Category Archives: Just Too Cool

Gregory the Great, in words and in music

Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite observes today the feast of St. Gregory I, “the Great” (+604).  Here is his entry in the Ordinary Form Roman Martyrology: There is an oddity in the Latin text. What is it? Memoria sancti … Read More →

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Making sacred art with “theologically appropriate” techniques

There is a very interesting post at NLM today by David Clayton about the interplay of painting technique and theology in the creation (or should that be “subcreation”) of sacred art. In sum, the writer brings in the point that … Read More →

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What the Devil fears

Over at Vultus Christi there is a great post about Bl. Ildephonso Schuster, OSB, the Archbishop of Milan who died in 1954.  John Paul II declared him Blessed in 1996. Bl. Ildephonso was one of the great liturgists of his … Read More →

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Gladiator school of Vienna discovered

Very cool: Archeologists locate ruins of gladiator school By: The Associated Press | The Associated Press | 08/30/11 10:48 AM Archeologists say they have located and excavated the ruins of a massive amphitheater used to train gladiators east of Vienna … Read More →

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QR Code and You

Lots of these today at Catholicon. Let’s have a WDTPRS poll.

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Afghanistan: Marines and Holy Mass

On Weasle Zippers, one of the best names eh-vur, have a look at some photos of US Marines on the job.  Scroll down to find a photo of … Navy priest Lt. Carlos Davantes holds up a communion wafer as … Read More →

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Like Don Camillo? There’s an app for that.

Some of you may know that I have read many of Giovanni Guareschi’s Don Camillo stories in PODCAzTs.  I haven’t done any for a while, but they are in the archive and I will get back to them, I promise. … Read More →

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What do these words have in common: cathedraticum, dicastery, juridic, quinquennial, Referendary, Signatura, and vindicative

The Canonical Defender, Prof. Peters, at his excellent blog In The Light Of The Law, has this fun post: Taking Microsoft to canon law school This has never happened to me. I’m typing away on a canon law paper, just … Read More →

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Houston: Catholicon 2011 gets underway

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CNA: Catholic US Military Archdiocese sees rise in priestly vocations: SPECIAL APPEAL FROM FR. Z TO READERS

It is a regret of mine that I didn’t sign up for military chaplain service when I had the chance.  I am more than likely too old now and hindsight is 20/20.  In any event, at one point I did … Read More →

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