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Yardley on Powers
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awelborn
In today’s WaPo, Jonathan Yardley reconsiders J.F. Powers’ Morte d’Urban, the novel about a priest that won the National Book Award in 1963. The Moviegoer had won in 1962. Ah, those were the days. Yardley’s take: Thus it’s both revealing and ironic that one of the few genuinely good American novels about business isn’t about…
A crucible
By
awelborn
Our public intellectuals. Our greats. What would we do without them? Ask the child of one of them. He knows. No photograph of him has ever been published, but those who know Daniel Miller say that he resembles his father. Some say it’s the nose, others the mischievous glimmer in the eyes when he smiles,…
Latin in Vermont
By
awelborn
Yesterday evening, the Mass in the Extraordinary Form (is that right?…..) was celebrated in St. Joseph’s Co-Cathedral in Burlington Vermont. Celebrated by Burlington Bishop Salvatore Matano. The church was apparently packed – as you can see from the video, and you might want to take a look a the television news report here. Kudos for reporter…
A slightly stunned “yay”
By
awelborn
Now, I don’t go to Mass at our Cathedral very often – mostly on holy days – in fact, I usually end up there on holy days because they have a noon Mass, and none of the parishes closer to me do. (And you know…There may be four parishes between my house and the Cathedral,…
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