Month: January 2009
catholicism, friends, music, prayer, travel
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…
catholicism, christmas, family, friends, liturgy, pope, travel
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…
prayer
Inauguration Day Prayer
[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…
announcements, technology, website
Oddblog 2.0 – Now even more iPhone friendly!
Sharper eyes may have noticed the “view iPhone” widget gone from the sidebar today – that’s because the Oddblog is now more iPhone friendly, thanks to the wonders of WordPress. The blog should just load as an iPhone version if viewed from an iPhone. If not, there should be a little link at the very…
friends, GIA, Hofinger, travel
Hofinger Conference 2009
Hi All – We have a couple stories to go with these pictures, just ask us sometime, but for now, just enjoy these images (unfortunately, not exactly in the proper order):
friends, GIA, Hofinger, music
Chris de Silva
Hey Everyone! Just came back from New Orleans yesterday after a great time at the Hofinger Conference. We promise to get pictures up soon. One of the highlights of that conference for us, was getting to spend time with fellow GIA artist, Chris de Silva. Originally from Singapore, Chris currently lives in Los Angeles, CA…
bingo, family, friends, Hofinger, music, travel
We’ll get better, we promise
Hey everyone, sorry for the lack of blogging lately – I (Orin) have been getting back into the swing of things since returning from Rome, and had precious few days to do so, and Shannon and I are leaving for New Orleans today for a weekend at the Hofinger Religious Education Conference there. We’ll have…