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St. John Bosco, priest

January 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Today, the Church remembers St. John Bosco, the founder of the Salesians, founder of an Oratory of poor boys. The similarity to St. Philip’s Oratory is great, St. John was greatly influenced by St. Philip and perhaps used the same model. Along came the complaints, his Oratory was a nuisance for the character of the [...]

Jan

30

St. Aidan, Celtic missionary

January 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment

I don’t know anything about St. Aidan. Nothing at all. But he’s listed in the parish calendar. Could it be St. Aidan of Lindisfarne? One week to Lent.

In the news…

A Jesuit mocks atheism? Can it really be as bad as that? Surely mocking is not a way to deal with this problem; it makes the [...]

Jan

29

Fifth Tuesday

January 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Lent approaches: just about a week left. Fr. Zed publishes the Holy Father’s Lenten message. Today, I’m going to put out a little bit of Thomas of Kempis’ Imitation of Christ, in summary: it is a great thing to make yourself subject to another, better to obey than command, “run here, run there, you will [...]

Jan

28

St. Thomas, friar, doctor, logician, etc.

January 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment

St. Thomas, the eminent Dominican friar, who put his philosophy and theology into his monstrously large Summa Theologiae, the required reading for most theology courses. The Catholic Encyclopaedia article tells, among other things, of his imprisonment by his brothers and sisters who tried to destroy his vocation, his battle with the universities concerning the autonomy [...]

Jan

27

Fourth Sunday

January 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Tomorrow the Church remembers St. Thomas of Aquino. We all know him, don’t we? He set up a lot of what we believe today as Christians. Here come the Black Friars.

In the news…

Greenpeace releases dolphins into a forest. This reminds me of the Southpark episode about a talking orca. I don’t think I would call [...]

Jan

26

Sts. Timothy and Titus

January 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Who could Sts. Timothy and Titus be? We know Timothy and Titus as a close friends, disciples of Paul and early bishops. Two of Paul’s letters to St. Timothy and one to St. Titus form part of the Canon of Holy Scripture. Let’s begin an expedition into the Catholic internet: first from the Franciscan AmericanCatholic, [...]

Jan

25

St. Paul, the conversion of

January 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Today the Church celebrates the conversion of St. Paul, the apostle to the Gentiles. This important even in the origin of the Church caused a rapid spread of the Faith since St. Paul was a tireless missionary, much persecuted and most persistent in his mission. His audacity is evident in how he attacks the Church [...]

Jan

24

And by the way…

January 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment

…any and all comments that slander the Church, call the Roman bishop an Inquisitor (which I cannot say he ever was, whatever you like to call the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith), claim that our liturgy has pagan roots (which you’ll have to work harder to prove) and otherwise try to discredit the [...]

Jan

24

St. Francis of Sales

January 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Bishop, doctor, fan of St. Philip Neri, apostle to the laity and my patron in Confirmation. Vultus Christi. The Catholic Encyclopaedia entry.

In the news…

Celebrating the proliferation of baby-killing and exploring the various means of killing babies at Yale. It’s a scary world we live in. Mr. Aquilina has news of an ancient cross-shaped cemetery in [...]

Jan

23

Fourth Wednesday

January 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Not much to say today. I’m dreadfully tired with last minute essay stuff and I’m going to crawl home now. This should not happen again. The new year was going to be better prepared. Two weeks until Lent.

In the news…

Oliver Stone’s next film is a Bush bio-pic? Didn’t Michael Moore make one of those? An [...]

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