Faithful Traveling
Tips, Trips, and Stories From My Faithful Travels
Service with A Smile, All for Our Lady
My sister gets this email from a Yahoo group called Mary Vitamin. I think it’s the cutest thing. Since I don’t have or want a Yahoo account, she forwards the emails she gets to me, and you know,...
A New York State of Mind
I’ve been spending a lot of time in New York City lately. I was there Saturday, Monday, and now I’m going again tomorrow to meet with some people about some pictures... God willing, I won’t get...
Catholics in New York Yesterday and Today
Yesterday, I was blessed with the opportunity to film the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal and the Sisters of Life as they handed out rosaries and information about the faith on the streets of New...
Saint Joseph's Day
Today is the Feast of St. Joseph, Patron of Workers, and since I am doing my best to make creating The Faithful Traveler my day-to-day work, I just finished praying a novena to Our Lord’s earthly...
Dali Hell and a Little Girl Suffering
In writing my script for the Blue Army Shrine, I got the chance to explore a bit of Salvador Dali’s Catholic side, something I had experienced on a trip to Barcelona in 2006, when David and I went...
Upcoming Events at Old Saint Patricks
Do you live in or around New York City? If so, consider attending some of the upcoming events at Old St. Patrick’s Cathedral. Starting this Saturday, they’re having a Franciscan Mission with Father...
La Morenita de Montserrat
I recently discovered The Blog of the Courtier, a blog written by William Newton, a self-described “thirty-something, practicing Catholic, attorney and unreformed flâneur living in Washington D.C.”...
From Fatima to New York City
Next weekend, we resume shooting for Season 1 at the Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton at Our Lady of the Rosary Parish in New York City. After a few weeks of writing scripts, it’ll be a change to...
A Suitable House for My God
Today, I drove to Newark, NJ, to visit the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart. I’d never been, but in my research, I came across its website, and was just completely blown away by the images on...
On Not Forgetting Fatima
On May 13, the anniversary of the first Marian apparition at Fatima, Portugal, we’ll be filming at The National Blue Army Shrine of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Washington, NJ. A...
Great Blogs About Catholic Art & Architecture
As part of my research for the show, I try to keep up with blogs that post about Catholic art and architecture. I thought I’d share some of them with you. Holy Family Cathedral in Tulsa, Oklahoma,...
What Love
Lent is my favorite season of the year, and Good Friday is my second-favorite day of the year; second to Easter, that is. Looking at sacred art like this or watching movies like The Passion make it...
Shooting Saint Elizabeth Ann Day 3
Day three, we were both very tired, but we had a lot of work to do—including most of my on-camera stuff.We started at the White House, the second building built on the property for Mother Seton and...
Shooting Saint Elizabeth Ann Day 2
After an early breakfast in the cafeteria, we began with shooting my scenes in front of the camera in the cemetery. St. Elizabeth Ann lost a good majority of her family members during her lifetime,...
Shooting Saint Elizabeth Ann Day 1
Well, we’re back from a very hard-working weekend at the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg, MD. This was such a wonderful shooting experience, I don’t know where to begin!...
Annunciations
Today is such a wonderful day. Not only is it the Feast of the Annunciation, but it is the anniversary of the day that David proposed to me (hee!), and it is the day that St. Elizabeth Ann Seton...
Worldwide Fatima Sanctity of Life Day
This is so exciting... On October 18, 2009, the Blue Army Shrine in Washington, NJ, will be praying for life and peace at the Worldwide Fatima Sanctity of Life Day. Guess who’s the Master of...
Trusting in God’s Will
This week, I finished writing the script for one of our shows on St. Elizabeth Ann Seton. One of the things I LOVE about working on this show is the many wonderful things I get to learn as I conduct...
Why Go On Pilgrimage
That's a great question. Here's my answer. For me, pilgrimage has always meant coming home to a place where I know that I am loved. You know that feeling of security you get with family, knowing...
My Mini Book of Saints
The Mini Book of Saints, which I wrote, is coming out at the end of this month. It isn’t the book I wish it could have been—the original MS was much longer and more detailed. Still, the realities of...