Archive for July, 2007
Tuesday, July 31st, 2007
EWTN with the Pepe’s!
En route to the Atlanta Youth and Family Encounter (YFE), Katie and I visited the Pepe family, who as I mentioned in an earlier post also met through Ave Maria Catholic Singles.
They were so generous to us, meeting us personally at the airport, giving us two awesome tote bags full of EWTN goodies: umbrellas, a [...]
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Monday, July 30th, 2007
A Deeper Look at the Jesuits
A Jesuit priest has launched a website to explore the faith and charism of the Jesuit order, beginning with the first of what will be ten videos.
Click on the Jesuit Review link to watch the first video. The Jesuits have such an awesome history and many saints, as you know. It’s good to see a [...]
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Monday, July 30th, 2007
Atlanta Youth And Family Encounter
Katie and I had a great time at the Youth and Family Encounter (YFE)!
I will be making several posts about the conference, including photos and some videos I took.
Highlights included:
My incorporation into Regnum Christi with Father Alvaro Corcuera
Eduardo Verastegui’s conversion story
The Bella movie
Cardinal Rode’s address and homily
All the wonderful people we got to meet
Here is [...]
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Wednesday, July 25th, 2007
Youth And Family Adventure
I am taking off from work tomorrow and Friday because Katie and I are heading right out of state to the Youth and Family Encounter in Atlanta, Georgia!
God has helped us plan so many cool things on our trip. For example, because we had two free frequent flyer tickets on Southwest airlines, we [...]
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Monday, July 23rd, 2007
A Two-Name Kind of Girl
When Devin and I married last October, I happily changed my name to Catherine Jean Marie Rose, dropping my maiden name. I was proud of my maiden name, Bateson, and all the history that it carried, but I didn’t see any way to carry both names, Rose and Bateson, without seeming like I was resisting [...]
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Sunday, July 22nd, 2007
Chicken Coop Takes Shape
My friend Nathan came over two more times last week and helped me build me and Katie’s chicken coop:
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Friday, July 20th, 2007
FYI
Grieving has different stages, we’re told. So, I’m going to assume that I’m working with one of the grieving stages here, even though this feels awfully like venting to me.
I know that everyone means well and that they’re sad for us, and that’s why they want to comfort Devin and me. But, to the one [...]
6 Comments » - Posted in Catholic Life, Love and War by Katie
Wednesday, July 18th, 2007
My First Godson
James Benedict Hebert!
Our marriage mentor couple and good friends, the Heberts, invited me and Katie to be the God-parents of their newest son, James.
I was very happy and grateful to be chosen by them; it is such an honor to be entrusted in this way with their beloved baby.
God bless the Heberts!
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Monday, July 16th, 2007
3.8 Pints of Your Honey…
…are belong to us.
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Sunday, July 15th, 2007
First Honey Harvest Crush and Strain Video
Here is the video of Katie and me crushing and straining the honey comb.
WPvideo 1.10
This is only two frames of honey; we hope to have at least 14 more!
Linda the beekeeper in Atlanta made a video that was very helpful to us in figuring out how to go about doing this. Thanks, Linda!
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Sunday, July 15th, 2007
First Honey Harvest!
Mrs. Catherine Rose and I harvested our first two frames of honey from our St. Ambrose bee hive today!
Katie is holding one of the frames–the bottom of the frame had some uncapped comb cells, but most of it was capped (as you can see from the whitish looking covering on most of the frame).
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Thursday, July 12th, 2007
Gerardo and Roxanna Meet Pope Benedict!
And they got it on video:
http://rezapornosotros.blogspot.com/2007/07/wujuuuuuuuuuuuu.html
They were in the new sposi novelli section (new spouses), which means they got to be on the inside of the aisle when Pope Benedict entered the hall.
But he was going from one side of the aisle to the next, skipping many people (he can’t meet everybody), so they could [...]
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Wednesday, July 11th, 2007
People are so GOOD!
It seems like we always hear bad news which remind us of the evil of which humans are capable. So, I’m writing to share some good news.
Yesterday, I was feeling pretty crummy. I lost the baby on Saturday, and it was quite traumatic; I lost a lot of blood and had to be [...]
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Wednesday, July 11th, 2007
The Legendary Ronco Electric Food Dehydrator…
…is back in action!
After a long hiatus in which is languished either in my college apartment or at my dad’s house, receiving hardly the usage (or attention) that such a fine machine deserves, I have brought my Ronco dehydrator out of retirement and back into prime-time!
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Monday, July 9th, 2007
Up On The Catwalk
During our visit, we went to a place called “the Catwalk”, where you can walk up a canyon in which the Gila River runs:
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Monday, July 9th, 2007
Deming Buzz
Mom and Pops Bateson have a lush trumpet vine growing over their back patio, and the morning after we arrived in Deming, I went outside and found a ton of bees in them, gathering pollen and nectar. Here are some of the pictures:
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Thursday, July 5th, 2007
New Mexico 4th
Happy July 5th, everybody. Devin and I are visiting my parents in New Mexico and had a lovely 4th yesterday. We were pretty much slackers. I did not bake pies and wear flag colors, and there was no parade to be found.
Instead, Devin and I received Holy Communion at Holy Family, the [...]
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Monday, July 2nd, 2007
A Portion of the Spirit of St. John the Baptist
Our first son, impatient to begin his true ministry, has run ahead to heaven. Like St. Therese of Lisieux, who promised that she would “spend her heaven doing good on earth”, our John Thomas is already hard at work. I’m so proud of him!
From the earliest days of my pregnancy, I strongly felt [...]
6 Comments » - Posted in Catholic Life, Love and War, Saints and Angels by Katie
Sunday, July 1st, 2007
Our Little Son Has Gone to Heaven
Katie and I found out last week that our baby stopped growing a few weeks ago and is miscarrying.
We have been truly blessed by God with outpourings of grace through the prayers of our family and friends. Thank you for praying for us, dear brothers and sisters in Christ. Grace is real.
We have [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in Love and War by Devman
Sunday, July 1st, 2007
Why Should I Join Regnum Christi?
I learned about Regnum Christi and the Legionaries of Christ some years ago when I was discerning God’s call to religious life and the priesthood.
All of the Legionary priests and brothers looked strikingly the same to me, “almost like they are all forced to fit into a mold” I thought with suspicion. Hmmm, and [...]