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The Best in Catholic Blogging

An Apostolic Blueprint for a Parish and a Model of Christian Community in a Modern Age – David Clayton, Beauty of Catholicism

Why Beautiful Parish Churches Matter – Mattias A. Caro, Ethika Politika

The Problem With Papal Mind-Readers – Fr. Matthew Schneider L.C., Catholic Stand

A Dearth of Priestly Vocations in America: “Things Have Gone Terribly, Terribly Wrong” - Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, of Fr. Z’s Blog

This Catholic Church in Bavaria Has Been Housing the Homeless for 500 Years – Evan Wing, Regina Magazine

Oh No, Another Shroud Study – Anthony S. Layne, The Impractical Catholic

Tales and Travails of a Tornado Alley Catholic – Nathaniel Lauer, Catholic Stand

Belgium: Brothers of Charity, Catholic Psychiatric Hospitals to Provide Euthanasia – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, Fr. Z’s Blog

The Carthusian Option – Stev Hep, Catholic Scot

Amid Threats and Bloodshed, In Egypt, Pope Pleads For “Builders of Civility” – Rocco Palmo, Whispers in the Loggia

The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass – Jean Elizabeth Seah, Ignitum Today

10 Great Reasons to Read Raymond Arroyo’s ‘Will Wilder’ Series – Stephen Mirarchi, epicPew

The Fitting Nature of the Sacraments – Bo Bonner, Church Life Journal (University of Notre Dame)

Why Is There a Feast for St. Joseph the Worker: Victims of Communism Day – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The American Catholic

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Edward Reginald Frampton, “The Voyage of St. Brendan,” 1908, Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, Wisconsin.

Which Way Is Heaven?

J.R.R. Tolkien’s mystic west was inspired by the legendary voyage of St. Brendan, who sailed on a quest for a Paradise in the midst and mists of the ocean.