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England Wrap-Up

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We Interrupt This Broadcast To Announce... (Part 2)

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Samantha: My name is Sam (short for Samantha or Samwise Gamgee, depending on who you ask. Either or neither may be my real-life name.) and I’m a book-loving Catholic college student.

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The Silmaril Awards 2024: Nominations Open!

*bounces into the blog* HELLO WONDERFUL PEOPLES OF THE INTERNET! I am here on a Monday in September, and you know what that means? IT'S SILMARIL TIME!!! *dances tiny jig* I'm so excited to host another Silmaril this year! They're a massive highlight of the blogging year for me (even if they make my dorm room super crowded, and last year's Silmarils resulted in the PDA levels at Newman skyrocketing exponentially ;)). In case you've never heard of these illustrious awards, and are wondering what the heck Samantha is freaking out about, the Silmaril awards are the equivalent of the Tonys or Oscars or Golden Globes...but for fantasy characters. Awarded by Tolkien and Lewis's characters in multiple awards ceremonies at the end of the month of September, each Silmaril honors a character in one of ten categories. The best part? You guys are the ones who get to nominate and vote on the characters who you

August Wrap-Up!

Hello, wonderful people! I haven't done a real monthly wrap-up since January, and I've been feeling nostalgic for them! So, I'm here to officially wrap up August! There were quite a few things that happened... My birthday! That was when I was in Rome, and it turned out that on said birthday, I got to see the bones of St. Peter, attend Mass and Confession (not in that order) in St. Peter's and go to the Colosseum! (It was a beautiful day.) I got back to the US finally! I mean, I loved Europe, but it really did feel like finally when I got back! I spent three weeks with my family & friends in the PNW before coming back to UIUC, and definitely enjoyed those weeks to the full. We celebrated the Feast of St. Dominic at our parish with a choral Mass, and it was incredibly beautiful! (I love the Feast of St. Dominic.) A friend of mine had a baby! A tiny lil peanut, who is adorable. And I got to take my friends' firstborn to the park so that my friend could rest, whic

The Oremus Y'all Tag

It's been so long since I've done a tag! I have a couple in the works for y'all for this summer, but today we're starting off with one I'm very excited about from The Grim Writer , who actually created the tag about...a year ago? Gosh, I've taken a while to get to this one! *hides* The basic premise of the tag is to list out a whole bunch of your favourite prayers, which is Right Up My Alley--there's nothing I like more than talking about prayers I love! Full disclosure: this may be a very long post, I have several litanies I want to include. XD Also, this is going to be a Very Catholic Post, so if that isn't your thing, feel free to steer clear. My feelings won't be hurt. ;) Praecepta: Link back to whoever tagged you (unless it’s me. you don’t have to link back to me–except please do because I want to see your favorite prayers) and, if you like, use the graphic. List a minimum of 3 of your favorite prayers, and preface each by telling us what they m

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