Hey Everyone…Shannon here! So, while Orin’s away in Rome, it’s left to me to keep the blog updated. As some of you can tell, I’m not very good at it. My fallback plan is always a YouTube video. So… This is our friend, comedian Judy McDonald, giving her performance at the National Conference on Catholic…
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Feast of St. Cecelia, Nov. 22
Here is the text of a message sent out by NPM: On November 22 the Church keeps the memory of the third-century virgin and martyr Cecilia who is honored as the patroness of music. Today’s Memorial of Saint Cecilia reminds us of the marvelous ways in which music especially the music of the liturgy…
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Not Exactly a Renewal of Vows
As part of studies at Aquinas Institute, those preparing for the priesthood have practice sessions for sacramental presiding, including weddings. Today, Orin and Erin helped a couple of their friends by role-playing brides and grooms. In both instances, Erin was a good Catholic girl, but Orin was once an unbaptized-but-not-antagonistic-toward-Catholicism groom, and the other time…
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Advent Conspiracy
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All Hallows’ Eve
The term Halloween is shortened from All Hallows’ Even (both “even” and “eve” are abbreviations of “evening,” but “Halloween” gets its “n” from “even”) as it is the eve of “All Hallows’ Day,” which is now also known as All Saints’ Day. It was a day of religious festivities in various northern European Pagan traditions,…
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Vatican Goes Carbon-Neutral
Speaking of those two Erins (see below), this should please them some: Vatican takes a role in keeping God’s earth green By Francis X. Rocca, Religion News Service VATICAN CITY The Holy See announced this month that it would become the world’s first “carbon neutral” sovereign state by planting trees in a Hungarian national park to…
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Miss Sister 2008
‘Miss Sister 2008’: Priest organizes beauty contest for nunsThe Associated Press ROME – An Italian priest and theologian said Sunday he is organizing an online beauty pageant for nuns to give them more visibility within the Catholic Church and to fight the stereotype that they are all old and dour. The “Miss Sister 2008” contest…
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Just like Santa Claus
Look what mysteriously appeared in Orin’s office at the Shrine yesterday – I mean, just look, Erin B: