Daily Archives: 13 January 2012

Wheels coming off the wagon – update

Posted on 13 January 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Update, below.
Originally posted 12 January.
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There is a particularly annoying pattern in my life’s days.    When it comes to my “tech stuff”, life goes along as smoothly as if it were zooming down a newly paved road.  Then, all of a … Continue reading →

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The Feeder Feed: subdued by cold edition

Posted on 13 January 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

The feeder is busy right now, since there has been a cold snap.
This year I have Redpolls.

This cold fellow is a Junco. They are mostly ground feeders. Here is one sitting in a bush outside my kitchen window.  … Continue reading →

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Tebowing

Posted on 13 January 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I picked this up from The Pulp.it:

Technorati Tags: Tebow

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Bp. Bamerba (D. Scranton) intervenes with Jesuit school and their pro-abortion speaker

Posted on 13 January 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Bishops in the USA are going to have to decide what to do about Catholic politicians who are openly causing scandal by taking a position against the natural law and the Church’s teachings either by public acts or by private … Continue reading →

Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, 1983 CIC can. 915, Brick by Brick, Dogs and Fleas, Emanations from Penumbras, Fr. Z KUDOS, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, The Drill, The future and our choices | Tagged , | 21 Comments

QUAERITUR: Priesthood ordination customs

Posted on 13 January 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From a seminarian:
As ordination season is fast approaching, I am hoping you can enlighten me concerning a custom relating to priestly ordinations which has become a topic of discussion among seminarians of late. Specifically, I am wondering whether you … Continue reading →

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ACTION ITEM! The “Soap Sisters” have a new Store: The Cloister Shoppe

Posted on 13 January 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

The Dominican Nuns in Summit, NJ, the “Soap Sisters” (they have a lot more than just soap) have set up a new store.
They depend in great part in the sales of their products.  Therefore, when you buy soap and other … Continue reading →

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QUAERITUR: Should priests with effeminate manners work to correct them?

Posted on 13 January 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From a reader:
I hope you will not take this the wrong way but given certain sad realities of our time, do you think priests who are unusually effeminate in manner (e.g. speech) should work to minimize this aspect of their … Continue reading →

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Democrat Catholic Governor of Washington State now supports contrary to nature “marriage”

Posted on 13 January 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Over at CatholicVote I saw that yet another Catholic Democrat has abandoned her Catholic identity on what will be the bitterest, and eventually violent, issue of the war on morals and religion in the public square and attacks on the … Continue reading →

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“FREEEDOOOOOM!”

Posted on 13 January 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

For the Just Too Cool file, I read on The History Blog that the only surviving documents connected to William Wallace are returning to Scotland.
Included is the Lübeck Letter and is the only surviving document we have that was written … Continue reading →

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