Week in the World: August 23rd
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August 20, 2015
St. Peter Parish parishioner Jeff Young runs a fabulous blog and radio show entitled "The Catholic Foodie." In a recent episode, Jeff offers some pertinent ideas on "Back-to-School Recipes."
Listen to The Catholic Foodie Show on these school-time ideas.
The racial divide in our country continues to be pronounced. Two recent Catholic reflections touch on this issue.
New Orleans Archbishop Gregory Aymond and Bishop Fernand Cheri released a letter regading the proper way to discuss the possible removal of New Orleans monuments.
Read their "Dialogue Is Key" from the Clarion Herald
Former Lake Charles bishop and current ordinary of the Belleville, Ill. Bishop Edward Braxton reflects on the current state of racial tension from a privileged place: as a Catholic bishop, as an African American male, as a former chair at Harvard University Divintity School. Bishop Braxton completed an interview on those points of intersection.
Find Bishop Braxton's interview on the National Catholic Register website.
Noted funny-man Stephen Colbert continues to prepare for his widely anticipated role as the host of The Late Show on CBS. What is less-than-noted is Colbert's sincere and sustaining Catholic faith. In a GQ cover-piece, Colbert is described deeply in a wide-ranging article, including a meaningful section on tragedy and faith.
Read Joel Lovell's portait "The Late, Great Stephen Colbert" online.
We were locavores before it was hip. An international peice praising Southeast Louisiana, then, is the expected, not the expection. What is rare is the spotlight finding our own Covington home. After turning over the normal New Orleans stones, the Toronto Sun mentions Covington as a calm get-away.
Look for the "Cute Covington Far From the Maddening Crowd" section in Robin Robinson's " New Orleans: Good times rolling again in America's storied city."