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ASK FATHER: As a lay woman, should I have a “Mass kit” in my “Bug Out Bag”?
From a readerette… QUAERITUR: I am thinking of what to put in an emergency kit/ bug out kit and wondered if I as laity and as a female could have a Mass kit in my “bag” in case of emergency … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box, Semper Paratus, TEOTWAWKI
Tagged BOB, bug out bag, EDC, TEOTWAWKI
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CQ CQ CQ #HamRadio Blood Moon Edition (and bacon)
I returned from Tokyo tonight to find the famous annihilation SHTF TEOTWAWKI moon going on. First, I went to a “bachelor party” of sorts for a young fellow who contributes to Gregorian chant here in the Diocese of the Extraordinary … Read More
My View For Awhile: Domum
Off I go again, after this short trip to the land of the rising sun. The system works well here: bus service runs to the airport regularly (though I am informed that it will be late to the hotel today). … Read More
What to do if – when – there are no hosts for Mass?
Did you see this? I want you to get your heads into a mental place where, in an economic collapse or some other kind of catastrophic situation, wheat flour and wine are scarce. Sometimes when I write in a dystopian … Read More
CQ CQ CQ – #HamRadio Saturday and a UPS story
Since last I posted I have had a few developments. Firstly, one of you readers, our own WB0YLE, sent a spiffy Kenwood transceiver. Another is sending a mic. An antenna (and a tuner would be a good idea), and key should … Read More
ASK FATHER: Anointing in the Time of Ebola
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I´m writing from Spain where sadly, a nurse is extremely ill with Ebola virus. She was infected while treating a Spanish missionary who was brought back from Africa to get treated. My question is this: imagine … Read More
TEOTWAWKI? Double blast CME heading towards Earth.
If the media, mind-clouding, thought-befuddling blitz on the part of catholic and other outlets – Fishwrap, Amerika, RNS, Crux – weren’t bad enough, we have to think about this too. I sure hope you have BOBs ready. From SpaceWeather: STORM WARNING … Read More
Posted in Look! Up in the sky!, TEOTWAWKI, The Coming Storm
Tagged CME, Coronal Mass Ejection, EMP, TEOTWAWKI
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VIDEO Aurora: just… wow
I have been watching the news a lot over the last couple days. Given my mood, I can imagine also yours. Here’s something very cool as a change of pace. Real time – not time-lapse – video of aurora borealis. … Read More
Posted in Global Killer Asteroid Questions, Look! Up in the sky!, TEOTWAWKI
Tagged aurora borealis, sun spots, TEOTWAWKI
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TEOTWAWKI! Well… maybe not…
All of a sudden BAM! Power goes off. After all this stuff I’ve been reading, I started thinking about my BOB. Then I heard my UPS beeping and saw that my phone is still functional. Thus, not the EMP. Today … Read More
ASK FATHER: TEOTWAWKI, Sacraments, Documents and You
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I was thinking about a plan for my family for TEOTWAWKI and I immediately thought of how we would find a priest during that time. I wonder if Rome or dioceses have instituted any plans for … Read More
ASK FATHER: Priest’s “Bug Out Bag” for TEOTWAWKI
From a reader: What items should a Catholic include in a bug out bag [BOB] besides the usual survival gear? What does a Priest’s bug out bag look like? I would assume supplies to administer the sacraments in an emergency. … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box, Global Killer Asteroid Questions, GO TO CONFESSION, Mail from priests, Our Catholic Identity, Priests and Priesthood, Semper Paratus, TEOTWAWKI, The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged bug out, bug out bag, fortified wine, Fr. Walter Ciszek, paracord, priest hole, raisins, rosary, SHTF, TEOTWAWKI
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ASK FATHER: Can a bishop forbid Communion on the tongue during an epidemic?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Can a bishop lawfully ban the faithful from receiving Holy Communion on the tongue in the midst of a flu outbreak or for some other reason? This sounds to me like overkill… perhaps even hysteria. I … Read More
Some reading options… including a Chinese invasion of Seattle!
Not all my reading is spiritual these days. As I mentioned I am rereading Benedict XVI’s third volume of Jesus of Nazareth: The Infancy Narratives. A good Advent read. Also, on my Kindle right now, is John Allen’s, The Global War on Christians: … Read More
CME EMP & TEOTWAWKI or… CHAMP
One of these days there will come the big grid-frying EMP caused by a CME thus bringing on TEOTWAWKI. EMPs can also be caused by a nuclear weapon. On the other hand, this is in the offing. From Boeing: CHAMP … Read More
Posted in Global Killer Asteroid Questions, TEOTWAWKI
Tagged AFRL, Boeing, CHAMP, CME, EMP, TEOTWAWKI
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Catastrophically large solar flare narrowly missed the Earth two weeks ago
In 1859 the Earth was struck by a massive solar storm called the Carrington Event. Life was not affected much at that time, because so little used electricity. Were such a storm to strike the Earth now, however, most if … Read More
For your Just Too Cool file and your TEOTWAWKI file!
For your Just Too Cool file and your TEOTWAWKI file for you more ambitious Catholic preppers. Mass from a church truck! A mobile chapel. And it’s a Solemn Mass, to boot! If I remember, didn’t Aid To The Church In … Read More
TEOTWAWKI?!?
I was blithely typing along, and THUD… BEEP!! My UPS (uninterruptible power sources) sprang to bleeping life. “It finally happened,” quoth I… or words to that effect. Here at the SPTDV we have no electricity. Since I just posted this, … Read More
JUST TOO COOL: Sisters and their prey!
A friend send this very cool link to these very cool sisters. Meet the Sisters of Reparation to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. First, I love the idea that there is a fairly new foundation interested in reparation for … Read More
Posted in Just Too Cool, TEOTWAWKI
Tagged deer, reparation, Sacred Heart, Sisters of Reparation, TEOTWAWKI
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Hunger Bones
I recently saw a movie called Hunger Games (another in a long troop of dystopian movies/books). I guess the movie is part of a series, because I saw a preview of another movie… which figures. There is great restlessness in … Read More
Posted in TEOTWAWKI, The Drill
Tagged Hunger Games, Jennifer Lawrence, TEOTWAWKI, Winter's Bone
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30 Comments
