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A page from the CNN site listing organizations through you which may contribute to assistance for victims of natural disaster here and around the world. Caritas International (the international Catholic relief agency) is getting some aid through to Myanmar. You can also donate through Catholic Relief Services, which is the United States branch of Caritas.…

Okay, so I want to add a widget to the sidebar – even though I’m trying to be  very skimpy on the widgets because I know they tend to slow some computers down and I like a clean look. But I noticed the neato “Danielle’s Shared Items” on Danielle Bean’s blog culled from Google Reader, and…

(add your own interesting links!) From the excellent group blog, Per Christum, a meditation on Pentecost and motherhood: That Pentecost and Mother’s Day fall on the same day this year got me thinking about how celebrating Pentecost is really celebrating a type of motherhood. After all, the birthday of the Church at Pentecost is the…

Someday, I’d really like to be in Rome for Pentecost. No, not to celebrate with a Pope, but to watch the rose petals float down the ocula in the Pantheon.  (S. Maria ad martyres ) That, and the white petals for Our Lady of the Snow (August 5) at St. Mary Major. Nice bookends for several months…

Can’t get away from it. It’s my ‘satiable curiosity. So tell me about Pentecost at your place (whether you are Catholic or not!) At our place – red bunting up and down the aisles. Music: Come Holy Ghost (entrance), One Bread, One Body ((Communion) Holy God We Praise Thy Name (closing). Sequence was sung by…

Ars Catholica This blog is dedicated to helping rebuild a sense of Catholic identity and culture, through the discussion of Catholic art, architecture, music, literature and liturgy. As do many young Catholics, I feel a profound sense of loss regarding our traditions. As Catholics, we have a very unique world view that prizes art and…

Reports came last month that the Japanese bishops were going to the Vatican with concerns about the Neocatechumenal Way. Today, in The Tablet, Robert Mickens reports that the Neocatechumenal seminary in Japan is to be closed: A NEO-CATECHUMENATE seminary in Japan is to close after the country’s bishops convinced Vatican officials that the movement was…

Archbishop Naumann of Kansas City, Kansas, to Governor Sebelius, a Catholic: Since becoming archbishop, I have met with Governor Sebelius several times over many months to discuss with her the grave spiritual and moral consequences of her public actions by which she has cooperated in the procurement of abortions performed in Kansas. My concern has…

Wonderful news from Laura Ingraham – she’s adopted a daughter from Guatemala. Listen here to her talk a little bit about  “Operation Maria Caroline”. The new  Latin website from the Vatican. Sandro Magister reprints an article recounting a 1997 visit to Mount Athos A new blog from a Salesian priest – Da Mihi Animas Msgr.…

I used to live in Lakeland, Florida, and honestly, all the good stuff happened after I left: housing prices doubled (as in – I could have sold my house for double of what I did sell it for even 3 years later)…GirlFights on YouTube (No, that’s not “good stuff.” I know, I know)…and now… The…

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