by Claire Dwyer | Mar 3, 2019 | Books, Eucharist
Although I’ve always been an avid reader, with stacks of books on my desk, beside my bed, and on overflowing shelves around the house, I didn’t read J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings Trilogy until I was an adult. (Now my sixth...
by Claire Dwyer | Dec 28, 2016 | Books, prayer
Here we go again. Another new calendar year, another gloriously empty planner, another fresh start. Another chance to count our calories and our steps, watch our words, manage our time, balance our budgets. It’s our annual self-check-up. What did we do well...
by Claire Dwyer | Aug 16, 2015 | Books, Catholic Church
Last fall I picked up a book in our parish bookstore – and couldn’t put it down. Alice von Hildebrand’s Memoirs of a Happy Failure captured me with it’s title. You see, it promised a glimpse into the life of a woman I had admired since...
