"But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as EAGLES. They shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint."
– Isaiah 40:31
Kathy Schiffer is the wife of a deacon and mother of three grown children, and currently works as Communications/ Media Relations Coordinator for Guest House, the treatment center for Catholic clergy and religious.
Share Today, September 24, Pope Benedict XVI rode through the streets of Freiburg in the popemobile before meeting with a group of lay Catholics gathered at the Freiburg Seminary. In the background of the copyrighted photo, you can clearly see Freiburg’s village clock. I was there, too, in October 2000. I was poring through some [...]
ShareSome days one idea catapults into another, with the result that the sublime slams headlong into the ridiculous, producing a flaming nonsequitur of a blog post. Today is one of those days. I read that on September 13, 1501, Michelangelo began carving what is perhaps his pièce de résistance, the 17-foot marble sculpture of David, [...]
ShareNo disrespect intended! But since I’ve been talking for the past few days about St. Augustine, I thought I’d round out the series with a few pics from some of his favorite haunts. Back in 2003 or 2004, I had the privilege of leading a group of pilgrims to some of the fun spots in [...]
Share I have Rome Fever. It usually takes a bit longer to set in—I was, after all, stumbling on the cobblestones just three months ago. But the news that St. Peter’s Square is about to undergo a major renovation has me thinking: I’ve gotta see that!! The restoration project, which was just announced in L’Osservatore Romano, [...]
ShareOne hundred eighty-eight years ago today—on July 15, 1832—a careless workman started a fire on the roof of one of Rome’s great papal basilicas, the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls. The workman had been completing repairs on the lead tiles when a great fire erupted, causing near total destruction of the historic chapel. [...]