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Category Archives: Our Catholic Identity
A report on my urgent appeal to help with a crisis pregnancy
Sunday I took up the cause posted by my friend Fr. Finigan about swiftly gathering money and necessary things for a young woman in a “crisis pregnancy”. My post was here. I got on board because I know Fr. Finigan … Read More
Posted in Brick by Brick, Fr. Z KUDOS, Just Too Cool, Linking Back, Our Catholic Identity
Tagged ALERT, Brick by Brick, crisis pregancy
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HELP ALERT! Practical charity needed now! BLOGGERS! HELP!
Via my friend Fr. Finigan (whom I trust absolutely in this regard): I have received a message from a group who help mothers who are tempted to have an abortion. Here is the information: This young girl’s baby is due … Read More
Card. Burke on Catholic Universities
From CNA with my emphases and comments. Boston, Mass., Dec 11, 2010 / 07:39 am (CNA).- The authentically Catholic university helps students resist “secularist dictatorship” by keeping Jesus Christ at the center of its mission and by exposing the moral … Read More
CINO AWARDS – GO VOTE IF YOU HAVEN’T!
UPDATE: The voting is pretty close! __ ORIGINAL POSTING: Dec 7, 2010 @ 21:19 I picked this up from the estimable Serviam. Voting for the 2010 CINO [“Catholic In Name Only”] Awards is underway HERE. He made the choice pretty … Read More
“Catholics Come Home”
A reader alerted me to an initiative undertaken in the Archdiocese of Atlanta and the Diocese of Savanah. Here is an excerpt from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: The archdiocese, in partnership with the Catholic Diocese of Savannah, is embarking on an … Read More
Posted in New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity
Tagged Archd. Atlanta, fallen away Catholics
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The numbers game: attendance at TLMs
A friend of mine has made an argument that if the numbers of TLMs and people attending them may not be growing quickly, it is nonetheless growing. At the same the number of people going to the Ordinary Form, and … Read More
Archd. Washington DC: homosexual activist “catholics for Equality” is NOT Catholic
This is from LifeSite: D.C. Archdiocese shoots down rumor Cardinal Ok’d event with ‘Catholic’ gay group BY KATHLEEN GILBERT WASHINGTON, D.C., December 8, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington has reaffirmed the illegitimate status of Catholics for Equality, … Read More
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Wed 8 Dec: Holy Day of OBLIGATION. Have a plan!
Also, 8 December is, I believe, a Holy Day of Obligation in most places. It is the Feast/Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception. Have you made a plan to go to Mass?
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Our Catholic Identity
Tagged Holy Day of Obligation
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Remarks of prelates concerning marriage.
Biretta tip o{]:¬) to my friend the great Fr. Blake, parish priest of St. Mary Magdalen in Brighton. He picked up something from the site of John Smeaton, director of Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC), which Fr. … Read More
Posted in Our Catholic Identity, The future and our choices
Tagged Archbp. Nichols, Card. Burke, homosexuality, marriage
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6 Comments
