Or, as it’s more usually known today, the solemnity of the dedication of the St. Mary Major Basilica in Rome: Orin will be celebrating come 7:30pm tonight as the novena at the Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows comes to a close.
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Yet another caption contest!
Last night, Oddwalk etc. gathered to make music at the Healing and Hope Novena at the Shrine. Afterward, Oddwalk and families, and Ricky, Tania and Craig, and Rick S. the bass player went over to Steak -n- Shake for some yummy food. Orin also delivered to the Cernekas presents he got for them while in…
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A couple more novena pics, etc.
Many novena prayer petitions gathered in the Church of OLS. Erin H. was part of a slide show of pics from a young adult trip to Tijuana. Some of the others on that trip helped with the homily at Mass on Wednesday night. The text and audio of that homily can be found on this…
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Prayer Request
One of Orin’s coworkers at the Shrine, Tom Mulhall, marketing manager, passed away suddenly the morning of July 28. He had struggled with MS for many years, but his condition had not deteriorated to the point where death would be expected. In fact he was at work all last week, including last Thursday and Friday.…
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A Couple Shrine Pics
Saturday night, pre-Novena, the OLS statue takes a ride from the Shrine church to the Outdoor Altar and Amphitheater. Sunday morning, pre-Mass, Orin spied a deer across from the church.
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Healing and Hope Novena
Orin coordinates the liturgies for this annual event at the Shrine, the Healing and Hope Novena. Each night we celebrate mass at 7:30 with a specially-picked presider and homilist, good music ministry, meaningful ritual, and communal prayer. Each night has a different focus, i.e. Finding Healing and Hope within… Physical Infirmities, The Loss of a…
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A couple more YSP photos
It’s all over now, but here are a couple more Oddwalk-type photos from the week. To see more, click here. UPDATE! More pics and videos here! An Australian Oblate, Fr. Fini, was a youth minister for the week, and sent some reports back home – enjoy!
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Fun at YSP
In a previous post, we mentioned that Orin is part of the staff of Youth Sing Praise (YSP) this year. It should also be mentioned that Orin’s wife Erin and frequent Oddblog-reader, Megan Cline, are also part of the YSP staff. In addition to that, Marianne Cline (Megan’s sister), who also frequents our blog, is…