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…
Year: 2008
birthday, family
Madeleine is 4!! (and…ur…um…16 days)
So, if you hang out with us regularly, you probably know that my daughter, Madeleine, celebrated her fourth birthday on October 16th. There was nothing, however, posted on the blog about it, and for that I’m really sorry. My wife pointed out the ommission to me yesterday. For all the pointless stuff we put up…
catholicism, holiday
All Hallows’ Eve
The term Halloween is shortened from All Hallows’ Even (both “even” and “eve” are abbreviations of “evening,” but “Halloween” gets its “n” from “even”) as it is the eve of “All Hallows’ Day,” which is now also known as All Saints’ Day. It was a day of religious festivities in various northern European Pagan traditions,…
announcements
Ewe Arrrgh Takes the No-Prize!
holiday, music, video
More saints per second than… Well, we’re not sure actually…
In Honor of All Saints Day coming up Saturday, here’s a little Gilbert and Sullivan spoof that Orin’s friend David brought to our attention:
food, video
A BLT Story
Shannon, when not Oddwalking, is also a parish youth minister. One of his successful programs with the teens there is “Prayer, Praise, and _______” — this is a program where they all gather for (you guessed it) prayer, singing praise, and some food item, a different one each time. One of the teens, Kitty, shot…
baseball, fredbird, video
Fredbird!
Fredbird dropped by the Sts. Joachim and Anne Care Services Fundraiser, this past Saturday, October 27, 2008. Oddwalk played at the event for a little over an hour, and in the middle of the set, Fredbird showed up to entertain the crowd and sign autographs. In the video below, we introduce him and sing the…
joke
Very Punny
In response to the “What’s Missing?” Contest (see the post just below this one), Orin submitted the following entry: Hey, did you hear about the young pirate sheep that’s apparently gone missing? He was well known because instead of bleating he would make pirate noises (even when it wasn’t International Talk Like a Pirate Day).…