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Another sitting Episcopal bishop has announced he is heading Rome-ward. It is Bishop Steenson of the Diocese of Rio Grande, which appears to cover al of New Mexico and a bit of Texas. His letter and a very interesting comments section at Stand Firm. The letter is a bit vague, but it has been confirmed that he…

Fr. Philip, OP, at the University of Dallas has wise words for all those who work in youth/campus/young adult ministry: Here’s what works for us: Teach the apostolic faith full on…no compromises on basic doctrine or dogma. This generation of college students can smell an intellectual/spiritual weasel a hundred miles away. They would rather hear…

Today, the Pope visited the diocese of Villetri-Segni, of which he was titular bishop when he was at the CDF.  Various articles about the visit are at PRF: At 8:45 this morning, the Holy Father Benedict XVI left the Apostolic Palace in Castel Gandolfo by car for his Pastoral Visit to Velletri. Upon his arrival…

For those of you following the Emergent/Missional church in the US (which probably isn’t too many of you, but ah well..), this is interesting: So Mark Driscoll of Mars Hill Seattle has now officially called Rob Bell of Mars Hill Michigan (along with Brian McLaren and Doug Pagitt) a heretic. And here: Then, Mark Driscoll…

From Pope Benedict’s General Audience of about a year ago: A first fact strikes one based on these references: Jesus does not exclude anyone from his friendship. Indeed, precisely while he is at table in the home of Matthew-Levi, in response to those who expressed shock at the fact that he associated with people who…

Read and contemplate (and watch the video). Randy Pausch, a Carnegie Mellon University computer-science professor, was about to give a lecture Tuesday afternoon, but before he said a word, he received a standing ovation from 400 students and colleagues. He motioned to them to sit down. “Make me earn it,” he said. What wisdom would…

The WordPress Spam Catcher is catching a few spam comments here and there – and some non-spam comments. I noticed this evening that one person made two comments, and while one passed, the other ended up as spam. And checking the spam is something I forget to do regularly, so forgive me if I’ve neglected…

Today, at the GA, a Venetian gondolier met with the Pope – but it’s more than just a photo op: The 143-mile pilgrimage by water, sponsored by the Patriarchate of Venice and the M. Baschirotto foundation, was undertaken to raise awareness and support for research on rare diseases, with the specific aim of helping children…

Yesterday, I ran across this post at Terrence Berres’ The Provincial Emails – about >planning against decline in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee.  I found the whole thing depressing and frustrating in the way I have found such  conversations depressing and frustrating for decades now, being as they often are massive, wasteful, misdirected exercises in Missing…

At today’s General Audience, Benedict returned to his discussion of the Early Church Fathers, turning to St. John Chrysostom. Vatican text is here, in Italian, except for the small section in which the Holy Father spoke in English. A full translation of the longer text will be posted later. Our catechesis today focuses on a…
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