1. If you’re still trying to get this new year started right, perhaps a word of the year or patron saint of the year might help.

(The wonderful Jennifer Fulwiler is behind them both.)

2. Naomi Riley in the WSJ: Adoptions Powered by Algorithms

3. Eugene Rivers, also in the WSJ: Another Religious Test in the Senate


4. Human Life Review: Lessons from a foster family


5. Betrothed: Glimpses of the Betrothal of Mary and Joseph.

6. Mark Rienzi: Five potential victories for religious liberty in 2019

7. Another remembrance of Bre Payton.

8. If you’re inclined, join this prayer campaign for the U.S. Catholic bishops’ retreat already in progress

9. Apply for the GIVEN Forum – a leadership conference for young Catholic women (or share the information with a young Catholic woman in your life).

10. Kenneth Woodward: Double Lives: The Dangers of Clerical Hypocrisy

11. A new candle company with its inspiration in Mary.

(By the way, a shout-out to Blessed Is She, which is beautifully inspired.)

Also:

Remembering Sr. Wendy Beckett

Something I wrote about the Holy Family

How about a year of the cross?

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