine of St. Jude. Next week's reflections are also up.
- I discovered a whole new world this week: Nuns who blog.
- On a more somber note, Cathy Lynn Grossman wonders if reconciliation in the church is possible thanks to the sex-abuse scandal.
From our own pages:
- Meinrad Scherer-Edmunds shares his own thoughts on the covering up of sex abuse in Ireland.
- I've been reading a selection from our Advent special section everyday. So far, my favorite is the piece where Lola from the Tom Tykwer film, Run Lola Run, is cited as an Advent figure. I enjoy it when faith dialogues with film, particularly when it's unexpected.
- Speaking of unexpected, this review of Bob Dylan's Christmas album treats the unexpected mystery of Christmas (and generates some unexpected interest among our readers!).
- And finally, our senior editor, Cathy-O'Connell Cahill made her debut on our blog this week with some critique on Chicago journalist, Carol Marin's take on the separation of church and state.
