A basket of words, A fresh flame that sparkles like snow to burnish our thoughts Christmas is not playing with dolls, It's counting your wounds after your newly opened eyes Have furrowed into your mound of flesh. These verses by...
Read moreZeppole con Alici sott'olio, by Emmelina De Feo Emmelina De Feo's special dish: Zeppole with anchovies in oil Emmelina De Feo One of my most treasured memories as a child of cooking and baking during the Christmas holidays, was when...
Read moreAll age groups are dealing with specific challenges, but grandma and grandpa are in a group by themselves. As parents you still have many decades ahead of you to make new memories with your children, but sad as it is...
Read moreTwo weeks ago, I received a press release from Sarah Lemieux, the Publicity Coordinator of Sophia Institute Press, about its hot-off-the-press publication, The Vatican Christmas Cookbook. It’s the sequel to the Institute’s best seller The Vatican Cookbook, which I reviewed...
Read moreWe Southern migrants to Italy’s industrial north all share the same ritual. We take any opportunity we can to break away from grey polluted skies, the heaviness of the air and the stark furrowed fields populated by crows. Year in...
Read moreUsually an Italian American family Christmas involves at least 20 people, and that is just counting the immediate family. So, it’s very important that everything is studied to detail for the special day. For starters it’s important to count the...
Read moreStiamo vivendo in un'epoca di violenza e di ostilità senza precedenti, ma è facile sostenere che ogni generazione ha avuto la sua parte di problemi. Non abbiamo, forse, il potere di fare politica governativa o di fermare il riscaldamento globale...
Read moreWe’re living in an age of unprecedented violence and hostility, yet it’s easy to argue that every generation has had its share of problems. We may not have the power to make government policy or to stop global warming or...
Read moreMeanwhile, a respected Jesuit priest, Head of the Theology Department at the University of Santa Clara in California, Father Kevin O’Brien replies to Trump, “I don’t think that Jesus cares much if we say Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays. He...
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