Author: Steve

She’s at St. Louis School in Alexandria – Fr. Jim Tucker is one of the Parochial Vicars of the parish. She likes it a lot. She even likes wearing the uniform. I can see how an eight year old would get excited about that. If she was any older she might fuss. She was previously attending the elementary school where we went as kids. Unfortunately the environment was not conducive to her learning anything other than how to talk back, cop an attitude, interrupt people when they were talking, blame other people when she made mistakes, and other things that kids learn from other kids who don’t have a good home life. St. Louis will be good for her. I’ll wait for a few years before I tell her about the Poor Clare Monastery just down the road from the school.

I just got off the phone with my sister, my niece’s mom. She said a cop was parked across the street from their house for a while this morning. My sister looked out the window and said, “I wonder what he’s doing there.” My niece said, “Probably eating donuts!”

I was joking earlier this week how Mattel could promote vocations with “Carmelite Barbie.” It seems someone as already beat me to this joke – click on the picture to see the page.

During the week we get about 130 visits to our blog. Weekends are usually slower. I am flattered and honored that people would take the time to visit. I had famed Alexandra of Oremus and her husband Bryan over last night. As we were discussing blogs and blogging I realized that we most certainly don’t have 130 unique visitors to the site each day, but rather 10 people who come 13 times per day. Based on the people who frequently post comments we might have 5 people who visit 26 times per day. God bless you, one and all!

I got this, amazingly enough, in response to my post about how I was going to take over the world while John is out of town.

I wonder if those who favor the Tridentine Rite will ever attempt to gain a
legal status similar to the Eastern Rite Catholics. If that was done, then
those who prefer the rite would have their own bishops and their ecclesial
structure. I certainly do not want to isolate a community but rather
pronounce that there is a certain and distinct community that deserves to
have both its rights and its rite protected and promoted.
I suggest this legal option because Tridentine Rite Masses lose the
appearance of being a conciliatory measure. Those who adhere to the rite
would be protected by law.
I’m to the point now where the Tridentine folks would not be hurting anybody
if they had their own piece of the pie within the fold. Yes, the Church
must make sure that it is always faithful to what it claims to believe, but
that does not mean that we should force people to worship under the same
rite. Catholics equals universal, but that does not equal “standardized”.

Anyone else care to comment? Canon lawyers, informed laity, or clergy are all invited to share their thoughts on this red-hot topic! (I’m joking about this being red-hot, of course. I’m simply curious to hear what other people think. I love Masses in Latin but I’m not banging on the Bishop’s door demanding a Tridentine Mass in my parish.)

the picture I’ve so artfully placed in our comments template is of the center of the dome of the Crypt Church at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. The photos along the top are from the Shrine as well. From left to right: the baldachino over the high altar, part of the mosaic “Christ in Majesty,” and Our Lady of Sorrows. Thanks for telling what the baldachino is called, RC!