{bits & pieces}
The weekly “little of this, little of that” feature here at Like Mother, Like Daughter!
The winner of the beautiful Infinifeed scarf from Designs by Pebblehut is Theresa B!
Letty is generously offering free shipping on all orders over $30 until the end of July! So head on over there to make your fashion/nursing scarf/headband purchases!
I hope your garden is going well! Ours is, though it’s very dry. But wow, sunny beautiful days!
Our links this week:
First — big news: thanks to Deirdre, we have updated and upgraded our information page about the St. Gregory Pockets — what they are and where to find them. Now you can know all you need to know and also share this one page with others. Please read and tell us what you think — and share with your friends! Is your area/town on our list? Could you start a Pocket where you are?
Dr. Ralph Stanley: “It used to be said that when you heard a Ralph Stanley tune, you either wanted to get drunk or go to church and get saved.”
Rest in Peace.
Pope Francis has said some confusing things about marriage this week. It’s important that we know what we’re talking about. Yes, marriage is in a sorry state, as unto a crisis. No question about that. We need clear teaching now more than ever!
Benedict Nguyen, canon law professor, writes on principles we must keep in mind. If anything, in this excellent piece he understates the devastating effect of confusion on children.
Ed Peters, a highly respected canon lawyer, writes in First Things with some trenchant remarks about the nature of marriage — it’s not a lofty, unreachable ideal; it’s actually the very institution that virtually everyone participates in and needs. If anything, in this excellent piece he understates the essentially public — not private — nature of marriage. Think of it this way: Society is built marriage by marriage.
Marriage preparation begins in the family. There is no substitute for family life in teaching the virtues necessary for… family life! Good marriage preparation before the wedding can be found here: Catholic Marriage Prep. (We’ve told you about them before.)
And from a young priest: “Fight for your love, instead of doubting it!” Is Your Marriage Valid?
In other links:
Does your family build thing-a-ma-jigs, like Cristina’s family does? Wish we had!
This week’s little modern philosophy lesson, as we are indeed living in a Hobbesian world, alas.
“Today, I lost my Nobel prize.” A bit about a new film on the life of Jerome LeJeune, Catholic doctor who discovered the genetic reason for Down Syndrome and fought against what he knew would be the result of his discovery: the elimination of “the unfit.”
Sir Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the Boy Scouts, hid maps in bug drawings.
From the archives:
If it’s hotting up where you are, you can assemble the ingredients for our family favorite, Salade Nicoise, as you make other suppers, and then when it’s really unbearable, voila! dinner is made. This post has, in that random way of mine, my recipe for olive oil-raisin-honey-rosemary bread, so choose a cool morning to make a few loaves of that as well!
Today is the feast of St. William of Monte Virgine, Abbot.
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