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Monthly Archives: June 2009
30 June 2009
A favorite fast lunch spot
When I am in St. Paul I sometimes take a break from the good Chinese to stop at a well-known deli, Cecil’s on Cleveland.
If you can’t be in New York, you can come here.
Service is … well, you never know. … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
21 Comments
M. Novak on liberal trembling over upcoming encyclical
From the site of First Things, Michael Novak has a comment about the anticipation felt by liberals over the Holy Father’s upcoming encyclical.
My emphases and comments.
Economic Heresies of the LeftJun 29, 2009Michael Novak
What exactly is in Benedict XVI’s new encyclical … Continue reading
Good commentary about new Pauline discoveries
There is a very interesting piece from Sandro Magister’s Chiesa on the new discoveries about St. Paul which have recently come to light.
This is one you want to read carefully… especially you seminarians out there.
My emphases and … Continue reading
Posted in Just Too Cool, SESSIUNCULA
9 Comments
Ed Peter’s takes L’Osservatore to the woodshed
Ed Peter’s of In The Light Of The Law has correctly understood a burning issue of our day.
L’OR and the Loss of Reason
For most of my life L’Osservatore Romano has been a sleepy Roman rag that arrived weeks after its … Continue reading
Support of “cap and trade”?
More and more I have the impression that "the environment" is rapidly becoming the focus of a new age sort of a religion.
I missed this when it came out, from Catholic World News:
Catholic World News (CWN) Feature Stories US Catholic … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
39 Comments
29 June 2009
about that Windows 7 upgrade thing….
People are telling me I must upgrade to Windows 7. Riiiight. Like we had to upgrade to Vista… is that it?
So… asuming for a moment that this is in the cards….
Do you have to upgrade from the same version of … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
34 Comments
Fun Catholic iPhone ap “commercial”
With a tip of the biretta to Fr. Roderick, I present this great iPhone ap commercial spoof with a Catholic twist.
It was made by P. Camarata.
It looks like that guy needs to charge his iPhone… a common experience we share.
Posted in Lighter fare
14 Comments
Mosaic of Benedict XVI at St. Paul’s “outside-the-walls”
From a reader comes yet another e-mail without a link:
Info from theratzingerforum: Our Pope’s Mosaic in St. Paul’s Outside the Walls hat been altered and shows now the pallium which the Pope is wearing now, no longer the one he … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
22 Comments
QUAERITUR: Feast of the Precious Blood
From a reader:
As you know, July 1st is the Feast of the Precious Blood in the pre-1969 calendar. Unfortunately, this is one of the "idea feasts" which didn’t make the "expert" cut in 1969 (and the highest-ranking victim of tinkeritis … Continue reading
Posted in ASK FATHER Question Box
29 Comments
Prayer request
Today is the consecration as bishop of Fr. Lee Piche. It will take place in the Cathedral of St. Paul, in St. Paul, Minnesota.
In your charity will you please pray for him?
Perhaps you might stop right now and say, right … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
9 Comments
National Catholic Register thanks priests
On the very day the Year for Priests began, I was happily able to post about a nice thing that happened to me on an airplane.
This now comes from the editors of the National Catholic Register with my emphases and … Continue reading
Posted in Year of Priests
13 Comments
28 June 2009
Help from readers?
Can anyone identify this bishop?
I am wondering if this isn’t he.
UPDATE: 1 July
All the photos are here.
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
81 Comments
St. Paul, Apostle – new finds
In December of 2006 I attended a presser on the unearthing, but not opening, of the tomb of St. Paul, Apostle, in the Basilica of St. Paul outside-the-walls.
At that time questions were raised about the opening of the tomb, but … Continue reading
