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- adriennep on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “Thanks Father Z, cosmology lesson as only you can impart.”
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- on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “Fr.Z sez: …The Voyagers are destined—perhaps eternally—to wander the Milky Way and then become characters in Star Trek…. V’ger!! https://youtu.be/gxAaVqdz_Vk?t=96”
- on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “Being from Florida, I remember when both Voyagers launched – you could see them from our house. At that time,…”
- on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “Too bad the Curia has drifted too far from its power source…”
- on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “Voyager 2 launched on 20 August 1977, from Cape Canaveral. Voyager 1 launched from Cape Canaveral on 5 September 1977.…”
- on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “I guess Voyager I gives new meaning to the poem High Flight. Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of…”
- on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “Now this is very interesting. Not just looking up at some small dots of light overhead!”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 34 (-7): The burial place of… PLATO?!?: “The final resting place of Plato puts me in mind of a memorable excerpt I once read about Aristotle in…”
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- on Three items of interest: a conversion, a connection, and a con job: ““George Farmer, aka Candace Owen’s husband. He is a revert” If I’m reading the interview correctly, first a convert, then…”
- on Three items of interest: a conversion, a connection, and a con job: “Not to detract from anything Imrahill said, but well, the papally-attested infallible ordinary magisterium about a catholic truth, not the…”
- on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “Understatement of the year: they don’t make them like that anymore!”
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Monthly Archives: July 2009
Blognic WRAP UP! London II
I am so grateful to everyone who took the time to come! I think we had a lot of fun! _____ Convinced that trouble was brewing, the Arms brought in reinforcements! About 30 people! Off to the Ha Ha! Now … Read More
National Gallery – exhibit
Corot to Monet A new exhibit about the move from Naturalism to Impressionism.
The musical interlude
The other day when returning home, exiting the Clapham South tube station, I was suprised to hear Gregorian chant over the PA. Today, on entering, I enjoyed the opening strains of the Beethoven 9th, 1st movement. This may not be … Read More
The Henry VIII exhibit at the British Library
First, if you are anywhere near the British Library, go see this exhibit. Give yourself a lot of time, no less than 2 horus – better 3 – because it is big. Get the audio headset for commentary. Don’t imagine … Read More
What to do on Friday
First things first… Mass having been offered in the parish, I just want a bit of a rest for part of the morning. Then, after a light lunch, if much of anything, I think I will go to Westminster Abbey, … Read More
BLOGNIC! London II – FRIDAY EVENING – Buckingham Arms
Tomorrow evening, Friday 24 July, there will be a London blognic. Anyone can come. You don’t have to have your own blog, though I hope bloggers will come! For the last London blognic we met at the Buckingham Arms on … Read More
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A pint and some food
After all that edification I am ready for a pint of beer and nourishment! I am on the plaza of the British Library at this moment relaxing with a little sunlight before seeking the above. anyone want to join me? … Read More
The British Library
Just the idea of it makes me marvel. Think of the holdings… Right now there is an exhibit on Henry VIII. It is the sad centennial of his sadder coronation. There is Henry stuff everywhere. And as I take the … Read More
Take THAT Geoffrey!
Just a quick note from John Gower.
Magnus Martyr
My interest in the works of T.S. Eliot in wanted to visit Magnus Marytr. And so… after my journey through Southwark and location of the last wall of Marshalsea Prison, and a visit to Southwark Cathedral, I walked across London … Read More
Going to jail…gaol…
No, not the Clink. I am off to find the remains of Marshalsea Prison.
Fulton Sheen confession story
I had mentioned in my post about St. Patrick’s Soho the famous story of Fulton Sheen and a confessional in the same church. People sent notes asking more about that. I found it on the web, and just slightly edited … Read More
QUAERITUR: relics and lost documents: what to do?
From a reader: I thought you would be just the one to ask… I have several first class relics without their "papers." Is there anyway these relics can be authenticated for public veneration? Perhaps someplace they can be sent to … Read More
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On my walk home
It is a bit of a trudge from the subway station to the rectory where I am staying in Clapham Park. Today, on the hike I noticed that someone feeds birds.
Dr. Johnson speaks
Today the Laudator gave us a reflection from Dr. Johnson. No SatisfactionSamuel Johnson, The Idler, No. 88 (Saturday, December 22, 1759): He that in the latter part of his life too strictly enquires what he has done, can very … Read More
A pint at Seven Dials
I am heading for a pint and Internet before my next move. If anyone is in the area… 0750185255
Royal Academy – Waterhouse
After lunch I headed to the Royal Academy for to see the exhibition of works by the modern pre-Raphaelite painter J.W. Waterhouse. His idealized feminine beauty is a recognizable characteristic of his paintings. If you are looking for a modern … Read More
Brighton
After the jaunt to Eastbourne I was happy to overnight at St Mary Magdalen with the great Fr Blake on the feast day of the parish. Windy! _____
Archd. of Miami Director of Worship on Summorum Pontificum
A reader alerted me to a piece written by the director of Liturgy for the Archdiocese of Miami. He writes on the website of the Archdiocese about Pope Benedict’s emancipation proclamation, the 2007 Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum. Let’s see what … Read More
adriennep on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “Thanks Father Z, cosmology lesson as only you can impart.”
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