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Yes, Every Sperm is Sacred! » The Anchoress | A First Things Blog
Turns out, Monty Python got it right - every sperm is sacred and why not?
What Does The Prayer Really Say?»Blog Archive » QUAERITUR: Colored cassocks for servers
Interesting discussion about cassocks and also girls as altar servers.
Incidentally, Izzy is old enough to take the training this year but Mr. Pete and I held firm and did not take her for the training. Not that she was keen on being a server anyway.
4Real Forums: Family-Friendly Liturgy of the Hours
A very good thread and information on the Liturgy of the Hours.
Pontiac church to be renamed for new saint | Detroit Free Press | Freep.com
We have had a lot of parish closings in our diocese as well. I don't know if everyone is "blending" together as nicely as these three parishes have, but how wonderful that they could all rally around a new patron and even be present for his canonization! That really is getting off to a good new start!
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Twenty-one members of the Pontiac parish -- a merger of three parishes: St. Michael, St. Vincent de Paul and Shrine of St. Joseph -- were to be at the Vatican for the canonization today, Kohn said.
"They've really rallied around their new patron," Kohn said. "They want to use St. Damien as an example of someone who brought hope to people in need."
A Catholic Mom in Hawaii: Documentary - “THE STORY OF SAINT DAMIEN OF MOLOKAI, SACRED HEARTS PRIEST”
Father Damien is finally going to be canonized Sunday! Esther has the information for all of the EWTN programming for the event!
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The following are the broadcast dates for the Damien canonization-related event:
Sat. Oct.10, 9pm - premier showing of "The Story of Saint Damien of Molokai, Sacred Hearts Priest" on Oceanic Cable, OC 16;
Sat. Oct. 10, 10pm - live coverage of the Damien canonization in Rome on EWTN Digital Channel 408
Sun. Oct. 11, 7:30am - replay of Damien canonization in Rome on EWTN Digital Channel 408
Sun. Oct. 11, 1pm - replay of "The Story of Saint Damien of Molokai, Sacred Hearts Priest" on Oceanic Cable, OC 16;
Sun. Oct. 11, 2pm - replay of Damien canonization in Rome on Oceanic Cable, OC 16;
Sun. Oct. 11, 4:30-5:30pm - "The Story of Saint Damien of Molokai, Sacred Hearts Priest" on KWHE-TV14 (Oceanic Cable Chan. 11)
The Deacon's Bench: Homily for January 18, 2009: Dedication of the St. Pio Chapel
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But through it all, Padre Pio persevered. Quietly. Humbly. Prayerfully. After a lifetime of poor health and great pain, he died in 1968. He was proclaimed a saint in 2002. Stories of his miracles and wonders abound. His mysticism. His gift for prophecy. But his greatest work on this earth was profoundly humble.
It came not only from how he lived, but how he listened.
Because his most familiar home… was the confessional.
Padre Pio spent hours hearing confessions each day. People would line up in the early morning and wait all day to tell him their sins, hear his penance, and whisper their acts of contrition. One of them was a priest from Poland, Karol Wojtyla, who heard Padre Pio tell him during confession that he would one day hold the highest office in the church. Fr. Wojtyla thought that meant he’d become a cardinal. He had no idea what Padre Pio really meant.
And it began in confession – a sacrament that a lot of us, frankly, avoid.
cause of our joy: The Decline of the big American Catholic family
Leticia describes the joy of a large family!
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"The smaller Irish-American family has been attributed to many factors, but the one most often cited is a decline in willingness to defer to the Roman Catholic Church after the Second Vatican Council in the 1960s. “The church’s guidance on all kinds of things, including family planning, doesn’t carry the weight it used to carry,” said Terry Golway, a writer who teaches American history at Kean University in New Jersey.
In New York, the migration of the Irish middle class from the city to the suburbs contributed to the decline of the double-digit family, he said. “Their world was not defined by the parish as it once was, when they lived in the Bronx,” Professor Golway said. “They moved to the suburbs, where it really was a melting pot. Not everybody on your block was Irish anymore.”'
Happy Catholic: St. Pio's Feast Day (amended)
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One of my favorite stories about him happened during the early 1960s.
Italy was in crisis. The Red Brigade was sparking violence in Rome, and it was considered dangerous to travel around the country. For protection, people began carrying pictures of Padre Pio.
During this time, Padre Pio had to leave his village to visit Rome, and one of the other friars asked him, “Aren’t you worried about the Red Brigade?”
“No,” he said. “I have a picture of Padre Pio.”
ZENIT - Female Servers in the Extraordinary Form
A reminder about girl servers. All four of my sons have served but I do not and will not encourage my daughter. So far, at age 10, that has not become an issue in our household.
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A: Although a clarifying instruction on several such questions was frequently described as "imminent," a long time has passed and it would seem that it is still in the pipeline.
All the same, it is important to remember that, even in the ordinary form, the use of female altar servers is in virtue of a specific permission and is not automatic. As the Holy See has explained on several occasions, the local bishop may permit the use of female servers but may not oblige the pastor to use them.
Also, the Holy Father's motu proprio granting permission for the celebrations of the extraordinary form was for the Roman Missal according to the edition issued under Pope John XXIII. Since the rubrics of this missal in no way contemplate the possibility of female servers, then it must be surmised that only altar boys or adult men are allowed as servers in the extraordinary form of the Roman rite.
Kennedy's Letter to the Pope - washingtonpost.com
Ted Kennedy's reply to the Pope, and the Pope's gracious response back.
“One of his favorite topics of humor was indeed Chappaquiddick itself”
This is why Teddy Kennedy doesn't quite fit into the halo the media is trying to put on him.
New Our Lady of Guadalupe book makes national bestseller lists
New York City, N.Y., Aug 22, 2009 / 06:07 pm (CNA).- A new book on Our Lady of Guadalupe intended to explore her history and her message of love has debuted on major U.S. bestseller lists.
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