I was at the vigil Mass for the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary today, and afterwards John, Teresa (John’s wife) and I are greeting the our new associate pastor who was ordained this year. He says to me “Blessed are you among women!” I laughed nervously not quite knowing what he meant. He said that’s what they say to guys in the seminary who they see talking with women. So that’s a little seminary humor for you.
Author: Steve
Here are some fun facts on U.S./Vatican diplomatic relations over at EWTN.
Well, maybe not so fun considering the legacy of anti-Catholicism in this country. Even so, it gives me another reason to respect Ronald Reagan.
Go read this at Mark Sullivan’s place!
He’s got all the links – this is just his text.
The Saint Gregory Society of New Haven is a lay association that promotes the Traditional Latin Mass, regularly celebrated at Sacred Heart Church in that city. The society supports a professional Schola Cantorum that provides the proper Gregorian chant and sacred polyphony for all sung liturgical functions.
They look like my kind of people! Thanks for posting that info, Mark!
Dom has the goods over at Bettnet –
The Vatican will tell the US bishops’ conference that the zero tolerance policy for pervert priests adopted in Dallas is not acceptable.
One of the reasons the Vatican rejected the Dallas charter? It’s failure to address root causes of sexual abuse. What they are saying is “Crush the head of the serpent not the tail.”
Remember that pal of mine who said the movie Stigmata was “thought-provoking?”
He’s the one who used to be Catholic. I was chatting with him this morning here at work and I come to find out that he graduated from Notre Dame in 1994. He had to take two semesters of philosophy and theology in school. Get this – his theology professors weren’t even Catholic. One of them was a Baptist minister! No wonder this cat ain’t Catholic anymore!