First, thanks to a random Facebooker for the pic! At the NCCYM Youth Ministry Extravaganza last December, all the performers were told to wear ugly Christmas Sweaters for the opening number. Shannon’s was a homemade number, with a picture of his cat wearing a Santa hat, and the back prclaiming “Mew-y Christmas!” Orin however went…
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Three Repentant Amigas
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lolsaints.com
Thanks to OddFriend Michael for bringing this new site to our attention! At lolsaints.com you can find pics in the tradition of lolcats (i can haz cheezburger?) and such, but Catholicized. Here’s a sample, taken from a poorly designed mosaic at the St. Louis Cathedral Basilica:
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G! C! D! C!
A friend of Orin’s, Katie, babysits for a few kids who attend St. Margaret of Scotland School in St. Louis. Oddwalk performed there over Catholic Schools Week last week, and while there sang one of our unique pieces, “These are the Chords to Every Christian Song I Know” – a refrain that strings together several…
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Journey at the Center of the Earth
First tweeted by Bob Rice and featured on Popple’s blog too… Ah, the 1980’s still continue to speak to the world of today… PS – You did know Oddwalk was on twitter too, didn’t you? Clicky here or check the blog sidebar!
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Made Again
Hey everyone – a tenor in Orin’s choir at the Shrine, Alan Averso recently had his first novel published by publishamerica.com! It’s called “Made Again” – “a story about faith, perseverance, determination, and will. It is a story about love, music, travel, family, and friends. It is a story about change, loss, and forced separation.”…
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Praying for Life
Yesterday, 1,000 teens and chaperones gathered at the Shrine for a send-off mass as they left for the March for Life in Washington, DC. Pictured below is Karl Zimmerman and the band leading pre-mass music, and Fr. Michael, an OMI visiting from Australia, who told a parable about a starfish. Once a man and his…
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And now, a few pictures from Rome
Orin and Erin took a trip to Rome over new years, as a vacation and to witness their friend David take his perpetual vows as an Oblate of Mary Immaculate. Here are a few pictures, with more to come down the road…