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Category Archives: Just Too Cool
The vigil of a great feast for all Fr. Z readers!
ALERT! I hereby dispense any and all of you reticent about shopping on Sunday so that you can go forth to gather celebratory provisions for tomorrow’s glorious feast. Tomorrow, 22 October, is the Feast of… Sts. Nunilo and Alodia! Perhaps paella … Read More
Friar by friar.
Friar by friar. Here’s something to cheer the heart. The Official Studentate Photo for the Dominican Province of St. Joseph These are the men in the Easter Province of the USA. Vocations. It’s not rocket science. Speaking of vocations… [CUE … Read More
Posted in Brick by Brick, Just Too Cool, Vocations
Tagged Brick by Brick, Domincans, vocations
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50 Comments
ORIONID METEOR SHOWER TODAY
From Spaceweather ORIONID METEOR SHOWER–TODAY! Earth is passing through a stream of debris from Halley’s Comet, source of the annual Orionid meteor shower. Forecasters expect ~25 meteors per hour when the shower peaks on Oct. 21st. No matter where you live, … Read More
Taking books to heart
I am surprised that I, a bibliophile, don’t know much about these just too cool books. I knew of their existence, and the memory lingered in the back of my mind, but go now and have a look at the … Read More
Of priest holes and peddler trunks
In another post today I mentioned Shakespeare. Here is another Shakespearean connection with something that is just too cool. At The Shakespeare Blog I saw an entry about an October fair held in Stratford-upon-Avon. The post concerns itinerant players and peddlers … Read More
D. Marquette: a grand gesture for the Year of Faith
Last Sunday after the Pontifical Mass at Assumption Grotto (Detroit) at table I asked the celebrant, His Excellency Most Reverend Alexander Sample, if he had some project going on in the Diocese of Marquette for the Year of Faith. He … Read More
Posted in Just Too Cool, New Evangelization, Year of Faith
Tagged Bp. Sample, D. Marquette, Year of Faith
11 Comments
11 Comments
Denver Catholic school doubled enrollment in one year by introducing classical curriculum
At CNA we find a helpful, hopeful story about a school in Colorado. Here is a taste, but it is worth reading in full over there. Classical education enlivens Denver Catholic school By Carl Bunderson Denver, Colo., Oct 16, 2012 … Read More
Shroud lore
Once upon a time I was in Chicago to address a Legatus chapter and I met a fine from from Skokie (I really enjoy writing Skokie!). As I was saying, he is from Skokie. You may I heard of this … Read More
“I want to share why I choose to wear a veil… and why I love it.”
At the blog Fide Et Literis: By Faith & Learning there is a post entitled I love my chapel veil. She wrote: I recently read an article about the comeback of chapel veils entitled, “Head covering is thinly veiled patriarchy.” The … Read More
Posted in Just Too Cool, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity
Tagged chapel veil, head coverings, mantillas, women
42 Comments
42 Comments
Ave Maria on From “The Private Diary of Bishop F. Atticus McButterpants” – 26-10-12 – Brainstorming!: ““I know how to look like I’m completely listening and that’ll make the guys feel like their voices are being…”
