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We all have a tale of America to tell — Effie Caldarola

He gazes from his portrait with steely determination, one eyebrow raised. I look at the picture of my great-grandfather, an exile from the Irish famine,...

Be grateful for the beauty given to us in each precious day of life...

My 3-year-old granddaughter was on a beach weekend. When the ice cream wagon made its trek across the sand, her parents allowed her a...

Years from now, we will be remembered by how we spoke to one another...

Sidewalk chalk, that staple of summer, is easy to spot on an early morning walk. You may be tempted to start skipping over the...

Ripley, Rupnik and our misguided view of artists needs firm conclusion that sides with...

If you're looking for a creepy, unsettling thriller to stream, "Ripley" fills the bill. Based on Patricia Highsmith's 1955 novel, "The Talented Mr. Ripley," the...

Like flowers, Easter fades, but the brightness of Pentecost beckons — Effie Caldarola

At Easter morning brunch, one of my daughters brought me a beautiful bouquet of tulips. They were so welcome, and so extraordinary, that I took...

Looking for signs and Nineveh — Effie Caldarola

As a small child, I was a bit of a religious nerd. I'm not sure why, but I was the oldest child, the only daughter,...

In the darkest nights of our year it seems wonderful that hope appears as...

Christina Rosetti’s poem, In the Bleak Midwinter, is a Christmas classic. “In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, water...

Zombies, graves and autumnal gratitude: Effie Caldarola

It is a perfect fall day, the sun warm above us. A gentle breeze occasionally sends piles of fallen brown leaves scurrying across the...

See Putin and Prigozhin for what they are, but trust God sorts out the...

Every news channel showed the crash over and over again until I could see the horrifying image in my sleep. The only problem was,...

How a vanity license plate unexpectedly helped me feel forgiveness — Effie Caldarola

When my son was in sixth grade, he was standing with some buddies at dismissal time at our parish Catholic school. It was a...

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