Oddwalk Ministries

Year: 2008

Happy Thanksiversary!

Four years ago, Erin and Orin got married!  There’s no better way to celebrate Thanksgiving I think.  This picture is from the end of the wedding ceremony where we lit our baptismal candles from the Advent wreath Orin’s sister created (we got married on Saturday night, the first Sunday of Advent that year) – so happy Advent…

Here Are The Rules

Yesterday, Shannon’s daughter Madeleine sat him down and told him that she had a few rules for him to follow when he was in Cleveland next week (Oddwalk is heading there for the National Conference on Catholic Youth Ministry).  Here were her instructions:   1.  Watch out for sharp things. 2.  Don’t go into the…

Feast of St. Cecelia, Nov. 22

Here is the text of a message sent out by NPM:     On November 22 the Church keeps the memory of the third-century virgin and martyr Cecilia who is honored as the patroness of music.  Today’s Memorial of Saint Cecilia reminds us of the marvelous ways in which music especially the music of the liturgy…

Butteryfly Splints

Associated Press LAKE LUZERNE, N.Y. — A monarch butterfly has a chance at completing its species’ famed migration to central Mexico, thanks to some tiny cardboard splints, a bit of contact cement and a trucker from Alabama. The insect’s broken wing was painstakingly splinted by an upstate New York couple who then helped it hitch a…

Not Exactly a Renewal of Vows

As part of studies at Aquinas Institute, those preparing for the priesthood have practice sessions for sacramental presiding, including weddings.   Today, Orin and Erin helped a couple of their friends by role-playing brides and grooms.  In both instances, Erin was a good Catholic girl, but Orin was once an unbaptized-but-not-antagonistic-toward-Catholicism groom, and the other time…