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Category Archives: Just Too Cool
A monastic Mass broadcast. Vocations without hijinx ensue.
Andrea Tornielli passed this along from Vatican Insider of La Stampa. It is in Italian but here is the general line. The director of Tv2000, the television broadcast of the Italian Bishops Conference, transmitted a Mass from the Benedictine monastery … Read More
A glimpse from the Tour de France
I usually follow the Tour de France. I did some biking when I was younger. The Tour got off to a rocky start today, with some drama toward the end: massive pile-ups in the peloton, etc. The TV coverage is … Read More
Dr. Krauthammer on Pres. Obama’s attack on “corporate jets”
Were Charles Krauthammer to run for President I might just vote for him. Just think of the great press conferences and State of the Union addresses. Yesterday, Dr. K had provide Special Report on Fox News Channel a blistering and … Read More
Posted in Just Too Cool, The Drill
Tagged Charles Krauthammer, corporate jets, FNC, Fox News Channel, National Review, Pres. Obama, Special Report
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65 Comments
Pope Benedict, the lark and the raven
I picked up something from Ignatius Insight which caught my eye. They posted an excerpt from Pope Benedict’s autobiographical Milestones: Memoirs 1927-1977. His Holiness recounted something that happened during his ordination to the priesthood, sixty years ago today as I … Read More
Card. Cañizares: Observe Corpus Christi on Thursday, not Sunday.
One can understand why people might think it a good idea to transfer feast days which fall during the middle of the week to a Sunday observance. More people can participate in them, right? On the other hand, the transferal … Read More
Roses for a memory of a martyr
From a reader in London. Yesterday was the feast of St John Southworth, [the English priest and martyr whose body may be venerated in Westminster Cathedral] but today was the anniversary of his execution at Tyburn (1654). I walked the … Read More
Benedictus qui pipiavit in nomine Domini
It isn’t very often that you see a Pope send a tweet. Latin for “tweet” is pipio, -are. A “tweet” is a pipiatio. [wp_youtube]tty87WDBukk[/wp_youtube] And this… [wp_youtube]tC8s44MRGVA[/wp_youtube]
Posted in Brick by Brick, Just Too Cool, Lighter fare
Tagged Benedict XVI, ipad, Twitter, Vatican, youtube
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23 Comments
To honor Benedict XVI’s 60th: 60 hours of adoration, prayer for priests and vocations
A reader alerted me to a very good initiative in the Archdiocese of Denver. 60-Hour Adoration Details Why: To mark the 60th anniversary of Pope Benedict’s priestly ordination What: 60 hours of eucharistic adoration to pray for priests and priestly … Read More
Visiting a Roman basilica? There’s an app for that.
It would be nice to have some silence during visits to beautiful churches in Europe. This comes from CNA: Vatican hopes iPod can bring silence to Rome’s churches Rome, Italy, Jun 24, 2011 / 06:10 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Vatican … Read More
Close asteriod flyby – 27 June
From Space Weather. ASTEROID FLYBY: Newly-discovered asteroid 2011 MD will pass only 12,000 kilometers (7,500 miles) above Earth’s surface on Monday, June 27th. NASA analysts say there is no chance the space rock will strike Earth. Nevertheless, the encounter is … Read More
Posted in Global Killer Asteroid Questions, Just Too Cool
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