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Monthly Archives: May 2009
Notre Dame’s text for honoring Pres. Obama
From a reader…. what I am assuming is the text prepared by the University of Notre Dame for bestowing an the honor of a doctorate of law on President Obama. "At the 164th Commencement The May Exercises The University of … Read More
Very cool: Henry VIII’s letter to Clement VI requesting annulment
Very interesting. May 12, 2009, 11:42 am Vatican Reveals Letter That Split England From Roman Church By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO The Vatican has opened its Secret Archives, the repository of centuries worth of documents pertaining to the Holy See, to let … Read More
The next logical step
A great quote: "This is a highly cynical act, contemptuous of the Church’s prophetic voice in civil society and wagering that there will be no retribution. If a midwestern school seeks attention by granting Mr. Obama an honorary degree in … Read More
Brick by brick in a new-style round parish church
His Holiness is trying to reinvigorate our Catholic identity. If we don’t have a strong Catholic identity, we cannot shape the world around us according to our vocations. We will have nothing of value, as Catholics, to contribute to the … Read More
Driving a wedge between less secure Catholics and their bishops
I initially wondered if the White House might not find a last minute emergency which prevented the President from going to Notre Dame. Now I am more inclined to the idea that this is a great opportunity to drive a … Read More
Sweet Jesus
From a very good site…. He focused particularly on the martyrdom of St John Houghton, Prior of the London Charterhouse, who was cut down from the scaffold while still alive and had his body ripped open. Henry VIII had insisted … Read More
Mere coincidence?
My friend, the amazing Fr. George Welzbacher, of St. Paul, observed over lunch that Eugenio Pacelli was on this day in 1917 consecrated bishop. Also on this day Our Lady of Fatima appeared for the first time. 92 years ago … Read More
Anxious NCR editorial – They KNOW they are losing and they are terrified!
The ultra-left-wing National Catholic Reporter has an editorial in which they reveal their darkest fear: …the goalposts have shifted in the U.S. episcopacy in the past decade – and they have swerved in a decidedly rightward tilt on both the … Read More
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Ad multos annos Fr. Ray Blake!
Our friend Fr. Ray Blake, parish priest of St. Mary Magdalene in Brighton and author of the homonymous blog has celebrated a milestone. 25 years of priesthood. There was a solemn Mass for the jubilee. His Hermeneuticalness was subdeacon! Would … Read More
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