[Orin’s wife Erin alerted him to the following:] As we approach the Inauguration of our forty-fourth President of the United States, Barack Obama, we take a moment to say a prayer for him and for our country. The following prayer is from Bishop Edward K. Braxton, Bishop of the Diocese of Belleville: A Litany…
Category: prayer
music, NCCYM, oddwalkia, prayer, video
Last NCCYM Videos (at least for now)
Two more new ones – first, “Let Us Go, Rejoicing” at the Friday night GIA/WLP concert, with lead vocals by Orin; second, “At Your Name” at the Friday Holy Hour / Reconciliation earlier that night. It’s a very different version than the one on the CD (which sounds like this). There’s not a lot visually…
holiday, prayer
All Souls’ Day
The Shrine (where Orin is music and liturgy director) celebrates All Souls’ Day: A display of 20,000 roses in the church – each placed there by a member of the Missionary Association of Mary Immaculate to remember a deceased loved one Following the last mass of the morning, a procession to the Resurrection Garden where…
announcements, baseball, family, good news, prayer
Cerneka, Party of Five
Hey Everyone, Erin and I wanted to let you all know that we’re expecting our third child around June 1st. We feel very blessed to have yet another addition to our family and ask all of you for your prayers during the pregnancy and beyond. In case you’re wondering how another Cerneka child will contribute…
music, prayer, shrine
A Mysterious Land
This week, now that the Novena has finished, Orin and Erin are heading up to that magical place called Minnesota to visit family. Oddwalk has a few days off and then come back together for a week long conference at the Shrine starting on Monday. The event we’re doing next week is called the Institute…
novena, prayer
Happy Feast of Our Lady of the Snows
Hello all – we write to all of you on this August 5th, 2008, the Feast of Our Lady of the Snows, known today as the Dedication of the Mary Major Basilica in Rome. The early Church was often struggling in its theology, and one of the first debates was on the very nature of…
novena, prayer, shrine
Come Pray With Us
This coming Monday, as part of the ongoing Healing and Hope Novena at the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows in Belleville, IL, Oddwalk will lead the music for Mass, beginning at 7:30pm. The Mass, being held in the Church of Our Lady of the Snows, will feature Fr. Jeff Vomund as the…
prayer
Retreat!!!
Our blog posts might slow down over the next couple of days as Oddwalk is leading a retreat for the teenage children of the National Marriage Enounter Conference being held in Jefferson City, MO this weekend. We’ll write more once the weekend is over.