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Category Archives: Linking Back
A palindrome for St. Martin’s Day
From a reader from back on 11/11/11: I thought that you and your readers might find this legend of Satan, St. Martin of Tours, and two exquisitely long palindromes, to be of interest particularly on this palindromic day of 11/11/11. From The … Read More
1953: Pius XII to American seminarians: be holy, heroes, officers of the Church Militant (quotes St. Charles Borromeo)
Because I am still having some internet problems and composition of posts is a little hard, I have pulled a couple things from the archives in which St. Charles Borromeo is mentioned. (His heart, by the way, in the great … Read More
Sort of Sunday Supper…. sort of… and a fun blog suggestion
You may remember that I have posted about cooking some ancient and medieval dishes. Today I discovered a blog dedicate to ancient cooking with a delightful name: Pass The Garum. Garum, of course, is the ancient equivalent of ketchup. It … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Fr. Z's Kitchen, Linking Back, O'Brian Tags
Tagged Apicius, colatura, cooking, garum, Patrick O'Brian
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7 Comments
Happy 1700th Anniversary Milvian Bridge!
Some years ago I was sitting with a famous lion-like retired Cardinal and the topic of our birthday dates came up. When I told him mine, 28 October, he pondered for a while. Then he mentioned that it was also … Read More
Posted in Just Too Cool, Linking Back
Tagged 28 October, Constantine, Milvian Bridge, Paul Stephenson
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33 Comments
From the Archive: Card. Burke on the obligation to VOTE properly
From the Archive. On this day in 2010, I posted this: Remember how soon-to-be Cardinal Raymond Burke was, as liberals crowed, promoted to a Roman office in order to remove his influence on the American scene? This is from CNA … Read More
Posted in Linking Back, Religious Liberty, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged Card. Burke, vote, voting
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14 Comments
Archbp. Chaput: “Catholics cannot have alternate views on abortion”
It seems to me that His Excellency Most Rev. Charles Chaput of Philadelphia is probably the heavy-hitter of the US episcopal conference right now. CNA has this: Archbishop Chaput: Be Catholic before you are Democrat or Republican By Carl Bunderson … Read More
Another thing about the Holy Father’s Mass on Sunday (hint: not about the Fanon!)
I just watched the on-demand video of the Holy Father’s Mass on Sunday with the canonization of seven new saints. This is the Mass for which the Holy Father wore the fanon. See my comments about the fanon and … Read More
Bp. Olmsted removes “Catholic” status from another Phoenix hospital
Bp. Olmsted is reinforcing Catholic identity again. As I wrote some time ago: We’ve seen this movie before, and it ain’t The Bells of St. Mary’s. I saw this at azcentral.com: Bishop strips Mercy Gilbert Medical Center of Catholic status By … Read More
Of priest holes and peddler trunks
In another post today I mentioned Shakespeare. Here is another Shakespearean connection with something that is just too cool. At The Shakespeare Blog I saw an entry about an October fair held in Stratford-upon-Avon. The post concerns itinerant players and peddlers … Read More
Fishwrap’s nutty over the Holy See’s ending of “tropes” during the Agnus Dei
I am sure you have heard this at one point or another… perhaps even too often. Hitherto in many places, during the last stage of preparation before the distribution of Holy Communion, if the work at the altar was going … Read More
