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Catholic Cuisine Blog

Catholic Cuisine is a blog filled with recipes for celebrating feasts and seasons of the liturgical year. Cookbooks, aprons and other gifts, and many recipes with a bit of history about the feast and the recipe are included in this…

Soul Cakes in November

The making, giving, and eating of Soul Cakes is a traditional way to celebrate All Saints and All Souls days. A recipe for Pumpkin Soul Cakes is included in this blog post. Links are included to other sites that also…

St. Hildegard of Bingen

St. Hildegard of Bingen lived in the 12th century. A remarkable woman, she founded a Benedictine convent, served as abbess of her community, studied medicine and physiology, including the use of medicinal herbs, composed and played hauntingly beautiful religious music,…

Ancient Roots of a Modern Imperative

Sometimes I hear people speak disapprovingly about the actions and dreams of those who work for social justice. The “harrumphs” are loudest about those still living and active. Once the activist is no longer living and doing disturbing things, he…

An I-Thou Moment

She walked down the street with a somewhat shuffling gait, shoulders hunched with the weight of life’s challenges, and holding a cigarette by her side, from which she took an occasional puff. Her hair hung long, a bit below her…