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Just a Note

Interesting.  Yesterday, I announced that I would ease up on blogging; that I had so many other things to do.  I did not think that this humble blog was being very effective in its purpose, and considering that there were … Continue reading

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What’s Up?

We had the best Thanksgiving ever!  We didn’t do much. In the past, I have drained myself with hours upon hours of cooking, baking, cleaning.  This year, I advised my out-of-town family that they would be welcome to pop on … Continue reading

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Hilarious..Obamacare

“So what the ‘blank’ could possibly go wrong?”, she asks! We could all use a good laugh, so watch and enjoy this short clip which a good friend e-mailed me. In one mere sentence, Barbara Bellar neatly sums it up … Continue reading

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My Summer Perusal: Vatican

The following is something I wrote earlier this summer; after saving the document, I plain forgot about it, until this morning that is, when I was searching for my text on St. Hildegarde.  Today is as good a day as … Continue reading

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“Where there is no true creed of belief there can be no true and fixed form of worship.”

The excerpts as well as the title of this post are from the sermon of Right Rev. Msgr. John P. Chidwick ( d.1935) delivered in 1923, on the occasion of the Golden Jubilee of St. Agnes  church in New York, … Continue reading

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Peoria Catholics launch Rosary Crusade

I ran into an old friend this afternoon, and she asked that I participate in this very important rosary initiative, and that I spread the word far and wide so as to get as many involved as possible. How about … Continue reading

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My Projects

St. Augustine believed that pleasure is associated with beauty, with beauty being the cause of that aesthetic pleasure which is perceived by the senses.  He also said that what is beautiful must have unity and order, for example, in proportion … Continue reading

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Funeral Arrangements for Fr. Hugh Thwaites

I know some have been searching for funeral details, so I share the following info I have received: Funeral Date Next Friday: 31st Aug at 12 noon in Corpus Christi Church, Boscombe. Corpus Christi Church 757 Christchurch Rd. Boscombe, Bournemouth. … Continue reading

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The Passing Unto Eternal Rest of Fr. H. Thwaites, S.J.

I received the following message regarding Fr. Hugh Thwaites’ death.  May this good priest rest in peace.   We are eternally grateful to him for one of the deepest acts of charity my family and I have ever received from a  … Continue reading

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50th Anniversary of Vatican II – The Question Persists

For a proposition to be declared infallible, the Abbé reminded the faithful, it must be a proposition already contained in the deposit of the faith directly received from the Apostles, and to have been continuously believed by the faithful since. … Continue reading

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