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Well, not lost, because other people’s good times were facilitated. Which is important. And hey, I didn’t mind sponging up 11 episodes of Lost. I did mind the Vols losing – could only watch that up until the end of the 3rd quarter. I didn’t mind the Colts winning – I didn’t watch that until…

France is a leading missionary target now: New figures show that the modern missionary is eschewing countries such as Nigeria, Papua New Guinea or India in favour of that unlikely heart of darkness: France. The latest edition of Religious Trends, a compilation of Christian statistics published last week, shows that France overtook Kenya last year…

A couple of interesting paragraphs from a NYTimes Magazine article by a former Catholic (in his youth), former evangelical (in his older youth) and, here observer of the recent Billy Graham Crusade in NYC. But the thirst for knowledge isn’t limited to those who attend the right schools. (Nor, I was to learn, is it…

As Rocco points out, the Angelus message this morning seemed …pointed. In particular, my thoughts go today to priests, to stress that the secret of their sanctification is to be found right in the Eucharist. Through sacred Ordination, the priest receives the gift and commitment of repeating sacramentally the gestures and words with which Jesus…

My daughter is off seeing it now with a friend. I’d really like to see it myself, but with a husband out of town and a baby and a 4-year old, I had to bow out. I understand it’s making some critics irritated with what they experience as annoying political content. I’m pretty sure I…

I’ve received a couple of inquiries about speaking from NYC-area parishes, one in Manhattan and one in Brooklyn. I think we might try to work something out for them to share expenses in bringing me out, probably next spring or early summer to talk DVC. If you think we could add your parish to the…

Here’s the deal. We’ve not had landline phone service since Friday. The DSL/Wireless has been gone since Saturday morning. (Atlhought it’s telling me "connected." It’s not). I finally got to Verizon yesterday who said, "Oh, yes, you’re part of an outage in your area. Scheduled until Monday at 6:30 PM." THANKS FOR TELLING ME, VERIZON!…

A new Missouri law: Abortions will still be available in Columbia and St. Louis, but the Springfield clinic might have to shut down under the law, said Peter Brownlie, president of Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri. The law states that doctors performing abortions must have clinical privileges at hospitals within 30 miles of where…

Two religious sisters who stayed with elderly residents of their facility in New Orleans: Sister Tekakwitha Vega and Sister Carolyn Leslie didn’t want to be in New Orleans when Katrina hit. But when 19 residents of a senior-citizens apartment building refused to leave, they stayed, too. "We knew that if we left them, at least…

News came early this morning of a seminary for the diocese of Kansas City, studying at Mundelein, who was killed in a car accident. He also had a blog, and you can read the comments on his poignant last post to see the reactions to the loss. He died in a car accident. Another seminarian…
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