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Category Archives: Just Too Cool
A note from a happy man about his first TLM experience
I am finally working through the waterfall of email that has been pouring into my inbox. Here is a nice note: I am 45 and I just attended my first Latin Mass. Wow! The only thing in my head was … Read More
No. You may not park here.
A young man in the Diocese of Madison recently posted on his blog (HERE) a photo of the jolly sign at the chancery marking the parking place of the local bishop, His Excellency Most Reverend Robert C. Morlino. To wit… … Read More
Posted in Just Too Cool, Lighter fare
Tagged Bp. Morlino, can. 1340, D. Madison, parking sign
9 Comments
9 Comments
Crystal (Catholic) Cathedral renamed St. ….
Pane by pane. I saw this in the LA Times: On the plaza of the future Christ Cathedral, 3,000 chairs and 7,000 water bottles awaited the faithful. On Saturday, before Mass welcomed families from St. Callistus Church to their new … Read More
Posted in Brick by Brick, Just Too Cool, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
Tagged Crystal Cathedral
50 Comments
50 Comments
Of civil wars and sesquicentennials and gazettes
One my daily internet stops is the Civil War Daily Gazette. Since we are in the sesquicentennial year of the American Civil War, some enterprising folks have created a day by day gazette like blog, covering the unfolding of the … Read More
Perspective
Someone sent me a photo of a 1913 Ford. To put our changes over the last 100 or so years, some stats were included. Consider: The year is 1910, over one hundred years ago. What a difference a century makes! … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Brick by Brick, Just Too Cool, The future and our choices
Tagged 1910, 1913
44 Comments
44 Comments
JUST TOO COOL: Sisters and their prey!
A friend send this very cool link to these very cool sisters. Meet the Sisters of Reparation to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. First, I love the idea that there is a fairly new foundation interested in reparation for … Read More
Posted in Just Too Cool, TEOTWAWKI
Tagged deer, reparation, Sacred Heart, Sisters of Reparation, TEOTWAWKI
19 Comments
19 Comments
Mystery Watch
What’s with this? From the Daily Mail: Mystery as century-old Swiss watch discovered in ancient tomb sealed for 400 years Archaeologists are stumped after finding a 100-year-old Swiss watch in an ancient tomb that was sealed more than 400 years … Read More
Acton U 2013: Day 1 (with UPDATES)
I am once again participating in Acton University. This is a wonderful few days. There are swarms of people this year, I think last night the announcer said 1300 people from 85 countries. Fr. Robert Sirico gave the opening address. … Read More
Posted in Just Too Cool, On the road, What Fr. Z is up to
Tagged Acton Institute, Acton University, Michael Voris
25 Comments
25 Comments
Spare the rod and spoil the chant!
Over at NLM (now under new management) there is a fun entry about the baculus cantoralis. The cliffnotes version: The Baculus Cantoralis, to give it one of its many names, is a large staff held by a Choirmaster or Cantor … Read More
Long lifetimes of faith and prayer
The other day I saw in the weekly newspaper of the Diocese of Madison that a religious sister was celebrating her 8oth anniversary of profession! That’s impressive. This also caught my eye today ‘Longest-serving’ cloistered nun dies in Spain The … Read More
