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Category Archives: Just Too Cool
When gladiator “umps” made bad calls
This interesting article is in The Daily Mail. Very cool stuff about gladiators and tombstones. Roman gladiator’s gravestone blames poor refereeing for losing a key battle (and his life) Scientist finally decodes epitaph on tombstone By Daily Mail Reporter His … Read More
When, despite all your best efforts, things go very wrong!
Do you feel like this once in a while? Talk about getting more than you bargained for! [wp_youtube]PhCGxp_ag2E[/wp_youtube]
Cutting edge retro.
This is rather cool. I saw this on Engadget. If you’re like us, you’ve probably been holding your breath in anticipation since Commodore USA announced its replica of the famous C64. It promised a keyboard PC that duplicated the original’s … Read More
QUAERITUR: Who is bishop of the Moon?
Under the recent entry about titular sees, the question arose about which bishop would have jurisdiction over the Moon. I think there are conflicting claims. I heard once that Rome itself had jurisdiction. However, there is another claim. Sometimes it … Read More
Posted in ASK FATHER Question Box, Just Too Cool, Lighter fare, Look! Up in the sky!
Tagged Archbp. Borders, D. Orlando, jurisdiction, moon
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Roman hats
It is nice to see that the Holy Father is still using his red, straw “saturno”, or “cappello romano”. This is from the Wednesday Audience today.
Sr. Fiedler’s summation of the American Catholic Council. Fr. Z agrees.
Fishwrap has a wrap-up, in their own paper, if you get my drift, of the American catholic “Council” held in Detroit over the weekend. The Fishwrap wrap-up is by nun-other than Sr. Maureen Fiedler. We seen her insights here and … Read More
D. Toowoomba: the power of prayer and adoration of the Bl. Sacrament
From CNA about the troubled Diocese of Toowoomba, whence Bp. William Morris was removed for his heterodoxy ideas and less than optimal governance. A liberal tumult has been raised since and Bp. Morris has become a cause célèbre. In Toowoomba, … Read More
A priest on his first publicly celebrated Solemn TLM
A week or so ago, I posted about the intention of a priest in Cincinnati to celebrate Holy Mass in the Extraordinary Form for the first time publicly. Here is a follow up. Fr. Kyle Schnippel posted a sermon from … Read More
Fr. George Welzbacher – 60 years a priest – ad multos annos
I wrote this yesterday, and sent it to the blog from my phone, but it just didn’t post. Yesterday I was at a luncheon held by priests for a friend of many years, Fr. George Welzbacher, who is today celebrating … Read More
REVIEW: Guessing how to sing that prayer? Not any more. Canticum Clericorum Romanum, Vol. I.
Clerics! Seminarians! Rejoice! I received a new book for review from the Canons at St. John Cantius in Chicago. This is a book they prepared. Here is the LINK. Before I even tell you about it, it costs US$275. Worth … Read More
