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Tag Archives: Notre Dame
10th anniv. of Summorum Pontificum : Solemn Mass in Notre-Dame de Paris
I was sent a link to some beautiful photos of a Solemn Mass celebrated in the great Cathedral of Paris, Notre-Dame. HERE A couple of examples:
Posted in ¡Hagan lío!, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM
Tagged Archd. Paris, Notre Dame, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM
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Yes, Notre Dame can sink even lower
When you are tempted to think that Notre Dame University can’t sink any lower… From Adam Wilson of the Cardinal Newman Society (check their feed on my right side bar) to my email: This is outrageous, and I wanted to … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
Tagged abortion, Cardinal Newman Society, CNS, Notre Dame, Notre Shame
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NOTRE SHAME strikes again! Honors a pro-abortion ‘c’atholic.
Notre Shame, not content with giving an honor to the pro-abortion Pres. Obama, is now giving one to pro-abortion catholic VPres. Biden. Along with Nancy Pelosi, VPres. Biden is a certain candidate for can. 915. From CNS: Bishop Rhoades Slams … Continue reading
Posted in 1983 CIC can. 915, Dogs and Fleas, Liberals
Tagged 915, Biden, Bp. Rhoades, D. South Bend, Notre Dame, Notre Shame, Pres. Obama
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Notre Dame U. v. Fr. Miscamble, NDCatholic.com
At the blog of my friend The Motley Monk there is a follow up about a priest at Notre Dame University, Fr. Wilson Miscamble, CSC, who attempted to help Catholic students remain Catholic while at Notre Dame. Fr. Miscamble was involved with a … Continue reading
Univ. Notre Dame – effort to help students find Catholicism
Ex corde Ecclesiae – governing Catholic education – has been for the most part ignored in these USA. The result is that many schools which still bear the name “Catholic”… aren’t, or just barely are. Some are doing their best … Continue reading
Catholic pro-marriage speech repressed at Notre Dame
More news from the school that gave the most aggressive anti-Catholic pro-abortion politician we have probably ever seen an honorary doctorate in law (of all things). From the TFP site: Young Catholics Not Welcome at the University of Notre Dame … Continue reading
Pope Francis receives Univ. of Notre Shame officials in audience
A delegation from Notre Dame Shame University had an audience with Pope Francis. Yes, yes. Not everything at Notre Dame is evil. However, we do associate the school with leading the way in the destruction of Catholic education in these … Continue reading
Notre Shame prof wants Pope Francis to “Rethink Abortion”
From the Cardinal Newman Society (see their RSS feed box on my sidebar): Notre Dame Professor Wants Pope Francis to Allow Some Abortions A philosophy professor at the University of Notre Dame published an opinion piece at the New York … Continue reading
Card. O’Malley to boycott Boston College when they honor pro-abortion Irish PM
I wrote HERE about Jesuit-run Boston College’s plan to have anti-Catholic catholic, pro-abortion Prime Minister of Ireland Enda Kenny speak at commencement and then confer on him an honor. Outrageous. Shades of Notre Shame. Now I read at the site of … Continue reading
An analysis of Richard McBrien’s latest whine
Over at American Catholic my friend The Motley Monk saved me some time and effort by providing a good look at the increasingly irrelevant and yet always disappointing Richard McBrien, dissenter and retired ailing prof at Notre Dame. McBrien, who … Continue reading
Posted in Liberals, The Drill
Tagged Archbp. Viganò, Biological Solution, Notre Dame, Richard McBrien
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Nuncio Archbp. Viganò at Notre Shame talks about a concrete “menace” to religious liberty
From CNA about the address the Apostolic Nuncio, Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, gave at “Notre Shame”, aka “The Scene of the Crime”, with my emphases and comments: Papal nuncio: Catholic division undermines religious freedom South Bend, Ind., Nov 12, 2012 … Continue reading
Catholic organizations file religious liberty lawsuits against the federal government in a dozen jurisdictions
For a full list you can go here. ____ As you know, The First Gay President, Pres. Obama, has been undermining our 1st Amendment rights. He has been attacking the Catholic Church, directly and through his minions such as the … Continue reading
The most recent rubbish from the WaPo’s E.J. Dionne. Fr. Z responds.
From WaPo: I’m not quitting the church By E.J. Dionne Jr. Published: May 13 [Mother’s Day] Recently, a group called the Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF) [Coincidentally based in ultra-liberal Madison, WI, where the great Bp. Morlino has been placed … Continue reading
Posted in Biased Media Coverage, Blatteroons, Emanations from Penumbras, Magisterium of Nuns, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, Religious Liberty, The Drill, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice, Throwing a Nutty
Tagged E.J. Dionne, LCWR, magisterium of nuns, Notre Dame, Rhetoric, WaPo
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Notre Dame’s Fr. Jenkins and a different view of Pres. Obama
In 2009, the President of the University of Notre Dame, Fr. John Jenkins, actively participated in, promoted and defended, in the bestowal of an honorary doctorate in Law on the most aggressively pro-abortion President of the United States we have … Continue reading
Posted in Dogs and Fleas, Emanations from Penumbras, Linking Back, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged dogs and fleas, Fr. John Jenkins, HHS, Kathleen Sebelius, Notre Dame, POTUS, Pres. Obama, Qui cum canibus concumbunt cum pulicibus surgent., White House
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Committed to Catholic teaching or “aspects” of Catholic teaching?
Pat Archbold has a hard hitting piece at his place about the President of Notre-Dame University, which as you remember gave the most aggressively pro-abortion President we have ever seen an honorary law degree. Here is the first part. I … Continue reading
Te Deum
A biretta tip o{]:¬) to Jeffrey Tucker over at The Chant Cafe. Here is a version of the Te Deum. It is the Maîtrise of Notre-Dame in Paris (I have the CD). If you have headphones on, you will want … Continue reading
A Preferential Option for the Poor Ignoramuses
There is a new blog The Motley Monk (which also has some food posts, btw). There are some very smart posts there. My interest was captured by the mention of one of the better profs in the Theology Department at … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA, The Drill
Tagged Ex corde Ecclesiae, John Cavadini, Notre Dame
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The largess of Fr. Jenkins – Notre Shame revisited
Lest we forget, last year the Catholic Notre Dame University, to its lasting shame, undermined our Catholic identity and caused damaging scandal by honoring the most aggressively pro-abortion politician we have ever seen, President Obama. They bestowed an honor on … Continue reading
The only thing worse than NOT being talked about…
This comes from the ultra-dissenting fishwrap the National Catholic Reporter. [Cardinal] George questions role of independent Catholic mediaBishop Trautman says Vatican II liturgical norms being violatedNov. 17, 2009By Jerry Filteau BALTIMORE Cardinal Francis E. George of Chicago, president of the … Continue reading
Archbp. Chaput responds to Card. Cottier’s imprudent remarks on Notre Shame
AT LAST! You might recall that back in July WDTPRS responded to the disastrously imprudent comments of His Eminence George Card. Cottier made 30 Giorni. I suggest you scan what I wrote before reading this piece below. Now His Excellency … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
Tagged 30 Giorni, abortion, Archbp. Chaput, Card. Cottier, Notre Dame
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