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Category Archives: Just Too Cool
Friday after Ash Wednesday … once The Feast of the Crown of Thorns
UPDATE: A reader has sent photos from the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris where she saw the relic exposed! She wrote: I was impressed by the huge crowd and most went up to venerate the Crown. The service was … Read More
Posted in Just Too Cool, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
Tagged Crown of Thorns, Notre-Dame de Paris
23 Comments
23 Comments
Latin Contest Announcement: Prize €20000
The Pontifical Council for Culture and the Pontificia Academia Latinitas will issue a prize of €20000.
Hollywood… La La Land
I gave up on prestige awards such as the Oscars and the Nobel a long time ago. They have become ridiculous. This morning I awoke to news and video from the Oscars, the Academy Awards, of the wrong movie being … Read More
Make Church Great Again! “Free Our Churches From the Ugly and Stupid”
So I’m reading my email. A reader sent the text of a Wall Street Journal piece (they have an evil paywall) entitled “Free Our Churches From the Ugly and Stupid“. “This hath potential”, quoth I, and in did I delve. … Read More
Posted in ¡Hagan lío!, "How To..." - Practical Notes, Be The Maquis, Cri de Coeur, Decorum, Fr. Z KUDOS, Hard-Identity Catholicism, Just Too Cool, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, The future and our choices, Turn Towards The Lord
Tagged Anthony Esolen, restoration, wreckovation
9 Comments
9 Comments
US Ambassador to the UN: “For those who don’t have our backs, we’re taking names”
The new US Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, brought a rather different tone to her first press conference after a meeting of the Security Council. This is refreshing. Haley told reporters, “Our goal with the administration is to show … Read More
Posted in ¡Hagan lío!, Just Too Cool, The future and our choices
Tagged Nikki Haley, UN, United Nations
9 Comments
9 Comments
Card. Müller on the ordination of Deaconettes: “not necessary and not possible”
As you may remember, some months ago Pope Francis saw to the creation of a group to study the question of female deacons (aka deaconesses, aka deaconettes). Last November, when the group met for the first time, I wrote: “Their … Read More
Posted in Deaconettes, Just Too Cool, SESSIUNCULA
Tagged deaconesses, deaconettes, Gerhard Ludwig Müller, ordination of women
17 Comments
17 Comments
80 M
During the night I happened to get up for a while and, as one does, I checked my email. One message was entitled: “80 M!” “That’s odd”, quoth I, “I’m not active these days on the 80 meter band.” (That’s … Read More
FOLLOW UP PHOTOS – Septuagesima: Burying the Alleluia for Pre-Lent
The other day I posted about burying the Alleluia on Septuagesima Sunday. As Pre-Lent (aka Fore-Lent) begins, in the traditional Roman Rite we sing the Alleluia for the last time at 1st Vespers of Septuagesima. There was a custom of … Read More
Singing nuns… they’re back!
Every month I get a small donation from the Marian Sisters of Santa Rosa. They are great! And they sing. Singing nuns… they’re back! Have a look at this. On 7 Feb 2017, the sisters sang the National Anthem at … Read More
Posted in Just Too Cool, Women Religious
Tagged Marian Sisters of Santa Rosa, national anthem
6 Comments
6 Comments
2017 Solar Eclipse
On 21 August your planet will obscure your yellow Sun and cast a shadow across your planet’s surface. There will be a total eclipse of the Sun that will sweep across these USA. I, for one, plan on seeing it. … Read More
