I do believe I just became a loyal Hobby Lobby customer.
C.S. Lewis College.
The C.S. Lewis Foundation has long envisioned establishing C.S. Lewis College in the U.S. as a fully accredited Christian institution of Great Books and Visual and Performing Arts. That vision is now about to become a reality as plans move forward to launch C.S. Lewis College on the beautiful campus in Northfield, Massachusetts, recently acquired for this purpose from Northfield Mount Hermon School. This property has been purchased for the use of C.S. Lewis College by Hobby Lobby, a privately held retail chain of arts and crafts stores based in Oklahoma City, OK.
Subject to securing all appropriate approvals, C.S. Lewis College currently plans to commence instruction in Fall 2012.
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday told U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, a Catholic who supports abortion rights, that Catholic politicians have a duty to protect life “at all stages of its development,” the Vatican said.
via Pope to Pelosi: Politicians must protect life - USATODAY.com.
I have one question. What did Mme. Speaker think she could possibly get out of this meeting besides ’schooled’? Did she think it was possible to influence the Church? Did she not know that her views oppose those of the Church? Or perhaps the deeply cynical view is the most realistic: She just wanted to look important.
An open letter to the people of the Archdiocese of Denver:
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The study referenced from “Proceedings of the Royal Society” is literally about how the contraceptive Pill alters both a woman’s sense of smell and her taste in men.
Thomas at AmericanPapist: Not Your Average Catholic!says: Finally, some honesty about the effects of The Pill on relationships
The UK Times Online, in its typical British-tabloid way, published an article yesterday entitled: “The Pill may put you off smell of your man and ruin your relationship.”
Caustic, sure. But accurate? Yes!
While this information has long been available, a scant few publications have actually spoken about it, leaving such pro-life, pro-Humanae Vitae catholics such as Janet Smith trying to get the word out.
More from the Times article:
A study by British scientists suggests that taking the Pill can change a woman’s taste in men — to those who are genetically less compatible.
Road trip for some Sisters of St. Cecilia:
U.S. ‘Nashville Dominican’ Nuns Evangelize the Young in Sydney, Australia - Catholic Online
The nuns are in Sydney at the invitation of Sydney Auxiliary Bishop Anthony Fisher, World Youth Day 2008 coordinator and fellow Dominican. Normally they would be at home teaching, but their motherhouse in Nashville has sent delegations to assist with preparations for each World Youth Day since Denver was the host city in 1993.
“If I love you, what business is it of yours?”
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Jews and the Vatican: A New Clash - TIME
Good Friday prayer from the ancient liturgy that had called for the conversion of the Jews. The text of the updated version — released this week in the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano — deletes offensive language referring to Jews’ “blindness” and the need to “remove the veil from their hearts.” But the substance is left in place: “Let us pray for the Jews,” the prayer says, according to an unofficial translation from Latin. “May the Lord our God illuminate their hearts so that they may recognize Jesus Christ savior of all men.”
This is a seriously dysfunctional ecumenical conversation. If I pray for what I understand to be for your wellbeing, what business is that of yours? If I understand human wellbeing differently than you, what business is that of yours? Are you going to correct me every single time I hold a different belief than you, or only when I exercise my belief in love for you? Do you want me to respect your world view and disrespect my own?
‘Offended’, it’s the new ‘Repressed’.
Did you hear that? Did you hear that, eh? That’s what I’m on about. Did you see him offending me? You saw it, didn’t you?
Father John Z. at “What does the prayer really say?” points out a silver lining in these clouds of anger, namely, that the Traditional Latin Mass is relevant enough to update and squabble over.
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Remember the cigarette ads? the tagline was “I’d rather fight than switch”
You’ve gotta love Archbishop Chaput, I think he’d rather fight than switch too.
EWTN.com - Vatican Cardinal Sides with Denver Archbishop in Debate over Catholic Charities
Last week, Chaput objected to a proposed measure before the Colorado legislature which would bar charitable agencies that receive state funding from discrimination on the basis of religion in personnel policies. Chaput argued that such a measure would compromise the Catholic identity of church-run charities, and that he would rather see those charities stop delivering services rather than comply.
I wonder if Bishop William Lori of Connecticut is a fighter or a switcher. The Catholic hospitals in Connecticut recently chose to comply with a state requirement to provide “emergency contraceptive” (CWN Story) in cases of rape.
Archbishop O’Malley of Boston looks like a fighter, not a switcher, in this 2006 story from The Boston Globe:
In a stunning turn of events, Archbishop Sean P. O’Malley and leaders of Catholic Charities of Boston announced yesterday that the agency will end its adoption work, deciding to abandon its founding mission, rather than comply with state law requiring that gays be allowed to adopt children.
The Chaput story and EWTN link was by way of The Curt Jester.
Murdered, Martyred this day in Canturbury Cathedral in the year 1170.
Thomas Becket - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Source)…The wicked knight leapt suddenly upon him, cutting off the top of the crown which the unction of sacred chrism had dedicated to God. Next he received a second blow on the head, but still he stood firm and immovable. At the third blow he fell on his knees and elbows, offering himself a living sacrifice, and saying in a low voice, ‘For the name of Jesus and the protection of the Church, I am ready to embrace death.’ But the third knight inflicted a terrible wound as he lay prostrate. By this stroke, the crown of his head was separated from the head in such a way that the blood white with the brain, and the brain no less red from the blood, dyed the floor of the cathedral. The same clerk who had entered with the knights placed his foot on the neck of the holy priest and precious martyr, and, horrible to relate, scattered the brains and blood about the pavements, crying to the others, ‘Let us away, knights; this fellow will arise no more.’
Waiting for the movie to come out? Wait no longer, you’re not going to get a better cast than Richard Burton and Peter O’Toole anytime soon. Becket, the film on Wikipedia.
After silent night comes the dawn of redeeming grace. The child asleep in Mary’s lap is the redeemer.
Merry Christmas all!
The child whose birth we celebrate at Christmas was Mary’s boy, Jesus.
I won’t suggest here and now that you need to give Mary any more honor than you currently do, but I do ask, Do you sing about her at Christmas?
I would think that singing about Mary at Christmastime would make at least as much sense as singing of shepherds, magi, the tree, weather, and King Wenceslas, no matter how good a king he was.
Keep score at your Church service: Do the hymns and carols that are sung refer to Mary as often as the scripture verses that are read? My money’s on the Scriptures. If the hymns come up short, consider why that might be.
FIRST THINGS: Blog Archive Looking for Mary in Christmas Carols
