Monthly Archives: November 2009

de cura animarum

Relevant to our recent discussion on why ordination is impossible for women in the Church, Father Steele, who recently converted from Anglicanism, comments on Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams’ recent article: When we look at the Second Vatican Council … Continue reading

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Advent, Leaving Nazareth

This is the final four weeks of my pregnancy, and I hope to share it entirely with Mary.  She was as pregnant as I when she left Nazareth for Bethlehem.  I imagine her riding a donkey, as I try to … Continue reading

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A Man Leaves His Father and Mother and Clings to His Bride

Okay, folks, this is it.  I am now going to do my best to simply and briefly close my little series with the reason that the sacramental priesthood is for men.  Here we go. For the sake of brevity, I … Continue reading

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Winter’s Heart: Finally Something of Import Happens

I was complaining to my fellow fantasy-book reading friends that the Robert Jordan Wheel of Time series had been bogged down since Book 4. Last night I finished Book 9, Winter’s Heart, and I was very pleasantly surprised that something … Continue reading

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Discontinuing of CCHD collection by five bishops

Discontinuing of CCHD collection by five bishops – The Curt Jester. Excellent news. Our parish’s collection was low-key: I think our parish priests probably knew that there was some bad stuff going on with this collection and so didn’t trumpet … Continue reading

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