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Category Archives: Lighter fare
Happy Birthday to Bishop….
Happy Birthday to Bp. Edward Slattery of Tulsa, OK! His Excellency turned 71. We have featured His Excellency on this blog several times. None, however, was more memorable than his stunning sermon at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in … Read More
Isn’t Croatia famous for Crystal?
I was struck by a couple of stories on CNA, about the ownership of churches. First, there is a fight over a monastery in Croatia. Vatican City, Aug 11, 2011 / 11:54 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Vatican says it is … Read More
Posted in Lighter fare
Tagged Bp. Brown, Crystal Cathedral, D. Orange, D. Porec and Pula
15 Comments
15 Comments
Thanks to NCFishwrap for something! (Just for today, okay?)
This may shock you, but I don’t like the National Catholic Reporter… aka Fishwrap. Better… I don’t like what they do, what they write, what they print. I like my friend the nearly ubiquitous John Allen, but… for the rest … Read More
Posted in Just Too Cool, Lighter fare
Tagged Alexander IV, Fishwrap, Gerelyn Hollingsworth, St. Clare of Assisi
20 Comments
20 Comments
Waiting for Zagano
For some time now I have been getting emails and phone calls from friends with reports that someone who writes for the National Catholic Reporter aka Fishwrap, Phyllis Zagano, has been sniffing around looking for dirt about me. Zagano hasn’t … Read More
Posted in "But Father! But Father!", Brick by Brick, Lighter fare, Non Nobis and Te Deum, Our Catholic Identity, The Drill, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice, Throwing a Nutty, What Fr. Z is up to
Tagged Bp. Finn, Bp. Morlino, Bp. Olmsted, can. 764, can. 903, can. 969, Catholic Exchange, Catholic League, Catholic News Agency, celebret, Fr. Corapi, NCFishwrap, NCR, Phyllis Zagano, Wm. Donohue
147 Comments
147 Comments
Milk and cookies piety
Once again from the blog of the USCCB Media office, Sr. Mary Ann Walsh has a nice piece. This isn’t high theology, but it has the advantage of direct simplicity and an image which everyone can resonate with. I was … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Lighter fare
Tagged cookies, Marian devotion, Sr. Mary Ann Walsh
38 Comments
38 Comments
How many women’s ordination groups does it take to change a light bulb?
At the site of the Women’s Ordination Conference, there is a petition in support of Fr. Roy Bourgeois, MM (and heretic). I loved this line: “Our Catholic tradition teaches that sexism is a sin and excluding women from the priesthood … Read More
Posted in Lighter fare, Slubberdegullions, The Drill
Tagged COW, Ministry of Irritation, WOC, women's ordination, wymyn
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56 Comments
Flash memory.
It’s not something you can plan for. How often do we consciously draw it in and say, “I’m going to file this away for later!” But it happens when we least expect it. Few things are as evocative as a … Read More
“End the Male Only Celibate Teacher’s Union…”
I picked this up from Mark Shea over at Catholic And Enjoying It. Actually he just posted the kink… er um… link to a story about a teacher who seduced a student under the age of 17. Shea’s point? End … Read More
Posted in Lighter fare, The Drill
Tagged Mark Shea
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As we finish lunch we have been contemplating some potential Latin mottos for new bishops. Doesn’t it seem that many of the mottos on episcopal coats-of-arms get a bit repetitive? Even predictable? RULES: Must be from Scripture. Cannot use Proverbs … Read More
FLASH! Fr. Z agrees with Winters of the NCFishwrap. Freezing of Hell to follow.
Michael Sean Winters of the National Catholic Reporter Fishwrap and I are both carbon-based life forms. I don’t think we have agreed on much else. That said, on a day when I also agree with something on the site of … Read More
Posted in Lighter fare
Tagged ineffable, Michael Sean Winters, new corrected translation
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19 Comments
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