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Today is traditionally the celebration of the feast of Corpus Christi , although it is celebrated liturgically  this coming Sunday.  Processions are held anytime during the days surrounding the feast, so today – the Thursday after Trinity Sunday, the traditional date – is a natural.     Corpus Christ procession today on boats in Seehausen, Germany. Today…

…for leading me into the time suck of the Theremin. This ‘satiable curiosity will absolutely be the death of me… …or my writing career, one.

A situation that’s been the news and discussed on talk radio is that of the Catholic pastor up in Minnesota issuing a restraining order barring  a family from bringing their son with autism to Mass. There is an informative, balanced discussion of this going on at Autism Vox. Update:  This blog post is really worth reading…

Just a reminder that I’ve added a del.icio.us feed over the right, and add several items a day to it. For the unitiated (which I was until a few days ago) – it’s basically a running log of articles/websites I’ve run across that I think are worth sharing. A blog within a blog, if you…

So, I’ve finally committed to attending the Catholic New Media celebration in Atlanta on June 22. It looks to be fantastic – I’ll be on the blogging panel (duh), and  the whole day should be great – quite a party, I’m thinking.     It will be great to meet Mark, Lino, Fr. Leo, Fr. Roderick,…

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about the “Florida Outpouring” revival being held in my old stomping grounds of Lakeland, Florida (between Tampa and Orlando). It’s still going on, and my friend Cary McMullen, religion reporter for the Lakeland Ledger has a good article about what’s going on, with the promise of more that…

When the experts talk about parents and children, they talk a lot about separation, about the child’s gradual distinction of the self from the parent. What they don’t talk about as much is the parent’s gradual distinction of the self from the child. This is something I think and talk about a lot. I’ve always…

There’s some commentary out there about Prince Caspian’s “disappointing” box office – …well, you know what I think? I think gas is $4/gallon. And when taking a family to the movies – and this is a “family” movie – is going to cost you at leat $6.50 a ticket (matinee prices in Fort Wayne –…

…or more. I’m going to emphasize again the beauty of the Pope’s words to youth in Genoa. After the portion I quoted below, he went on to encourage the young people to grow in their understanding of faith, pointing out that they are plunging into important discussions with all kinds of people about the things…

Teresa Benedetta has now translated all of the Pope’s talks from this past weekend in Savona and Genoa – God bless her. Go to this page and scroll around to read them. At the children’s hospital: And here, we must turn our thought to the silent presence of God, who almost imperceptibly accompanies man on…
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