Daily Archives: 30 October 2013

Always work with kids and dogs?

Okay, the filmettes of the little kid who invaded Pope Francis’ space during the big “Family Day” do in Rome are fun.  I am sure the MSM will play them for a couple days and even more people (who may … Read More

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REVIEW: FILM – The Lives of Others

Last night I watched a very disturbing, very well made film: Das Leben der Anderen…. The Lives of Others. US HERE UK HERE The film has a couple scenes that would make it unsuitable for children.  It is rated R.  Also, … Read More

Posted in REVIEWS, The Coming Storm, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice | Tagged ,
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3000 religious leave religious life each year. Why? Some reasons.

I saw this at CWN: Curial official: over 3,000 religious leave consecrated life each year [Makes you wonder how many enter religious life.  I’ll bet not 3k!] The secretary of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of … Read More

Posted in Cri de Coeur, Dogs and Fleas, Magisterium of Nuns, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice, Vatican II, Women Religious | Tagged , , ,
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The tactics of the ‘c’atholic Left

I am sure that readers of the Fishwrap will leap to denounce the tactics employed by protesters such as those in Wisconsin (HERE) and also, once again, in Brussels. They should denounce their tactics, but I doubt they will. Once again, in … Read More

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Franciscans Friars of the Immaculate news

I had placed this entry under password protection after urgent pleas from someone in the FFIs. Enough of the news is out and around now so I am putting back into public view. The goal of the group of Friars … Read More

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At long last! Inspectis dierum nostrorum!

At the blog of The Chairman of the LMS there is great news. For a while I lamented that the Congregation for Catholic Education’s 1990 Instruction on the Study of the Fathers of the Church in the Formation of Priests … Read More

Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Just Too Cool, Our Catholic Identity, Patristiblogging, Priests and Priesthood, Seminarians and Seminaries, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, Universae Ecclesiae | Tagged , , , , , , , ,
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Fishwrap’s spittle-flecked nutty about the new Archbishop of Hartford

Over at Fishwrap (aka the National Schismatic Reporter), venomous writer Michael Sean Winters threw a spittle-flecked nutty about the appointment of Most Rev. Leonard Blair as the new Archbishop of Hartford. I won’t go into the details of MSW’s spittle-flecks. I’ll … Read More

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