Author: John Schultz

It’s high season for cherry blossoms in DC. Teresa and I rolled out at 7am to try to beat the crowds, but ended up parking on Virginia Ave, hiking past the WWII memorial, then over to the tidal basin. Every amateur photographer who managed to get up early was there already.

Here’s Fr. Jerome Magat with my wife Teresa and me from last Thanksgiving.

Fr. Magat is parochial vicar at St. Elizabeth’s in Colonial Beach, VA. He organized a free clinic in Colonial Beach as well.

Chirac: Divisive Jobs Law to Be Modified
PARIS – President Jacques Chirac said Friday he would press ahead with a contentious labor law making it easier to fire workers, but he offered some concessions in hopes of calming furious protests that led to nationwide strikes.
via AP

Washing of the Feet on Holy Thursday And More on Days of Abstinence
Perhaps I should be embarassed, but I didn’t know you shouldn’t use chicken broth on days of abstinence.

‘Queer studies,’ Catholic Style – DePaul launches ‘LGBTQ’ minor

Father James Halstead, chairman of the school’s religious-studies department, said DePaul supports church teachings but also encourages critical, thoughtful learning about “any topic we can afford to teach.”
He added that a university should not be an “indoctrination center.” Rather, students should have the opportunity to explore the “burning issues” of their time.

Isn’t hell-fire a burning issue?