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Category Archives: Just Too Cool
Of buns and of bagels and of birds with a prize!
???? … not as good as those I often have in St. Paul, but pretty good! Meanwhile, I had my necessary bagel. Onion, this time. These minor delights leave me as happy as a bird with its own french fry. … Read More
Posted in Just Too Cool, On the road, SESSIUNCULA, What Fr. Z is up to
Tagged bagels, xiao long bao
19 Comments
19 Comments
Did Pius XII “go undercover” to save Jews?
From CNA: Rome, Italy, Nov 4, 2011 / 06:00 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Jewish New Yorker who has made it his life’s work to clear the name of Pope Pius XII of being anti-Semitic believes the wartime pontiff actually went … Read More
Posted in Brick by Brick, Just Too Cool, The Last Acceptable Prejudice
Tagged Jews, Pius XII
23 Comments
23 Comments
On this day in 1861: Gen. Stonewall Jackson
I have a priest friend who refers to all other motorists equally as “Jackson”. A great idea, that, since it help you not to refer to all other motorists as “____”. There is also a great old book called Father … Read More
It seems diocesan bishops can ordain using the older rite of ordination after all!
Here is something that merits attention. As you might recall, the clarificatory document about Summorum Pontificum from the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei” entitled Universae Ecclesiae indicated that the Pontificale Romanum was to be used for ordinations only by those groups … Read More
Your reports about your All Saints and All Souls Masses, indulgences
All Saints was a Holy Day of Obligation. All Souls is one of those days when people tend to flock to church even though it isn’t of precept. This is also a time when we can gain plenary indulgences. Let us … Read More
Of Fishwrap and sandals
Sutor, ne ultra crepidam. Pliny the Elder related the tale of a cobbler who spotted in a painting errors in the depiction of sandals. He goes to the painter and points to the problems. The painter, grateful, makes corrections to … Read More
The Feeder Feed: Christological Finch Edition
The Met in New York has a new acquisition. It is a splendid painting by Perino del Vaga, a student of Raphael, who was very active in Rome and Genoa. The painting was recently cleaned. Here is His little Goldfinch. … Read More
Attention Bakers! Cool Catholic Custom Alert! Souling Cakes for All Souls
“Soul soul for a souling cake I pray you, missis, for a souling cake Apple or pear, plum or cherry Anything to make us merry …” Here is a cool custom to boost your Catholic Identity Quotient for this super … Read More
Posted in Fr. Z's Kitchen, Just Too Cool, Our Catholic Identity
Tagged All Souls, Catholic customs, soul food, Souling Cakes
13 Comments
13 Comments
It’s a once in a lifetime date!
Someone sent me a link to this story on AOL. November Calendar Has Two Days That Come ‘Ones’ Upon A Time November has two storied days this year — and that’s not including Veterans’ Day or Thanksgiving. Check your calendar: … Read More
The Hammer and The Feather
I remember watching this when I was a kid and thinking that it was very cool indeed. Today I picked it up from Astronomy Pic of the Day, which is on my daily checklist. A famous experiment compliments of Apollo … Read More
Posted in Just Too Cool, Look! Up in the sky!
Tagged 1971, Apollo, Galileo, gravity, POTUS NASA, Pres. Obama, space program
6 Comments
6 Comments
Brian64 on 21 Oct – St Gaspar del Bufalo – “Hammer of Freemasons”: “And here I always thought Archbishop Bugnini was “Hammer of Freemasons”. Oh, he was “Hammer FOR Freemasons”.”
