Life of a Catholic Librarian

http://catholicmom.com/2019/07/08/a-special-devotion-for-july/ Hey everyone, and welcome to a humid and uncomfortable early-July edition...

Yes, I really wish I had come up with this idea myself. :-0 You all know how much I enjoy podcasts, and how much my kids and I also enjoy st...

I don't know about you, but I need a LOT of them. Like an entire army helping out my guardian angel in the background. I forgot to link ...

All! I've missed you. *hug* I'm all emotional today, so expect lots of sappy lapses like that one. As is so often the case with ...

Photo courtesy of Allison Kinyon, Rosaries by Allison Happy Monday to you all, I hope you are well.:) For my part, my mind is very occup...

Happy Monday everybody! That sounds so much perkier than I actually feel, but hey; you win some, you lose some. ;-) I've just brewed aft...

Hi all! I have a SUPER busy day, so no time for 7 Quick Takes unfortunately (ironic that those posts usually take me longer than others to w...

Happy Tuesday to all of you, and happy feast of St. Kateri ! She's certainly a favorite of mine, and quite integral to my own Catholic i...

There's been a bit of an arts and crafts theme here the past few weeks, yes? My past two video posts ( here and here ) have focused o...

Happy Thursday all! Today is another installment in The Church Triumphant saint series, and just a few days ago, April 28th, we celebrate...

Good day to you all, and happy feast of St. Joseph ! This feast day is very popular here in WNY, likely because of the strong Italian ance...

I'm going to be honest - I woke up in kind of a surly mood. :0 I have St. Agatha right here with us because it's her feast day an...

Happy beginning to the St. Francis de Sales novena , everyone! :) This novena starts today, and runs through January 23rd. It is perfect f...

Happy Thursday everyone, and I hope that you are well. :) I absolutely love the feast days during Advent, and a fairly new one to my radar...

Hello all! Rather than from my normal perch during quiet spells on the reference desk, I'm blogging from my home office today. :) In a...

Morning all! *weak smile* I'm soldiering on through my week. Due to the lost keys catastrophe of yesterday , I popped a keyring from m...

Well, well, well. I'm coming off of a difficult stretch here, and although I feel a lot better than I did yesterday, when it rains, it...

Morning everybody! I'm delighted that it's once again Saint Spotlight Thursday. :) This month I chose to highlight a saint with a ...

Morning everyone. This is always a difficult day each year, and as I was plotting out a prayer plan of attack yesterday :) the mail arrived,...

I'm pretty sure I am now afflicted with a power punch of seasonal allergies and a SUPER EVIL cold. The cold had clearly descended from m...