Another Wedding video
This is more silly…but still great… Brian & Eileen’s Wedding Music Video. from LOCKDOWN projects on Vimeo. Coming up…a play by play of my own wedding— no video but maybe…
St. Frank of Limerick
“The happy childhood is hardly worth your while. Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood, and worse yet is the miserable Irish Catholic childhood. People everywhere…
Would You Care for Someone Passed Out on the Sidewalk?
As I walked my dog last night I happened to pass my local parish in Woodside only to find a young man passed out cold on the sidewalk. My dog,…
Australian Town Bans Bottled Water
From Mother Jones Residents of Bundanoon, New South Wales, Australia have voted to ban the sale of bottled water in their rural town—probably the first in the world to do…
Pope Presses Obama on Pro-Life Issues
From John Allen at NCR and in my opinion the right way to engage the debate with the President. Thanks to the Pope for taking the lead here. When President…
Dying Well
From the NY TImes a few days ago on Sisters of St Joseph caring for their dying members at home rather than hospitals. A great model for us all: As…
Arrival: A Sweedish Abba Cover Band
OK, my wife is into Abba and dragged me to see Mamma Mia (the movie–which I kinda thought was goofy-funny). So I decided to treat her to this concert by…
Pope to Obama: You’re too conservative
From today’s Washington Post and E.J. Dionne When President Obama meets with Pope Benedict XVI tomorrow, there will be no right-wing Catholic demonstrators upbraiding the pontiff, as they did Notre…
All You Heretics…COME ON DOWN…You’re the next contestant on…OUR FAITH IS RIGHT!
OK so the game show is real and it’s actually called Penitents Compete! A new game show where clerics compete for conversions… Reuters has the details on a new game…
Pope fires those responsible for SSPX fiasco
John Allen has the scoop as usual! RomeIn what could be seen as another piece of fallout from Benedict XVI’s January decision to lift the excommunications of four traditionalist bishops,…