New on the Blogroll: Catholic Bloggers Network

There's a new item on the blogroll:

• Catholic Bloggers Network
  • Catholic bloggers, making a difference on the World Wide Web

I added "Advent: Another Year of the Long Watch" to this year's Catholic Bloggers Advent Linkup.

Their 2014 Catholic Bloggers Blitz is another good idea: but I don't remember participating.

There's a reason for that: maybe not a good one, but a reason nonetheless.

Participation in the Catholic Bloggers Blitz is easy:

• Put that button on your post or sidebar, with a link to the Catholic Bloggers Blitz
  (they've got copy-and-paste code)
• Say what sort of blog you've got
• Visit at least two previously-linked posts
• Share the Catholic Bloggers Blitz link on whatever social media suits your fancy

Piece of cake, right?

Right: except Catholic Bloggers Network also, reasonably, want folks to share what sort of blog they write. Here's their second rule:

"Include the category initials at the beginning of the title or name you submit to the link-up:

RR= Readings and Reflections
CA= Catechism and Apologetics
HS= Homeschooling
LC= Liturgical Calendar
FJ= Family Journal
(Example: 'LC St Sebastian craft')"

A Catholic Citizen in America is 'none of the above.'

I quote from the Bible, and reflect on what it means; say why Catholic beliefs make sense; my wife and I homeschooled our kids; I occasionally mention what's happening in our family. I even bring up the liturgical calendar now and then.

In a way, every post is a 'reflection' on what being Catholic is like: but my posts aren't "reflections" in the sense of being a sort of sermon or homily.

I take 'truth in advertising' seriously: and don't want folks to come here expecting nice, normal reflections — and seeing the sort of stuff I do.

I'll keep on doing what I'm doing, and take part in Catholic Bloggers Network when I can. Maybe next year they'll have a 'none of the above' category.