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December 30, 2010

The Oddwalk Holiday Concert Experience

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Live in the St. Louis/Belleville area? Planning to pass through soon? Have money to burn and feel like flying to St. Louis?

If so, come join us for the annual Oddwalk Holiday Concert Experience. The concert is being held this Sunday, January 2nd in the Visitors Center lobby at the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows and will begin at 6pm. This show promises to be a lot of upbeat fun for the whole family, combining both holiday classics and Oddwalk favorites! Joining us for the show will be our bass player, Daniel Lang and our drummer, Rick Turcotte. For directions to the Shrine, click here.

While at the Shrine, be sure to take advantage of the spectacular Way of Lights. Learn more by clicking here.

We hope to see you on Sunday night! From all of us in the Oddwalk family, have a very Happy New Year!!

December 29, 2010

Shannon’s Top 15 of 2010

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Well, it’s that time of year again. Time for me to select my top Oddblog posts for each month of 2010. In a few of the months, it was difficult to pick just one, so I didn’t. Feel free to praise me, disagree, or offer your own list. Happy reading!!

JANUARY
While we didn’t blog much in January, this post about how my wife was vowing to update the “Cerneka Family Adventures” blog on more of a regular basis DID produce a funny picture of two of our kids, Madeleine and Noah.

http://oddwalkministries.com/oddblog/?p=5311

FEBRUARY
Summoning a bit of inexplicable post-Olympic Canadian pride, this post finds us offering our rendition of “Oh, Canada!”, the national anthem for our friends to the north

http://oddwalkministries.com/oddblog/?p=5683

MARCH
During the 2009 National Catholic Youth Conference, which had taken place four months before, Oddwalk had a number of cool liturgical and performance opportunities. The following posts are from two of those moments. “These Are the Chords…” is from when we played a warm-up concert for a Concurrent Session which featured Fr. Tony Ricard. “Bless the Lord, My Soul” is from one of the two daily Masses we played for.

“These Are the Chords…”: http://oddwalkministries.com/oddblog/?p=5711
“Bless the Lord, My Soul”: http://oddwalkministries.com/oddblog/?p=5743

APRIL
So…there was only one post in April. Sadly, it was a post about how we hadn’t posted in a while. Enjoy!!

http://oddwalkministries.com/oddblog/?p=5777

MAY
During this month, the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows (where Orin works) sponsored a retreat led by well-known speaker and author, Joyce Rupp. The following video was shown during that retreat.

http://oddwalkministries.com/oddblog/?p=5818

JUNE
In June, the Cernekas headed to the Smokey Mountains for a family vacation. We’re not sure what prompted Noah in this moment. Was it the Holy Spirit? Boredom? Cabin (literally) fever? You decide!

http://oddwalkministries.com/oddblog/?p=5888

JULY
Each year, during the last week of June, The National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows sponsors a Christian music/theater camp called Youth Sing Praise. While I have helped with it in the past, Orin and his wife Erin get to help ever year. Here is a song from last year’s production of “Moses”.

http://oddwalkministries.com/oddblog/?p=5914

AUGUST
Picking this month’s post was kind of difficult. On one hand, if I’m thinking with the Oddwalk part of my brain, I would have to choose the release of “Failure”, our collection of NCYC theme song entries which were not selected. If I’m thinking with the personal side of my brain, I would no doubt choose the post about Madeleine’s first day of Kindergarten. I decided to include both posts here. I’m sure I will get in trouble for this.

“Failure”: http://oddwalkministries.com/oddblog/?p=6093
Kindergarten: http://oddwalkministries.com/oddblog/?p=6159

SEPTEMBER
Chris Weber is an Iowa-based friend of Oddwalk and recent winner of a bet with Shannon concerning the outcome of the Insight Bowl. (Shannon and his Mizzou tigers lost). Chris alerted his twitter followers to this pic, suggesting that it demanded a caption contest. We decided to oblige him.

http://oddwalkministries.com/oddblog/?p=6260

OCTOBER
This month gave us a great example of what love and sacrifice are all about. The man featured in this story is a former neighbor of Orin and Erin.

http://oddwalkministries.com/oddblog/?p=6346

NOVEMBER
Two of Oddwalk’s performances in November were featured in news articles. The first comes from our appearance at the Junior High Youth Rally for the Charleston Diocese in South Carolina. The second comes from a concert we did at Holy Childhood Catholic Church in Mascoutah, IL.

Charleston: http://oddwalkministries.com/oddblog/?p=6449
Mascoutah: http://oddwalkministries.com/oddblog/?p=6472

DECEMBER
This month found us in New Orleans, LA for the National Conference on Catholic Youth Ministry. While there was some amount of work involved, this was mostly a chance to catch up with friends and take advantage of some cool performance opportunities. The following posts feature Orin and I (and my family in one video) dancing, being hams, and playing music.

GregCast and Flash Mob: http://oddwalkministries.com/oddblog/?p=6511
Exhibit Hall Stage and YM Extravaganza: http://oddwalkministries.com/oddblog/?p=6541

June 18, 2010

Busy Times

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With Shannon on a family vacation, and Orin starting on Youth Sing Praise at the Shrine, posts here will be a little slim for a while.

Not that you’ll notice the difference.

Keep us all in prayer please!

May 25, 2010

Where Do You See Compassion?

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In a retreat at the Shrine this past Saturday, Joyce Rupp played this video and asked those who had gathered about the moments of compassion within. Where do you see compassion? Any new insights on what it takes or means to be compassionate? What about Christian compassion?

“Historia de un letrero, The Story of a Sign”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyGEEamz7ZM

February 9, 2010

Fill Us, O God

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A new Lenten song from Oddwalk, which Orin will use at the Shrine this year! Let us know if you’d like the piano/guitar/harmony parts. Hopefully a simple recording will follow, if Orin has enough time over the next week or so. For now, enjoy, and consider using the prayer – one of repentance and communal conversion.

September 28, 2009

And, in fact, we did like it (but not that much).

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Here’s an amusing exchange over twitter yesterday, regarding the Shrine’s Youth Day Celebration, where Oddwalk played music, Anne Marie Cribbin emceed/weaver-ed, and Br. Dominic McManus, OP keynoted. (Because it’s a pic, the usual links don’t work.) Bob Rice chimes in with an observation about the dance which ended the night.

You do follow us on twitter, right?

August 22, 2009

Jesus Christ Superstar: Noah Cerneka Edition

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As reported on the Oddblog, Youth Sing Praise at the Shrine this summer performed “Jesus Christ Superstar.” The Cerneka Clan was in attendance, and young Noah and Madeleine have been infatuated with the show ever since. Here, recorded just today, is Noah’s version of the main theme of the show – happy listening!

August 5, 2009

Happy Feast Day!

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Today, August 5th, is 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 Jesus: was he a man, was he God, or was he somehow both earthly and spiritual? Jesus, uniquely, is fully God (part of the Holy Trinity) but yet Son of both God and of Adam and Eve, through Mary – fully human.

And so, today, we celebrate Mary as Mother of God. The Mary Major Basilica was built to honor this very fact, and was the first church built in honor of and thusly named for Our Lady. It is on Esquiline Hill, the site of the legendary apparition of Our Lady of the Snows. We thank Mary for being the first “sacred vessel” to contain the body and blood of Christ, and for her giving spirit in presenting him to us. We see this too in the representation of Our Lady of the Snows, presenting to us both Christ and his message of Healing and Hope.

May we all take a moment today, those whose lives are connected through employment, vows, or some other way to Our Lady of the Snows (or indeed Mary under any title), and in that moment, rejoice and be thankful for all that is good in our lives. May we also respond as Mary did, in welcoming the many chances each day to present Christ to the world, and be thankful for these opportunities.

May Our Lady of the Snows continue to watch over us and pray for us. May we, in the spirit of her son, Jesus, share the healing and the hope with all that we may meet.

Happy Feast Day! Our Lady of the Snows, pray for us!

July 31, 2009

Our Lady of the Snows Novena

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Hey all, sorry for the slow posting again during the busy summer. On July 28, the annual Our Lady of the Snows Healing and Hope Novena began, which has been keeping Orin busy (so, theoretically out of trouble).

Tomorrow, Saturday night, Oddwalk leads the music ministry at a mass which will also include sacramental anointing of the sick. 7:30pm, please drop by the Shrine if you can!

If you can’t, the Shrine is posting homilies from each night online. Also, you might note that each night isn’t celebrated in the context of Mass this year, something unusual, but so far a fruitful endeavor. Tonight (Friday) is adoration and benediction, with Oddwalk friend Matthew Baute leading the music. Should be special!

Join us in prayer up until the feast day, August 5!

June 23, 2009

YSP Pics Are Up

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As we mentioned in the last post, Orin is busy this week with the Youth Sing Praise production of Jesus Christ Superstar at the Shrine. The Shrine staff does a nice job of keeping a daily photo album, and already have a couple of days worth of pictures posted on their website. You can find them here.

Here are a few samples:

Oddwalk friend, Marianne Cline, get's into the YSP spirit.

YSP Staff veterans Cindy Graham (left) and Melissa Cuddy (right) make newcomer, Anne Marie Cribbin feel welcome.

Orin, part of the Theatrical Team this year, runs teens through a rehearsal

If you live in the St. Louis/Belleville area, don’t miss YSP’s performance of Jesus Christ Superstar this Saturday, 7pm at the Shrine Ampitheatre. For more information, click here.

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