The Library on Sunday
Ambrose was waiting outside the library door when Joshua came down from breakfast.
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.
The Phone Call
She called on a Wednesday evening, which was not what he had been expecting.
The Second Gathering
The second gathering had been planned for the first week of November, and it was postponed because Ambrose spent three nights of that week in a hospital.
The Palace at Milan
Two Lamps, Issue 27: Saints Charles Borromeo & Gregory the Great, the archiepiscopal palace at Milan, an autumn evening in 1583
Lamplight 06: Notes on October
Two Lamps Companion - Issues 22 through 25 - October 2026
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Technology
The Shadow System
Every Catholic institution I have worked in or with has a shadow system.The business manager's Excel sheet of major donors, carefully maintained for years, beca
The Table He Set by Emptying Himself
Tuesday of the Thirty-First Week in Ordinary Time | Philippians 2:5-11 | Psalm 22 | Luke 14:15-24
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Talking Points
Talking Points: Week of November 2, 2026
The closing argument is a countdown - one hundred hours, one vote, one fix. The reality is slower. Here's what the data shows on the eve of the midterms.
Daily Reflections
I Will Lose None of Them
The souls of the righteous are in God's hand. Jesus says he will lose none of those the Father has given him. These are the same promise - and November begins with the Church staking everything on it.
The November Dinner
He replied to Aldric's dinner invitation on a Tuesday morning in late October, ten days after returning from Spain.
November 2026 at Domus: The Last Things, Ten Paths
November belongs to the Last Things and to the Holy Souls in Purgatory. Every Domus path walks through it in its own voice, with one shared thread: a Book of Names, opened on All Souls and read aloud on November 28.