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Well. Clayton Emmer wrote to Fr. McBrien for clarification and got it. The correspondence is on his blog.

But this time, the historical view. An interesting short piece on the first Catholic US military chaplains When war broke out between the United States and Mexico in May 1846, General Zachary Taylor’s army moved into northern Mexico with some 3,000 regulars. After he encamped along the Rio Grande at Matamoros, however, his force mushroomed…

1. Bought Joseph a new shirt on Thursday – a tropical-themed kind of golf shirt similar to one of his dad’s. I told him this would be good to wear when we went to eat out. Friday night, after the monthly trip to Sam’s, we’re going into a restaurant. He’s wearing his shirt. We head…

From Stars and Stripes

Ann Rodgers of the Pittsburgh paper takes a long, balanced look.

Poor guys. State Sen. Raymond Lesniak, a veteran Democrat from Union County, said that he would follow his church’s wishes in New Jersey and that he would drive to New York City to receive Communion. Lesniak, a former altar boy like many of his colleagues, is honorary chairman of this year’s Pulaski Day Parade in…

Not much new, but a couple of interesting observations Some American Catholic bishops are asking Catholic politicians to refrain from taking Communion if they cannot accept their faith’s teaching on abortion. The bishops must be in shock when they look around and see that Catholic politicians have turned out to be enablers for the spread…

A short piece from the NYTimes, with nothing much new except this quote from McBrien On the other end of the spectrum, some Catholic thinkers say nothing in church doctrine addresses how moral teachings should be specifically applied through laws. “The only way that you can separate yourself from the church is by knowingly and…

A priest transforms the art in his parish church Father Carter, a Franciscan Friar of the Atonement, had been summoned in a last-ditch effort to turn it around, and almost immediately upon his arrival, he decided that the images in the church did not reflect the reality of his community. And so one morning, the…

Here’s a Times-Picayune article on that Danny Abramowicz book Michael edited. The path that winds from professional athlete to drunk to recovering drunk now finds Abramowicz as author of a small handbook on spirituality for men: “Spiritual Workout of a Former Saint” (Our Sunday Visitor). “Workout” is an instruction manual for men, salted with a…
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