Category Archives: Just Too Cool

Pounds and Grounds and Compounds

I deeply admire religious communities who make and sell things to support their life and apostolates. Take for example the Carmelites behind Mystic Monk Coffee. How many pounds of coffee do you have to sell in order to build this? … Read More

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NEW TRANSLATION 1st Sunday of ADVENT 2011!

The USCCB issued a press release: CARDINAL GEORGE ANNOUNCES VATICAN APPROVAL OF NEW ROMAN MISSAL ENGLISH-LANGUAGE TRANSLATION, IMPLEMENTATION SET FOR FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT 2011 [Do I hear an "Amen!"?] U.S. Adaptations to Mass Prayers Also ApprovedParish Education Efforts Urged To … Read More

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Medal of Honor winners to vets returning home: Help is there!

A reader sent me a link to something I found very moving. Some recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor joined together to make a video PSA to encourage America’s military to seek help when adjusting to life after combat, … Read More

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The Tears of St. Lawrence are still flowing

Did you know that the annual Perseid Meteor Shower is nicknamed "The Tears of St. Lawrence"?  The shower occurs every year around the feast of the grate … great Saint as Mother Earth zooms through a cloud of debris deposited … Read More

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WARNING! ROVING VERDI FLASH MOB!

I got this from His Hermeneuticalness. I don’t know about you, but I think this would be really fun. Here is a flash mob with a difference. Over 30 members of the The Opera Company of Philadelphia burst into the … Read More

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2 August: Portiuncula Indulgence

To Midnight 2 August,  you can gain the "Portinuncula" Indulgence. Catholic Encyclopedia St. Francis, as you know, repaired three chapels. The third was popularly called the Portiuncula or the Little Portion, dedicated to St. Mary of the Angels.  It is … Read More

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New Kindle is coming

The new Kindle from Amazon is coming.  The price has dropped.  The new Kindle will be released on 27 August. There are two versions. For $139 it connects with wifi and has a 6" display. Two colors.  USA preorder HERE … Read More

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Video Camera Will Show Mars Rover’s Touchdown

From NASA… which used to have space as its main objective: Video Camera Will Show Mars Rover’s Touchdown July 19, 2010 A downward-pointing camera on the front-left side of NASA’s Curiosity rover will give adventure fans worldwide an unprecedented sense … Read More

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Very OLD Widow!

For you lovers of reverent liturgy and Summorum Pontificum… try this! And review this. On July 6th, Swedish divers were exploring off Aaland Island, midway between Sweden and Finland, looking for a sailing vessel they’d encountered earlier when they found … Read More

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Video tour through the famous Loome Theological Bookseller in Minnesota

The other day I had a trip to one of the most tantalizing places I know … Loome Theological Bookseller in Stillwater, MN. Allow me to give you a little video tour of the place! As you can see they … Read More

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