Are parts of Massachusetts going up in flames? Are people taking to the streets? Is furniture being thrown from 5th-story windows - all because of this:
Putin Gets Patriots Super Bowl Ring
Following a meeting of American business executives and Putin at Konstantinovsky Palace near St. Petersburg on Saturday, Kraft showed the ring to Putin — who tried it on, put it in his pocket and left, according to Russian news reports.
The Diocese of Arlington does not permit altar girls.
The northern VA chapter of Call to Action is not happy about it.
They have a quaint little way to protest (apparently left over from last Lent.)
I wonder what kinds of "alternative non-profits" the money goes to...
Man Interrupts Service, Arrested by Police
A man who handcuffed himself to Cardinal Roger Mahony's chair during services today at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels was later arrested by police...The incident occurred as about 3,000 people attended Mass this morning at the downtown cathedral. An estimated 200 demonstrators were outside the cathedral at the time to protest what they say is Mahony's continuing cover-up of sex abuse crimes in the church.
This morning's demonstration outside the cathedral was organized by the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, or SNAP.
Tamberg said the man is a "very angry, angry" member of SNAP.
"very angry, angry member of SNAP" sounds redundant to me.
One of my choristers mentioned the battle royale at the Bishop's conference over the Memorial Acclamation "Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again."
He said the conference took a sizable chunk of time debating this issue, and he thought it was silly since there are so many other "pressing matters."
Since he was alive during VII, he's lived through massive liturgical reform. Funny that the same upsetting of the norms, which was fine and proper 40 years ago, is now a nuisance to the folks who lived though it in the 60's.
The article doesn't do justice to the issue - from what I heard, the movement to get rid of that refrain is because the text isn't found in an historical liturgical texts.
Cardinal Egan does make a good point, that the folks in the pews are prone to a "sense of instability" about changes to the liturgy.
What would remedy the sense of instability? Another round of massive liturgical reform. An actual implementation of the GIRM rather than lip service with a focus on where Bishops have pastoral discretion. Authetic texts instead of adaptations that change God as "He" to God as "External One." Music that reflects the glory of God instead of the emotional yearnings found in pop-tunes turned hymns. (Side note: my trips to California always include going to parishes where everyone is supposed to stand through communion. My friends tell me they were told it's because of the GIRM. From what I can tell, no other items from the GIRM were implemented - one big, upsetting, non-universal item implemented instead of all the various items that are completely in the spirit and authority of Vatican II.)
So it's doubtful that our current crop of Bishops, particularly the boomers, would get serious about liturgical reform. Some seem to be more interested in recreating the liturgy in their own image
instead of being true to the rules and guidelines of the universal church.
If I am posting a link to the Periodic Table of Dessert.
Here's a list that will get his knickers in a bunch...
I got the latest issue of Catholic Answers
apologetics & evangelization magazine and it's full of great stuff:
A dressing-down of renegade theologian Fr. Richard McBrien (Nice tie, padre!)
An article about the vocation of women and how they are part of God's plan for sanctifying the world.
An article about Pope B16 written by a seminarian who was in Rome for the election.
E-Mail Embarrasses 119 Failing Students
LAWRENCE, Kan. - More than 100 students who failed their classes at the University of Kansas last semester found out who shared their misfortune. The school's Office of Student Financial Aid sent an e-mail to 119 students Monday notifying them that they were in jeopardy of having their aid revoked.But the names of the students were included on the e-mail address list — meaning everyone who got the e-mail could see the names of all the other recipients.
FINDING MY RELIGION
Music leads pianist to a life of Catholicism
Classical pianist Jacqueline Chew rebelled against her Christian upbringing and became an atheist while attending the San Francisco Conservatory of Music in the 1970s. But her love of music eventually led her back to a spiritual life.Chew was so taken with the work of Olivier Messiaen, a pioneering French composer known for his sacred Catholic music, that after hearing his composition "Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jesus" ("Twenty Contemplations of the Infant Jesus"), she began questioning her belief that God does not exist.
Next month, Chew, who released a CD of "Vingt Regards" last year, will take her interest in Catholicism to a new level. She will be received as an oblate, a layperson living outside a monastery who promises to follow the rules of St. Benedict in her private life, at the New Camaldoli Hermitage, a community of monks in Big Sur.
Pope set to return to traditional liturgy:-
VATICAN CITY | June 19, 2005 5:11:27 AM IST
Pope Benedict XVI wants to restore the traditional ceremonial Mass in St. Peter's Basilica, with Latin instead of the vernacular and Gregorian chants.
Vatican expert Sandro Magister reported in his weekly newsletter Saturday that the pope is expected to replace Archbishop Pietro Marini, his predecessor Pope John Paul II's master of liturgical ceremonies.
Whoever follows Marini will have orders to restore the traditional style and choreography of papal ceremonies in St. Peter's.
Out will go the international Masses so dear to Pope John Paul II's heart, with such innovations as Latin American and African rhythms and even dancing, multi-lingual readings and children in national costumes bringing gifts to the altar.
Pope Benedict wants to return to the Sistine Chapel choirs singing Gregorian chant and the church music of such composers as Claudio Monteverdi from the 17th century. He also wants to revive the Latin Mass.
Archbishop Marini always planned the ceremonies with television in mind, Magister said, and that emphasis will remain. A decade ago the Vatican set up a system for transmitting papal ceremonies world wide via multiple satellites.
(UPI)
On Saturday at 3pm, my team will deliver our capstone project to an audience of frazzled MBA students, academics, and semi-luminaries of the DC-area business community. By 4pm, I'll have complete all the requirements for my degree.
I hope to catch up on the blogging once I'm done writing stuff about Porter's Five Forces (no Steve - "Cheese" is not one of Porter's Five Forces...), Libyan foreign investment regulations and cash flow projections...
The other CL excuses are:
RC - upgraded us to MT 3. Lots of work.
Eric - expecting baby #4.
Pete - he did the last post, so he's doing fine.
Bryan and Alex - probably trimming Chairman Meow so he maintains his lion cut for the summer...
"Looking Back" over at Town Hall
What will future generations think when they see the front pages of our leading newspapers repeatedly preoccupied with whether we are treating captured cut-throats nicely enough? What will they think when they see the Geneva Convention invoked to protect people who are excluded from protection by the Geneva Convention?
And here's a related story about how we can't patrol our borders without wondering if we're introducing non-indigenous plantlife into the desert! Give me a break!
Man Delivers Pizza After Being Shot in Leg
Thomas Stefanelli, 37, said dedication to his job at Hungry Howie's Pizza kept him on the job after a struggle with a robber Saturday night left him bleeding from a bullet wound in his left thigh.
Here's another customer service announcement, if my blogmates don't mind.
One of my customers just launched a dietary supplement to help improve memory, concentration and focus. It's called Alcar.
