Vanessa is a communications coordinator in the Office of Public Relations and Communications for the Archdiocese of Toronto and former reporter and youth editor for The Catholic Register.
You can follow her on twitter @V_Santilli.
Vanessa Santilli-Raimondo: Walking on Rosary Path is prayer in motion
By Vanessa Santilli-Raimondo, The Catholic RegisterHere’s a novel way to pray the rosary: In the middle of a field, with rosary beads so large an adult can kneel inside them, in the company of a gaggle of geese — mom and dad with five goslings in tow.
Vanessa Santilli-Raimondo: Fine food feasts fit for feast days
By Vanessa Santilli-Raimondo, The Catholic RegisterFaith and food are two of the best parts of my life. So when I stumbled across a cookbook that brought these life-giving elements together, I was hooked.
Vanessa Santilli-Raimondo: Time to put our digital lives in order
By Vanessa Santilli-Raimondo, The Catholic RegisterThere’s a line in Pope Francis’ recent Apostolic Exhortation to young people Christus Vivit that jumps out at me. When he writes that “digital media can expose people to the risk of addiction, isolation and gradual loss of contact with concrete reality,” he is speaking to my own millennial heart.
Vanessa Santilli-Raimondo: My Lenten promise extends to 54 Fridays
By Vanessa Santilli-Raimondo, The Catholic RegisterWhen I first started thinking about what I would do for Lent this year, the last thing I imagined was a fast that would encompass 54 Fridays, running until Easter of next year.
Vanessa Santilli-Raimondo: My piano keeps my life in tune
By Vanessa Santilli-Raimondo, The Catholic RegisterThere is a special type of panic that is reserved for watching your piano being maneuvered up three flights of stairs.
Vanessa Santilli-Raimondo: Silence is indeed golden
By Vanessa Santilli-Raimondo, The Catholic RegisterIn today’s world, people are mostly foreign to stillness.