Lamplight 05: Notes on September
Two Lamps Companion - Issues 18 through 21 - September 2026
Deacon Michael Halbrook
Faith, family, work, and life - all intertwined.
Permanent deacon of the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois. Husband, father of four sons, builder of Catholic technology, and writer of essays, fiction, and homilies.
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Faith & Life
Homilies & Reflections
Building Something
Ad Alta
Another Voice
Missio Dei
Two Lamps
Lux Perpetua
The Cell at Lisieux
Two Lamps, Issue 22: Saints Thérèse of Lisieux & Rose of Viterbo, Thérèse's cell at the Carmel of Lisieux, an autumn afternoon in 1893
The Confessional at San Giovanni Rotondo
Two Lamps, Issue 21: Saints Padre Pio & John Vianney, the confessional in the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie, San Giovanni Rotondo, in the autumn of 1936 after the last penitent has left
The Study at the Roman College
Two Lamps, Issue 20: Saint Robert Bellarmine and Saint Hildegard of Bingen, Bellarmine's study at the Roman College, an autumn afternoon in 1585
The Cell at Cartagena
Two Lamps, Issue 19: Saint Peter Claver and Saint John Chrysostom, the Jesuit residence in Cartagena de Indias, an evening in 1625 as a slave ship approaches the harbor
The Chapel on the Caelian Hill
Two Lamps, Issue 18: Saint Gregory the Great and Saint Augustine of Canterbury, the small chapel at the monastery of Saint Andrew on the Caelian Hill in Rome, early summer 596
The Room in Lima
Two Lamps, Issue 17: Saint Rose of Lima and Saint Bartholomew the Apostle, a small guest room in the house of Don Gonzalo de la Maza, Lima, Viceroyalty of Peru, the small hours before dawn on August 2
The Room at the Hospital
Two Lamps, Issue 16: Saint Alberto Hurtado and Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, the Hospital of the Catholic University at Santiago de Chile, an afternoon in the second week of August 1952
The Cell at Auschwitz
Two Lamps, Issue 15: Saint Maximilian Kolbe and Saint Maximilian the Martyr, cell 18 of block 11 at Auschwitz-Birkenau, the night of August 13 into August 14, 1941
The Basement at St. Mary's
Two Lamps, Issue 14: Blessed Michael McGivney and Saint Cajetan of Thiene, the basement meeting room at St. Mary's Church, New Haven, Connecticut, the evening of October 2, 1881
