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Category Archives: Just Too Cool
250 kneeling students sing Gregorian chant for ‘ad orientem’ Mass in motel bar
By now we have all heard about the March For Life pilgrims in the snow, the buses in the snow, the Masses in the snow, etc. Here is an interesting article at Catholic Pop: Stranded Pro-Life Group Holds Sung Ad Orientem … Read More
Posted in Just Too Cool, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
Tagged Gregorian chant, March for Life, St. John Cantius
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COOL THING ALERT! A passel of planets!
Here is something very cool for all of you to enjoy for free! At Spaceweather we get the details about how all sorts of planets – alas, as far as I know not Planet X – will be visible in … Read More
Benedictines of Norcia make GREAT beer! Coming to these USA!
In the wake of not-so-great news, here is some wonderful news. Birra Nursia comes to these USA! Dear readers, I can testify that this is excellent beer. And it is made by monks who are worthy of your support. … Read More
It’s … ALIVE!
Some of you have suggested that I have a penchant for eating things like gagh. I won’t deny it. The other day I had something that you might find interesting.
CH: Curry recipe found in 1793 book at Downside Abbey
This is fun. From the UK’s best Catholic weekly, The Catholic Herald. I write a column for the CH called Omnium Gatherum. It isn’t about food… though it could be, now that I think about it. Wouldn’t that be a kick? Curry recipe … Read More
PLANET X!
What should this new planet be named? From AP: Scientists: Good evidence for 9th planet in solar system CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Scientists reported Wednesday they finally have “good evidence” for Planet X, a true ninth planet on the … Read More
ASK FATHER: What is the “Ave Maria” on Roman Curia calendars?
From a reader: A friend who was in Rome gave me a curial calendar. What does the “Ave Maria,” which usually occurs about half an hour after sundown, signify? My understanding is that a bell is wrung. Is a particular … Read More
Giving Catholic children the gift of music
Yesterday I read in the newest issue of Sacred Music an article about the Ward Method of teaching Gregorian chant to the young. Today I received a note from a priest friend in Texas, Fr. Reynolds, about the music program for the … Read More
“Unarmed women had faced down the world-conquering Nazis”
I am presently working through Mark Riebling’s Church of Spies: The Pope’s Secret War Against Hitler. I found an interesting anecdote about what happened in Bavaria when the Nazis took Crucifixes out of schools. In rural Bavaria, there were already … Read More
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