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…tell them you could be asking them to send you to Lourdes: In 1985, Dutch teenager Marcel Roeg fell off his moped and into the darkness. The smart-aleck jock would never again play goalie, ride a scooter or dance with his girlfriend Marissa. The accident left him brain-damaged and blind. Since that day, Mr. Roeg…

Jeffrey Tucker is in Chicago, at the workshop on singing the Mass for priests being held at St. John Cantius. He has an excellent post. The topic is one only: the sung Mass. We began with the collects and moved to prefaces, and today we cover the readings, which, as a layman, I’m particularly interested…

Sandro Magister on the Pope and music: In the span of just a few days, a series of events have unfolded at the Vatican which, taken all together, foretell new provisions – at the pope’s behest – to foster the rebirth of great sacred music. The events of which Magister writes are: An October 8…

Just a few notes from here and there: Mike Aquilina speaks highly of DiNardo: Pope Benedict named a gaggle of new cardinals today. Two are from the United States, and one of those men, Archbishop Daniel DiNardo of Galveston-Houston (Texas), is a patrologist. He earned his license in patristics at the Pontifical University Augustinianum in…

Deacon Greg, who has great stuff on his blog daily, links to a CNS piece about how the Dominicans are benefitting greatly from…a Ricky Nelson song, co-written by one of their own, back in the day.

Remember the Teen Pregnancy event for which Holy Cross had rented space, and event that would include workshops from NARAL and PP? Remember how Bishop McManus had strong words? Well, there’s going to be a counter event at the Cathedral. Dawn Eden, who will be speaking, has the information. Please Join Us for an Important…

Although the focus of today’s General Audience was, naturally enough, on the announcements of the new cardinals, Benedict preceded that announcement with a continuation of his catechesis on the Greek and Latin Fathers of the Church. Today, the subject was Eusebius of Vercelli (not to be confused with the historian Eusebius of Caesarea, about whom…

Consistory, as widely assumed, to be on November 24: Following the November 24 concistory, the College of Cardinals will number 202 members of whom 121, under the age of 80, will be electors. Given below is a list of the new cardinal electors: – Archbishop Leonardo Sandri, prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches.…

At one time or another, we all think we were born in the wrong era, perhaps twenty years or twenty centuries too late. At the very least, most of have particular places, now vanished, that we would very much like to have seen. For me, there are two: ancient Rome (although a quick trip there…

Okay, this one isn’t easy. Sigh. Yes, it’s Russo’s Bridge of Sighs, which I read last week. I’m not going to say that I either do or don’t recommend it because, you know, everyone has different tastes, and I know some people who hate Flannery O’Connor, although I really don’t understand them. I’ll just speak…
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