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I tried to post this earlier, but the pdf format froze up my other computer for some reason… Archbishop Gomez of San Antonio’s homily at this past weekend’s Red Mass: (pdf format, obviously) As you can see, the readings of today’s Mass bring to our consideration fundamental questions about our identity and purpose in the…

Two priests make their choices known for ’08: Fr. Frank Pavone of Priests for Life: In a letter to his own supporters, Fr. Frank Pavone, national director of Priests for Life, said he intends to serve on the Advisory Committee of Brownback’s potential campaign for president.  Senator Brownback has not officially announced his candidacy, but…

The National Association of Pastoral Musicians conducted a survey (through its website) asking people what factors encouraged them to sing during Mass. The separated out the results into two groups: Musicians and congregants. (So remember – this was not a random survey in any sense of the word. It was on the NPM website, so…

We followed the Colorado governor’s race just a bit. The winner, Bill Ritter, is a Catholic (whose participation in a Mass in celebration of his office on his inauguration day was a matter of some controversy) and this was his campaign stance on abortion: Based on my faith, I am personally opposed to abortion. But…

The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity begins tomorrow and goes through 1/25. In case you’re wondering why it’s not, say, a Sunday  to Sunday, the document from the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity explains: Those dates were proposed in 1908 by Paul Wattson to cover the days between the feast of St Peter…

More blogging today – I felt odd today  – precipitated in part by the fact that just as I was getting to sleep last night a whole scene popped into my head, so in fear of losing it, I got up and wrote it – and then couldn’t get back to sleep – and Michael…

…but for a good reason. Jewish tradition. From the Palm Beach Post: Most of the books and objects were from Temple Beth El, water damaged by Hurricanes Frances and Jeanne in 2004. The temple had to delay the burial until it concluded a lengthy legal dispute with its insurance company. Rabbi Steven Westman, representing Temple…

Santa Rosa diocese repays some money: The Catholic Diocese of Santa Rosa has restored $9.4 million to parishes and schools that lost the money due to mismanagement of a consolidated fund. The consolidated fund was set up to pay for things the diocese couldn’t afford and had several contributors. In 1999, after former Bishop Patrick…

Michael’s out of town. This report might interest some of you. The occasion? This trade show.

With Michael the Toddler, we have entered the stage of "I do it myself!" He must climb into the car by himself, then into the carseat. Thankfully, he doesn’t insist on buckling himself into it. This afternoon, I was ready to give him something else for lunch, when he spied the pot of leftover oatmeal…
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