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“This blog is like a fusion of the Baroque ‘salon’ with its well-tuned harpsichord around which polite society gathered for entertainment and edification and, on the other hand, a Wild West “saloon” with its out-of-tune piano and swinging doors, where everyone has a gun and something to say. Nevertheless, we try to point our discussions back to what it is to be Catholic in this increasingly difficult age, to love God, and how to get to heaven.” – Fr. Z
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Check out a new site: CatholicEvents.com
My friend Patrick Madrid has started a new – free – service which might be useful to you. Check it out. It has a lot of potential. I think was a niche to fill. CatholicEvents.com
Did you know about the requirement for Patristics in seminary formation? No! Really!
I have in the past posted about this shameful problem. I actually changed my field because of this document. I am glad that Joseph Shaw of the LMS picked this up: In 1989 the Congregation for Catholic Education, under the American Cardinal William … Read More
“Oh Nancy! Do you have a few minutes to chat?”
That is how I imagine the first phone call from the new Archbishop of San Francisco to Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) could begin. WDTPRS kudos to San Francisco and to Archbp. Cordileone. While I don’t think he will set off … Read More
YOUR URGENT PRAYER REQUESTS
Please use the sharing buttons! Thanks! Continued from THESE. I get many requests by email asking for prayers. Many requests are heart-achingly grave and urgent. We should support each other in works of mercy. As long as my blog reaches … Read More
What is your good news?
Do you have some good news to share? I, after a couple really nasty weeks, am getting together with a group of priests for an annual meeting.
Sr Patricia Miller in op-ed canonizes St. Obama for his respect for religious liberty. No, really.
Joseph Goebbels advised that when telling lies, tell a big one and tell it often. Another approach is to jam so many distortions into so brief a space that they are too hard to refute in as short a period … Read More
Your Sunday Sermon Notes
Was there a good point from the sermon you heard for your Mass of Sunday obligation? Share it!
Mass for Benefactors
This morning I had the honor to remember at Mass a passel of benefactors, those who have sent donations and other useful things: DH, KW, AN, WH, MK, TS, IH, Fr. LT, JB, AH, NH, C’OD, LS, EMcG, KA, AMcK, … Read More
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