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      • Holy Father's Intentions for May
        04/30/09
        Pope Benedict’s general prayer intention for May is:
        "That the laity and the Christian communities may be responsible promoters of priestly and religious vocations."

        His mission intention is:
        "That the recently founded Catholic Churches, grateful to the Lord f

      • Just Making Official What We've Known All Along
        04/28/09
        The long-in-the-tooth democrat-in-republican-clothes PA senator Arlen Spector, long having abandoned any pretense of standing for Republican values, announced today that he was formally changing (at least on paper) his allegiance to the party of the Democrats.



        Of course, The O

      • How to Get Notre Dame's Attention
        04/28/09
        From Lifenews, posted yesterday. If you can't persuade with logic, prayers, or exposing hypocrisy, I guess the pocketbook is as good a target as any.
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        Notre Dame Alumni Withhold $8.2 Million Over Pro-Abortion Obama Invitation
        by Steven Ertelt

        South Bend, IN (L

      • Former Vatican Ambassador Declines Medal At Notre Dame
        04/27/09
        Former U.S. ambassador to the Vatican, Mary Ann Glendon, won't accept the school's Laetare Medal at commencement next month because of its decision to have President Barack Obama speak to graduates.

        Glendon also says in a letter to Notre Dame's president that giving Obama a

      • Bishop D'Arcy Responds Fully to Notre Dame
        04/22/09
        Don't you love it when bishops TEACH and CORRECT?

        The ball is in the court of Notre Dame. Let's see how this plays out.

        From the website of the Diocese of Fort Wayne/South Bend (where ND is located):

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        My Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
      • Protestantism is Dangerous
        04/22/09
        From Ignatius Insight:

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        It is an explosive and ultimately uncontrollable force that can destabilize and undermine church and government. It can reject time-honored truths, traditions and institutions—including its own—and posit new ones in their place, only to repeat this proce

      • Hypocrisy, Part Deux
        04/22/09
        From Pewsitter:

        Washington DC - April 21, 2009 - Georgetown is honoring Vice President Joe Biden tomorrow at a Symposium Celebrating the 15th Anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). Biden will receive the Legal Momentum Hero Award.

        Geoergetown’s decision to hono

      • Chairman of German Bishops' Conference Denies Crucifixion Effects
        04/22/09
        How can we, as butts-in-the-pews, hope to restore our identity when those we trust to lead us are actively denying central tenets of our Faith? Witness that the Chairman of the German Bishops' Conference who has publicly fallen away from the Catholic Faith, in his opinion, the crucifixion of C

      • The Catholic Identity Crisis
        04/22/09
        Reverend Robert Sirico, in the National Review, wrote an insightful piece on how the actions of ostensibly Catholic universities such as Notre Dame and Georgetown are an indication of their interior disposition that is at wide variance from their professed position as privileged institutions of high

      • More Liturgical Eye Candy
        04/22/09
        For the second time in a week, the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite was celebrated in the Lateran Basilica in Rome, this time by Antonio Cardinal Canizares Llovera, Prefect of the Sacred Congregation for Divine Worzhip.

        The Mass was celebrated at the Papal Altar in the Lateran. Since

      • Commenting
        04/21/09
        You know, you are all free to comment on the stories or entries that are presented here.

        Why?

        You may agree.

        You may disagree.

        You have a different take on what's posted.

        You have a different insight into the posting.

        You have an

      • +Robert Carlson new Archbishop of St. Louis
        04/21/09




        The Holy See announced today that the Most Reverend Robert J. Carlson, Bishop of the Diocese of Saginaw, MI, has been chosen to succeed Archbishop Raymond L. Burke as Archbishop of Saint Louis.

        His Excellency until recently had not been mentioned on the usual lists

      • The Great Con Job
        04/21/09
        They say that those who manage to gain the upper hand in framing the argument are able to dictate the terms around which the argument will proceed. So too with the ongoing debate concerning the slaughter of our children under the guise of...oh, forget it. It's too disgusting to even consider.

      • Bishop Finn (Kansas City) Speaks Plainly
        04/20/09
        Having lived in Kansas City (one of the most beautiful cities in the US, and one of the most liveable...), I can appreciate plain speaking and common sense, having been weaned from my NY cynicism after moving there. For the most part, the folks are friendly, the food excellent, and, besides the cos

      • Episcopal Spine Alert
        04/20/09
        Catherine Harmon at Catholic World Report has compiled a list (as of today) of bishops who have responded to Notre Shame's unwise invitation to Obama.

        Here they are:

        Bishops who have made statements on Notre Dame’s invitation to Barack Obama:

        1. Bishop

      • Brick by Brick
        04/20/09
        Pope Benedict has been implementing a "Marshall Plan" to revitalize our Catholic identity, both for the Church for what the Catholics can offer the world in the public square. Our liturgy is a central focus of that plan. That is what Summorum Pontificum is about, it's not just the t

      • Where Were You When You Heard?
        04/19/09
        Every so often there are events which stand out...such as the death of JFK, the election of Ronald Reagan, the attempted assassination of John Paul II, 9/11...and other momentous events.

        Where were you this day in 2005??


      • Thomas More Law Center Files Suit Against Janet Napolitano
        04/17/09
        ANN ARBOR, MI – The Thomas More Law Center, a national public interest law firm based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, announced that yesterday evening it filed a federal lawsuit against Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. The lawsuit claims that her Department’s “Rightwing Extremism Policy,

      • Clean Bill
        04/17/09

      • Installation of Archbishop Dolan of NY
        04/16/09
        Here's a link to the installation program, courtesy of the Archdiocese of NY. (pdf file)

        Congratulations and prayers to Abp. Dolan as he takes the reins of this most visible and important diocese in the US.

      • Happy Birthday Holy Father!
        04/16/09
        On the occasion of his 82nd birthday, I join my voice to those wishing our Holy Father a most happy and blessed birthday, and may he reign gloriously for many years to come, laboring in the vineyard of Our Lord.






        Let us pray:

        V. Orémus pro beatíss

      • Another "Catholic" University Denies its Roots
        04/16/09
        From CS News:

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        Georgetown Says It Covered Over Name of Jesus to Comply With White House Request
        Wednesday, April 15, 2009
        By Edwin Mora

        (CNSNews.com) – Georgetown University says it covered over the monogram “IHS”—symbolizing the name of Jesus Christ—

      • Knights of Columbus: 'Army of Oppression"?
        04/15/09
        Several Catholics are included among President Barack Obama’s announced appointments to his advisory council on faith-based partnerships. However, the appointees also include a homosexual activist who has described the Pope as a “discredited leader” and the Knights of Columbus as “foot soldi

      • DHS: Abortion Opponents = White Supremacists
        04/15/09
        From CNA:

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        The report was prepared by the Extremism and Radicalization Branch of the Department of Homeland Security and claims it was “coordinated with the FBI.”

        “Rightwing extremists,” the document says, “have capitalized on the election of the fi

      • Listen to Catholic Radio
        04/15/09
        For your listening pleasure...WFJS in Trenton, NJ.




      • Noted Canonist Dissects Fr. Jenkins of Notre Shame
        04/14/09
        Fr. Jenkins discovers canon law. Not.

        Notre Dame President Fr. John Jenkins continues to flail about for an adequate response (though short of resigning, there isn’t an adequate response) to his monumental gaffe of bestowing an honorary doctor of laws degree on a hack politician who ha

      • Memento Mori
        04/14/09
        Catholics! Remember This!

        Only One Thing Is Necessary!

        Save Your Soul!

        1. Receive regularly the Sacraments of Penance and the Holy Eucharist!

        2. Say your morning and evening prayers. Make acts of Faith, Hope and Charity every day and night, before re

      • In Praise of Catholic Priests Who DARE to Teach and Enforce
        04/14/09
        Former (and I hope, future) US Senator Rick Santorum wrote this opinion piece for the February 26th issue of the Philadelphia Inquirer. I just came across it, and was moved to note it here. OK, so, I'm a BIT behind.

        --
        Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a self-proclaimed "ardent, pra

      • I'm From the Government, and I'm Here To Help...
        04/14/09
        From the Wall Street Journal:

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        ROCHESTER, Pa. -- On the first Friday of Lent, an elderly female parishioner of St. Cecilia Catholic Church began unwrapping pies at the church. That's when the trouble started.

        A state inspector, there for an annual checkup on the chu

      • Getting From Here to There: How to Recapture our Patrimony
        04/14/09
        Jeffrey Tucker, who writes in the New Liturgical Movement, posted a most insightful piece yesterday concerning how to reclaim our musical patrimony in the Roman Rite in contrast to the goings-on in most local parishes. I'm excerpting from his piece here, for your consideration; the entire opus

      • Catching Up: Benedict's Easter Homily
        04/14/09
        Still catching up on life and trying to resync...thought it was apropos to post our Holy Father's homily for Easter:



        Dear Brothers and Sisters,

        "Christ, our Paschal lamb, has been sacrificed!" (1 Cor 5:7). On this day, Saint Paul’s triumphant words

      • The Gift of Tears
        04/13/09
        Have you witnessed the procession at the end of the Holy Thursday Mass, and cried as the Lord passed to the altar of Repose?

        Have you wept at the Exsultet at the Vigil, as you REALLY listen to the words and contemplated their meaning? I mean LISTEN, not just stare at the Cantor.
      • Christus Resurrexit!
        04/12/09


        May the joy of meeting the risen Christ be yours in abundance this Easter morning.


        Mk16, 1-7 (Douay-Rheims Translation, Challoner Version)

        1 And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalen, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought sweet spices, that comin

      • The Exsultet
        04/11/09
        And who can listen to this being chanted this evening without utterly breaking into tears? I know I can't.

        --
        Exult now O ye angelic throngs of the heavens:
        Exult O ye divine mysteries:
        and let the saving trumpet resound for the victory of so great a King.

      • We Walk with Him to the Glories of Easter
        04/11/09
        This meditation is from Fr. Z's blog over at WDTPRS. Amazing in its depths. Frightful in its intensity.

        --

        All during Lent we were being stripped down and put to a slow death. I speak liturgically, of course. But as Catholics our spiritual lives ought to reflect our

      • And, Bishop Martino Checks In on Notre Dame Scandal
        04/10/09
        Any doubt where this man of God stands?

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        Dear Father Jenkins,

        The numerous, repeated and extensive anti-life positions taken by President Obama merit his recognition as an unequalled, prominent proponent of the culture of death in our nation. Given her Catho

      • Now, This is How a Bishop Corrects
        04/10/09
        We need more bishops like this. Bishop Fabian Bruskewitz of the Diocese of Lincoln Nebraska, leaves NO doubt as to what he thinks. Witness his message to Fr. Jenkins, President of the formerly leading Catholic university of Notre Dame:

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        Reverend and dear Father Jenkins,
      • Whereabouts
        04/09/09
        For regular readers, it's no surprise that I've been absent for the last few days; on Tuesday, I started experiencing bad shortness of breath, pains in the right chest and back, and dizziness when I stood up.

        Folks, don't ignore symptoms like that.

        Ever hear of

      • Another Priest Checks re the Notre Shame Debacle
        04/07/09


        From the Acton Institute blog. I can't improve or even add one iota to this. This is a real teaching moment, and the defenders of our Faith are stepping up to the plate:

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        Dear Fr. Jenkins:

        You are, no doubt, being inundated with letters, phone calls an

      • 3 Strikes at the Vatican
        04/07/09
        From the Washington Times. How clueless? Or how arrogant....

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        3 STRIKES AT VATICAN

        The Vatican has quietly rejected at least three of Obama's candidates to serve as U.S. ambassador to the Holy See because they support abortion, and the White House might be running

      • Knights Templar Hid Shroud of Turin
        04/07/09
        This is so cool, I think. Just the time line alone puts lie to the forces that say The Shroud is a Renaissance creation, considering that the documents point to its existence long before the "scientists" say it was through all sorts of fancy dating techniques.

        From the Times

      • Damian Thompson's Take on Medjugorje
        04/07/09
        While all of this is old news (having happened back in September of 2008), I'm reprinting this information here so that it can remain somewhat fresh in people's minds.

        Damian Thompson, who maintains the Holy Smoke blog over at The Telegraph in London, posted these thoughts on

      • Medjugorje Fraud: Sex, Lies, and Apparitions
        04/07/09
        Simon Caldwell of The Spectator (article courtesy of BishopAccountability.org) has continued to expose the fraud that is Medjugorje. The article is reprinted here for your perusal and thoughtful consideration. I thought it was interesting, especially considering the controversy that even mentionin

      • Father Zhulsdorf's Radio Sabina and Z-Cam
        04/06/09
        The always cogent Father Zhulsdorf, who maintains the "What Does the Prayer REALLY Say" site (link on the right hand menu), also has an embedded ustream link from his home, somewhere in the midwest USA. So...for what it's worth, I'm linking to it here:


      • Quote for this Week
        04/06/09




        "There is no wood better to kindle the fire
        of holy love
        than the wood of the cross,
        which Christ used for his own sacrifice
        of boundless charity."

        St. Ignatius of Loyola

      • Pro-Life Win in Illinois
        04/06/09
        It hasn't made much national news, but the Illinois House Bill 2354 was defeated today, without even enough support to be brought up for a house vote. Known as "Illinois FOCA," the bill would have made abortion a fundamental right, outlawed parental notification for minors, expanded p

      • Commencement Speaker Double Standards
        04/06/09
        From the Creative Minority Report:

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        When then Senator Rick Santorum delivered the commencement address at Saint Joseph's University in 2003 there was a massive walkout of faculty members and students. According to an AP article at the time:

        About one in every ei

      • Confessions During Holy Week?
        04/06/09
        There's obviously a disconnect here...we're now into the culmination of the penitential season of Lent, racing towards the Triduum...and how many parishes have confession scheduled for this week?

        The disconnect (isn't it always down to the paperwork?) seems to be the misgui

      • The Coming Democrat-Catholic Rift?
        04/03/09
        Michael Gerson, former Bush speechwriter turned op-ed columnist for The Washington Post and a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, writes on the growing and potentially fatal rift between Catholics and the Obama-led Democrat Party.

        After discussing the Notre Dame scandal and

      • A Little Latin Levity, Folks
        04/03/09
        Even humor is a gift from God. So, for those who say Latin is a dead language, shouldn't be used, I don't understand it, we can't use it...yadda yadda yadda...for your amusement, and perhaps use someday:

        - Aio, quantitas magna frumentorum est = Yes, that is a vary large am

      • Happy 40th Birthday
        04/03/09
        Also noting with interest:



        CONSTITUTIO APOSTOLICA
        MISSALE ROMANUM
        Missale Romanum ex decreto Concilii Oecumenci Vaticani II instauratum promulgatur.


        PAULUS, EPISCOPUS
        SERVUS SERVORUM DEI
        AD PERPETUAM REI MEMORIAM


        The Roman

      • The 15 Promises of the Rosary
        04/03/09
        In the thirteenth century, Saint Dominic and Blessed Alan received the following promises from Our Lady for all those who faithfully pray the Rosary:

        1. To all those who shall pray my Rosary devoutly, I promise my special protection and great graces.
        2. Those who shall persever

      • Beautiful Image
        04/03/09
        Is there anything more inspiring than the image of the Good Shepherd feeding his flock?

        Or the visual image of a young girl, properly attired, receiving Our Lord's body, blood, soul, and divinity, from the hand of the successor of Peter?




        We too often forg

      • 4th Anniversary
        04/02/09
        We remember, with great sadness, yet profound thankfulness, the passing 4 years ago on this day of John Paul II:




        John Paul the Great, ora pro nobis!

      • On the Other Hand
        04/02/09
        It's clear where HOPE should be directed:



        And for your reading pleasure(?), a microscopic sample of stories regarding BO and his deteriorating relationship with the largest group who contributed to his accession to President:

        Archbishop Burke says Catholic who

      • No Comment
        04/02/09
        Re Notre Dame:



        'Nuff said...

      • Communion in the Hand a Custom? Think Again.
        04/02/09
        The USCCB lied to the Vatican to force the innovation of Communion in the hand on us.

        How could this happen? Who would purposely lie to the Vicar of Christ?

        But, but, but, it's the way mature People of God approach their Savior!

        I'll answer that objection

      • Just what is a "CINO"
        04/02/09
        So, what is a "CINO"?

        Simply put, it's an acronym for "Catholics In Name Only".

        You surely know some CINO's. Thanks to 40 years of dumbed-down catechesis, suspended discipline and unauthorized liturgical experimentation, many Catholics probably are

      • Bishop Sheen
        04/02/09


      • Who Will Defend the Holy Father?
        04/02/09
        I also noted, with interest, the following column in Damian Thompson's Holy Smoke blog posted yesterday.



        Cardinals and bishops have run away from the Pope like the Apostles in Gethsemane, says leading Catholic magazine

        The Easter editorial in Faith magazine,

      • Summorum Pontificum "a help to everyone"
        04/02/09
        I noted, with interest, an interview given by Cardinal Cañizares Llovera, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship, to the Italian journal Trenta Giorni. The magazine also has an English translation: "Why I always seek to meet people and engage in dialogue"

        When asked abo

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