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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.”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 35 (-6): adventures in symmetry: “Hmmm. Those kind of tassels have always reminded me of fancy curtain tiebacks so I have avoided making them but…”
- 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…”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 34 (-7): The burial place of… PLATO?!?: “Someone pointed out the St. George’s Day Google Doodle with its background account to me – with one of the…”
- 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!”
- on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “What happened to Voyager 2? And what sort of “science” data will Voyager 1 soon be able to resume transmitting?…”
- on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “Not too shabby for a 77’ model.”
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Monthly Archives: June 2012
Prayer “Pro Ecclesiae libertate … For the freedom of the Church”
From the Orationes Diversae in the 1962 Missale Romanum, “Pro Ecclesiae libertate”: Ecclesiae tuae, quaesumus, Domine, preces placatus admitte: ut, destructis adversitatibus et erroribus universis, secura tibi serviat libertate. … We beseech You, O Lord, having been appeased, receive the prayers … Read More
Posted in Our Catholic Identity, Religious Liberty
Tagged Orationes Diversae, Pro Ecclesiae libertate
2 Comments
2 Comments
“Simon, son of John, do you love Me more than these do?”
When during my ordination I got up to my knees again after lying face down on the floor of St. Peter’s Basilica, from my angle as I looked up at the Successor of Peter before the main altar I could … Read More
SSPX Bp. Galaretta 2011 attack on the Holy See’s Doctrinal Preamble
I have just started to read SSPX Bp. Galaretta’s contradiction of the “Doctrinal Preamble” offered by the Holy See in advance of reconciliation. It is in French right now. HERE. In the meantime, His Hermeneuticalness, Fr. Finigan posted a request … Read More
Seven Minutes of Terror
Those of you who have been reading here for a long while know of my admiration for poor little Spirit. Opportunity keeps rolling, of course. But … Curiosity is coming. And when I mean “Seven Minutes of Terror”, I don’t … Read More
Posted in Just Too Cool, Look! Up in the sky!
Tagged Curiosity, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, JPL, Mars Rover, Opportunity, Spirit
11 Comments
11 Comments
The Motley Monk’s opinion: SCOTUS will decide, 6-3
The Motely Monk says (this guy’s got game): The Motley Monk’s opinion: SCOTUS will decide, 6-3, to strike down the individual mandate. It will be a political decision, throwing healthcare legislation back to the Congress. Let’s see what happens. Let … Read More
In The Wild: “Pray For Our Priests” and “God Bless Our Bishop” (Z-Swag)
During the Fortnight of Freedom, it is good also to show our bishops some direct and concrete public support. This faithful and free Catholic American sent me a photo of some of his “Pray For Our Priests” Z-Swag. Looking good! … Read More
Wanna be free? Go to confession!
At the blog of the Gregorian Institute of Benedictine College in Kansas, there is an entry for the Fortnight for Freedom about the importance of returning to the sacrament of penance. In other words: Wanna be free? Go to confession! Let’s … Read More
USCCB responds to group funded by George Soros which issued talking points for newsies to catch out unwary bishops
Please use the sharing buttons! Thanks! This is longish, but I think it has to be seen by as many people as possible: Office of Media Relations 3211 Fourth Street NE ? Washington DC 20017 ? 202-541-3200 ? Fax … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Biased Media Coverage, Dogs and Fleas, Fr. Z KUDOS, Linking Back, Our Catholic Identity, Religious Liberty, The Drill, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice
Tagged Center for American Progress, Faith in Public Life, George Soros, John Gehring, John Podesta
23 Comments
23 Comments
ACTION ITEM! US (liberal) cATHOLIC POLL ON “Vatican II and YOU”!
Over at the super-liberal US Catholic site there is multi-question poll going on: What does Vatican II mean to you? Fifty years after the groundbreaking council began, does Vatican II still matter in the faith lives of Catholics? We have … Read More
Be nice!
With a biretta tip to the great Vincenzo, whom we miss around here… “Our Lord was crucified by the nice people who held that religion was all right in its place, so long as its place was not here, where … Read More
27 June: Our Lady of Perpetual Help and the Fortnight For Freedom
According to the traditional, Extraordinary Form Ordo for today in the USA we can celebrated Our Lady of Perpetual Help, which has a proper Mass in the Missae pro aliquibus locis in the back of the 1962MR. Domine Iesu Christe, qui genitricem … Read More
H.RES 689: WHEREAS … Network, the LCWR, and the Nuns On The Bus go ’round and ’round;
Over at FishwrapI understand from Fishwrap that some members of the 112th Congress’ 2nd session have introduced a resolution in support of Catholic sisters! Exciting, I know. The House Resolution conflates all Catholic sisters in the USA with the leadership of certain … Read More
The Nuns On The Bus Go ‘Round And ‘Round… with a WYMYNPRYST!
I suppose anyone can go to see the Nuns On The Bus go ’round and ’round. This photo, however, from the Catholic Beat, says a lot. 25 June in Fountain Square, in Cincinnati, OhiO. Sr. Simone Campbell and friend. No, … Read More
Rachel Campos-Duffy: In defense of all-male service at the Lord’s altar
From Rachel Campos-Duffy comes this re: altar boys. […] According to the Communications Office of the Diocese of Phoenix, there is growing evidence to support the claim that where altar service is limited to boys, priestly vocations increase. The best … Read More
A POLL provoked by your email! What color of vestments for your funeral?
There is a truly bizarre story coming to me in email about a rumor that His Excellency Most Reverend Robert C. Morlino, Bishop of Madison, is now requiring priests to use either violet or black vestments for funerals rather than … Read More
Homiletic and Pastoral Review online
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Posted in The Campus Telephone Pole
Tagged Fr. Kenneth Baker SJ, Homiletic and Pastoral Review, HPR
3 Comments
3 Comments
NEW Z-SWAG: Catholic and Faithful – American and Free & Dic Nigra – Fac Rubra – UPDATES
I am rolling out a couple new items of Z-Swag: First, since we are in a context with the Obama Administration for our freedom to act like Catholics in the public square (cf 1st Amendment), I have this car magnet … Read More
UPDATE: The Nuns On The Bus Go ‘Round And ‘Round
I know you are eager for updates about the Nuns On The Bus, who are going ’round and ’round, ’round and ’round. An alert alerter in Columbus, OhiO, alerted me that The Nuns On The Bus rock tour has finally arrived! … Read More
Posted in Lighter fare, Magisterium of Nuns
Tagged D. Columbus, Nuns On The Bus, Sr. Simone Campbell
22 Comments
22 Comments
SSPX Bp. Fellay says “No” to Rome? Maybe so. Maybe not.
From the intrepid Andrea Tornielli at Vatican Insider with my emphases and comments: The letter sent by the Secretary General of the Society of St. Pius X, outlining the hitches in the latest version of the text delivered by the … Read More
Posted in Benedict XVI, Our Catholic Identity, SSPX, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The Drill
Tagged Benedict XVI, Bp. Fellay, Card. Levada, Pope of Christian Unity, SSPX
42 Comments
42 Comments
When everything lines up… just… right….
As you know, the Summer Solstice was a few days ago. Our days in the Northern Hemisphere are now once again decreasing. On Astronomy Pic of the Day there is a pic for your Just Too Cool file. Explanation: What … Read More
Posted in Just Too Cool, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
Tagged APOD, equinox, solstice, sundial
10 Comments
10 Comments
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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