Wednesday, October 24, 2012

The wrong side of history

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"Speaking a few years ago to a group of priests, entirely outside of the current political debate, I was trying to express in overly dr...
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Tuesday, October 23, 2012

WORD

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Public witness and Catholic citizenship Archbishop Charles Chaput Public witness on issues of public concern is natural for Catholic...
Monday, October 22, 2012

Another sign the apocalypse is upon us.

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I like food. Boom!, there I said it. I am willing to try new foods - as a matter of fact I was one of the first to try pizza on a stick. ...
Tuesday, October 16, 2012

The Persian look is back

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Yes, I know that we as bearded Catholics did not get that way in a moment of passion but it is the passion for facial hair that keeps...
Monday, October 15, 2012

Doctor Doctor

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It is the Feast day of Teresa of Avila one of my favorite ladies I am now at an age where this prayer makes big sense my favorite line ...
Saturday, October 13, 2012

Fluke Clerihew

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The last name of Sandra Fluke rhymes with ... stuck, which is what she wanted to happen to us with her bills for birth control pills. .
Thursday, October 11, 2012

why i have been away

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For many weeks now I have been battling a low grade constant sadness. Unable to fully name it I have been snapping at my child followed by...
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Sunday, September 30, 2012

Rochester Chesterton Conference - revisted

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I attended the Rochester (NY) Chesterton Conference September 29th. It's the ninth such conference hosted by the local Chesterton g...
Saturday, September 29, 2012

Rochester Chesterton Conference 2012

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A few images - comments later!
Saturday, September 15, 2012

Rochester Chesterton Conference

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It's coming! It's coming! The annual Rochester Chesterton Conference is scheduled for Saturday, September 29, at St. John Fisher C...
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Saturday, September 01, 2012

Belloc and me: Birds of a tar and feather?

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This morning while showering a thought occurred to me. Thoughts often occur to me while showering. I usually grow frustrated because I c...
Monday, August 27, 2012

An open letter to Melinda Gates

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but will she listen
Thursday, August 23, 2012

A St. Rose Clerihew

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                                  St. Rose was plagued by earthly beaus. To discourage their thoughts of marriage she used pepper to ...
Tuesday, August 21, 2012

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The first rule of economics is scarcity. The first rule of politics is to ignore the first rule of economics. Which is basically why Cheste...
Monday, August 20, 2012

The First Shark Week

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Bishop Nicholas Steno once again shows that religion hates science....no wait reverse that. “Nicolas Steno was a Danish Renaissance man...
Sunday, August 19, 2012

Pollock clerihew

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Jackson Pollock facing possible painter's block discovered that what matters to the critics were his splatters.
Friday, August 17, 2012

Visiting Gilbert

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Why yes I did go to Gilbert's house- you may envy me now. Ok maybe not. Gilbert's house is privately owned so there was no walki...
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Thursday, July 26, 2012

Chicago values

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“Catholic values are not Chicago values.” – Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel. Okay, that’s not what he really said. But it is in effect what...
Wednesday, July 11, 2012

No vote for Romney? Well ...

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In the most recent Gilbert Magazine , Dale Ahlquist, he of seemingly infinite Chestertonian knowledge, wrote an editorial entitled, "Wh...
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Sunday, July 08, 2012

Well Done

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Back in May we, along with others, posted about an e-book project to help the seminarians in Africa . They needed to raise $4,000.00 dollars...
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