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Category Archives: Just Too Cool
Great column on German confusion by Archbp. Chaput of @ArchPhilly … auf Deutsch! “Liebe, Klarheit, und ihr Gegenteil”
The other day I posted about a terrific column by Archbp. Chaput of Philadelphia in their diocesan newspaper. Wherein Archbp. Chaput wins the pastoral Super Bowl in @ArchPhilly The Archbishop wrote about, among other things, the confusion being caused right … Read More
Considering Andy Warhol in view of certain homosexualist activists
At the UK’s best Catholic weekly, the Catholic Herald, there is a great article about the Pop Art icon Andy Warhol and Warhol’s faith and piety. This may surprise some people: he was devout and practiced his faith… which is … Read More
Pinks and Greens? “Hooah!”
Every time I see stories about the restoration of churches to proper order and purpose after costly wreckovation, the temperature of my beady-black heart warms a bit. At Stars and Stripes I read that the Army is moving towards a … Read More
Wherein Archbp. Chaput wins the pastoral Super Bowl in @ArchPhilly
Two items concerning Philadelphia’s Archbishop Charles Chaput have come across my scree in the last few hours. First, today I received PDF (PDFs are clunky) of a column that that Archbp. Chaput wrote for their archdiocesan newspaper. In this column, … Read More
Posted in Fr. Z KUDOS, Hard-Identity Catholicism, Just Too Cool, New Evangelization, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, Si vis pacem para bellum!, The Coming Storm, The future and our choices
Tagged Archbp. Chaput, Archd. Philadelphia, Erasmus, homosexualist agenda, homosexuality, manhood, same-sex unions
18 Comments
18 Comments
Look! Up in the sky! Falcon Heavy lifts off.
I’ve been watching the SpaceX launch of the Falcon Heavy rocket. They sent up Elon Musk’s personal Tesla Roadster. This booster can lift 64 metric tons (141,000 lbs), more than a 737 jetliner loaded with passengers, crew, luggage and fuel. … Read More
PHOTOS: D. Madison – Candlemas – Purification – Pontifical Mass
A sample of the music. We had a great choir from Eau Claire. A few snaps from beautiful Candlemas 2018.
Posted in Just Too Cool, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, What Fr. Z is up to
Tagged Bp. Morlino, Candlemas, candles, D. Madison, purification
7 Comments
7 Comments
VIDEO: A remarkable vocation story.
A remarkable vocation story. Fr. James Mawdsley, FSSP. For years I’ve written about how learning and celebrating the traditional form of Mass forms a priest. This priest touches on this transformative experience. (He mentions that blogs played a role. I … Read More
Posted in Just Too Cool, Mail from priests, Priests and Priesthood
Tagged FSSP, priesthood, vocations
5 Comments
5 Comments
Pilgrimages and Local Gin
This spirit-filled offering comes from the UK’s best Catholic weekly, the Catholic Herald: Meet Walsingham’s Catholic gin-makers England’s great pilgrimage site now has a gin distillery inspired by the Faith Every year 250,000 people make the journey to Walsingham, a … Read More
Take Inspiration: 12-year-old builds a tiny house in his backyard
I have mused about finding a patch of land and setting up a couple of “tiny houses”, optimally self-sufficient. Here is a great story forwarded by a priest friend from MNN: Iowa boy builds tiny house in his backyard Last … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Just Too Cool, The future and our choices
Tagged tiny houses
3 Comments
3 Comments
Rutler writes about “men with chests”. The “impossible dream”?
Fr. Rutler has a terrific piece at the invaluable Crisis. Read the whole thing, but here is some with my usual treatment. Where Are the Churchmen With Chests? [“Chests”… a great image. It was famously used (as Rutler mentions, below, … Read More
Posted in Just Too Cool, The Drill
Tagged C.S. Lewis, Courageous, Fr. George Rutler, Man of La Mancha, Richard Kiley, Theodore Roosevelt
15 Comments
15 Comments
GHP on ROME 26/10– Day 17-18: How very sad: “JonPatrick says I’ll bet that 1% of sisters under the age of 40 are predominantly those in traditional orders Our…”
