Chatter in the Vestibule

In the weeks preceding this year's Feast Day, Our Lady's words to St. Juan Diego repeat in my heart, "Are you not in the hollow of my mantle, in the crossing of my arms? Do you need anything more?"

You know the Thanksgiving plan, but who is taking care of those loose ends. Tie them up today. Here's the list to help.

Food for Soul, the non-profit organization founded by Chef Massimo Bottura and his wife Lara Gilmore in 2016, was born out of this philosophy with the aim to build a model that could show the hidden value and potential of food that would normally be discarded.

With the annual return of Oktoberfest comes the eternal question: What shall I drink? To help with an answer, we list five beers that any Bavarian would be happy to imbibe—even if they are not all from his region. What is more, because these beers have the additional grace of being historically connected to the life of the Church, you’ll be able to infuse your own observance of the festivity, be it at a Biergarten or in your own backyard, with spiritual and cultural meaning. Maredsous. Maredsous Abbey, a Benedictine monastery founded in Denée, Belgium in 1872, has at least two claims to...