Daily Archives: 31 August 2006

Bp. Aquila of Fargo no longer Administrator of Sioux Falls

Posted on 31 August 2006 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

With the appointment of Bishop-Elect Paul Joseph Swain to the See of Sioux Falls, that means that H.E. Samuel Aquila, Bishop of Fargo, is no longer to be the Apostolic Administrator of Sioux Falls.

Right?
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Pope cancels annual Christmas concert

Posted on 31 August 2006 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Old new to you?  I learned today that Pope Benedict XVI has cancalled the 12 year annual Christmas concert because, get this,  "he does not share his predecessor’s taste for pop music and wants to avoid scandal" or so it … Continue reading →

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31 August: more of the Church Triumphant

Posted on 31 August 2006 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

There are some really interesting people listed in the Marytrologium Romanum today, who I cannot pass up mentioning.
I already mentioned in another entry St. Joseph of Arimethea and St. Nicodemus, from the New Testment.
Today is also the feast of St. … Continue reading →

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Laws of The House of God

Posted on 31 August 2006 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

On the blog Wormtalk and Slugspeak I was astonished to see a word not so many people use or even know: Gomer. "Well!" quoth I, "It is time to talk about Fat Man’s Laws of the House of God!" … Continue reading →

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Sts. Joseph of Arimethea & Nicodemus

Posted on 31 August 2006 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Today is the feast of Sts. Joseph of Arimethea and Nicodemus:
1. Hierosolymae, commemoratio sanctorum Ioseph de Arimathaea et Nicodemi, qui corpus Iesu a cruce depositum acceperunt, involverunt in sindone et posuerunt in monumento. Ioseph, nobilis decurio et discipulus Domini, … Continue reading →

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