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Blogging?s Not Enough for This Bishop!
2006-12-22 08:42:02
From the Boston Globe: The blogging cardinal is about to start podcasting. Television plans to launch a souped up website that will feature, among other attractions, downloadable Christmas video messages in English, Spanish, and Portuguese from Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley, the Roman Catholic archbishop of Boston. Starting early next year, O’Malley also plans to regularly record video messages for downloading from the Internet. The Catholic Church, which lags behind some other denominations in its embrace of Internet technologies, is rapidly expanding its use of new technology in its search for souls. Cardinal Edward M. Egan of New York recently started a satellite radio show, and the late Pope John Paul II, starting in 2003, offered daily text messages to cellphone users. O’Malley, a Capuchin Franciscan friar who has taken a vow of poverty and is a frequent critic of American consumer culture, is rapidly emerging as an unlikely pioneer in the use of new media by a 2,...
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Favorite *-={Catholic}=-* Artists: Friday Mourning
2006-12-22 08:42:02
These guys are fantastic! They have a very folk rock sound, and a very upbeat rhythm. Always good to see new Cat holic rock bands on the scene, especially ones that are as talented as these guys!. The song is called Veronica, and you can find more from the band at their site, www.fridaymourning.com.
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Notice to Email Subscribers
2006-12-22 08:42:02
   Thank you to all of those who have subscribed to my blog via e-mail. I wanted to let you all know that I will be moving my e-mail subscription service from Feedblitz, to Feedburner. Feedburner’s feed-by-email is much cleaner and better looking than Feedblitz, and the feeds are more up-to-date, so it’s time for a change. If you’ve already subscribed to my Feedburner email feed, no worries. However, if you have subscribed to my emails prior to the new site’s design change, you are subscribed to to the Feedblitz feed, which will be shut off sometime next month. You can subscribe to the new e-mail feed by entering in your address in the sidebar form under “subscribe.” Or you can subscribe here. If you aren’t subscribed, subscribe! Haha!
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Adoration Online
2006-12-22 08:42:02
Is your parish too far of a drive to make it to adoration during the day? Or perhaps your watered-down Cathlolic parish only has adoration once a month on a Monday afternoon for an hour, when you happen to still be at work? Well, no worries my devout Catholic bretheren and sisteren, you can now adore Christ’s body, blood, soul, and divinity online. The Community of The Monks of Adoration Chapel have set up a webcam and offer everyone around the world to see and worship our Blessed Lord through the internet. Simply go to their site, and you will see an updated picture of the Blessed Sacrament every minute. The Eucharist is not always exposed, so you will have to look around the site for the exposition times. Cool idea for today’s modern world eh?
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Pro-Homosexual Dissenter Wins Mother Theresa of the Year Awa
2006-12-22 08:42:02
From Life Site News: Los Angeles, December 19, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Sister Jeannine Gramick, who became a notorious figure after she was ordered by the Vatican in 2000 to desist from all pastoral work involving homosexuals, has been honored by being named a 2006 Mother Teresa Award Laureate. The award was presented to Sr. Gramick this past November. Begun in 2005, the Mother Teresa Awards were instituted to “recognize the achievements for those who beautify the world, especially in the fields of religion, social justice and the arts,” according to the Awards website. In the past, the award, which is sponsored by the St. Bernadette Institute of Sacred Art, has been given to such prominent and orthodox Catholic figures as Mother Angelica, John Paul II, and Fr. Benedict Groeschel. According to the Institute Sr. Gramick was named a Mother Teresa Awards Laureate, “for her role as American Human Rights Activist, especially in the field of Spirituality.” In...
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Jesus Vs. Santa, Part 2
2006-12-22 08:42:02
One more. Just to show everyone who the REAL man (God-Man, if you want to be theologically correct) of Christmas is. Merry Christmas!
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Jesus Vs. Santa, Mac Style
2006-12-22 08:42:02
What’s the difference between Sant a & Jesus ? Well. . . watch this Mac spoof video and find out.
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Landmark Catholic-Orthodox Talks
2006-12-22 08:42:02
From the BBC: The head of the Greek Orthodox Church, Archbishop Christodoulos, has met the Pope in Rome as part of efforts to bring their two churches together. It was the first official meeting at the Vatican between Greece’s most senior cleric and the leader of the world’s Roman Cat holics. Their talks focused on attempts to end the Great Schism that dates from 1054. They also appealed for an end to religious violence, and pledged to defend Christianity in Europe. Forgiveness Relations between the Greek Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church have improved in recent years. The visit by Pope John Paul II to Greece in 2001 played an important part in that process. It was the first visit by the head of the Catholic Church to Greece since the Churches split in 1054 - into what some have described as the Eastern and Western Churches. The previous pope met Christodoulos in Greece in 2001 On that trip Pope John Paul asked for forgiveness for past wrongs by Catholics t...
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What?s the Real Meaning of Christmas?
2006-12-13 20:40:02
We as Catholics all know the real meaning of Christ mas . In fact, if someone came up to you in the street with a microphone and asked you what its meaning was, I have no doubt that every red blooded Catholic would say: “Well, the word Christmas comes from the old english phrase `Cristes moesse` which means `the mass of Christ.` It is the time when the entire Christian world celebrates the birth of the God-Man Jesus. Jesus of Nazareth was the Messiah who came to save the world from the destructive power of sin and death, and it is by his passion that we are given the birthright to be sons of God the Father.” Of course, this is the standard response that most Christians would retort, but not everyone knows what Christmas is all about. Enjoy this Christmas moment from the IgniterMedia group.
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Super Hamster Bros.
2006-12-13 14:40:01
Exhausted from reading and watching all this great Catholic stuff? Why not take a break with a great new video game?!?
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Cardinal Milingo Is At It Again!
2006-12-13 14:40:01
From All Headline News: Trenton, NJ (AHN) - An excommunicated Catholic archbishop continues to defy the Pope by ordaining married priests.  Former Roman Catholic Archbishop Emmanuel Milingo was excommunicated by Pope Benedict XVI in October after he ordained four married priests as bishops. Milingo has long called on the church to change the centuries old law, yet when he began his own ordinations, the church had enough. Milingo says, “Jesus Christ himself never commented on adding celibacy to priesthood, even as he ordained the apostles,” and adds that allowing priests to marry will help end a shortage of clergy within the church. An estimated 70,000 priests leave their posts each year in order to marry. The Archbishop shocked the Vatican in 2001 by marrying a Korean in a mass wedding ceremony in New York. He renounced his marriage a few months later after being threatened by excommunication. After a year of church ordered “rehabilitation”, he the...
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Favorite Christian Artists: KJ-52 & Pijeon John
2006-12-13 14:40:01
Check out the video to the remix of the song “Revenge of the Nerds.” Both KJ-52 and Pigeon John are excellent when it comes to hip hop, and each of them comes to the table with their own style. Both deliver laughs as well as catchy beats in most of their songs, and they aren’t afraid of a little self-deprecation. Very refreshing lyrics compared to the “I gots money in da bank” and “check out all my “, while still maintaining a fresh sound and danceable rhythm. Great music oto listen to. Now if only we could get some Catholic hip-hop artists to rise up. . .
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Need for Creed
2006-12-13 14:40:01
This video comes from a 15 part educational video for a CCD class. It’s pretty funny once you get over the fact that it was done using a home video camera, and it can be decently informative about the faith. I am partial to the use of the main character from “Halo” and some special guests from Star Wars in this episode. Have fun with this one and maybe I’ll put the rest up.
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Many Faces of Our Lady
2006-12-13 14:40:01
A very beautiful tibute to the Blessed Virgin. I’ve seen a lot of the pictures before, but they never get old. My particular favorite is the painting in which the angels are playing music for Jesus while he sits on Mary’s lap. Simply beautiful. Thanks to Esther for the find.
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Woohoo! Got Most of My Posts Back!
2006-12-13 14:40:01
 I was able to import most of my posts from blogger finally. They are all ungategorized at the moment, but I’ll eventually reassigned them properly. Unfortunately with blogger beta it is tough to get all your posts to import into wordpress.  But at least I was able to get about 100 of them back. I’ll share a little something with all of you.  My hope is that this blog, along with a wiki system I am testing, will be a repository not only for apologetic information, but also as an interactive expression of Catholic culture through humor, the arts, and even science.  Unfortunately, Catholicism is looked unfavorably by most of society. I, like most people, did not find Jesus in the Church as I was growing up, and saw Catholicism as dull and limp.  But my journey from darkness to grace opened my eyes to the wonderfully artistic, and often funny culture of the Catholic Church, and of life in general. So what I’m saying is, it will not consist o...
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Handmotions In Heaven
2006-12-13 14:40:01
A funny skit that parodies the handmotions used with many of the new praise and worship music. It’s long but it’s worth it if you’ve ever experienced the use of handmotions (don’t be embarrassed, we know you’ve done it. . . And liked it.).
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Newlywed Gays Lose Out On Communion
2006-12-13 14:40:01
A story from the Chronicle Herald: A Roman Catholic couple say they?re being driven from the church over the archbishop?s opposition to their same-sex union. After Daniel Poirier and Jack Murphy of Meteghan Centre got married in May, the two 69-year-olds placed an announcement and photograph in The Chronicle Herald. When the notice appeared, the couple?s priest at Stella Maris in Meteghan told them that Archbishop Terrence Prendergast, head of the Halifax archdiocese and administrator of the Yarmouth diocese, which includes Meteghan, had directed that they could no longer receive communion or assume any leadership position in the church. That meant Mr. Poirier could no longer serve as a director of the choir at Stella Maris. “It really was a blow,” Mr. Poirier said Wednesday. “When we went to church there, it was like going into a warehouse; it was cold, because when everybody got up to receive communion, we had to sit down. “One day we went and the priest ta...
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Embedded Version of the Christmas LineBacker Is Up!
2006-12-13 14:40:01
Christmas Linebacker Enjoy!
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Catholic? Feggit ?Bout It!
2006-12-13 14:40:01
Pastor Tony Smith has a message to preach about the Cat holic Church, and that message is one that you cannot refuse. You see, Pastor Smith says that the Cath olic Church is a mafia. You know, the kind that’ll break your legs if you don’t drop something nice in the collection basket. Well, I have yet to be muscled up by Goombas at my parish, but some of the Knights of Columbus (KoC for short) are pretty intimidating. Watch for yourself, or you’ll be sleeping with the fishes (bad cliché I know). Technorati tags: Funny, Humor, Mafia, Catholic, Preacher, Protestant, Comedy, Christian, Christianity, Catholicism

Christmas Linebacker Brings Back Christmas
2006-12-06 02:39:01
The famous Evangelism LineBack er is back, and this time he’s putting the “Chris t ” back into Christmas . A spin-off of his original video, the Derwin “Dewey” Gray returns for the Christmas season, urging everyone to remember the real reason for the season. You can view you video here. ::Link Fixed:: Once an embedded video is available I will post it.
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Marriage Has Nothing To Do With It!
2006-12-04 14:37:01
Associated Press has a story out regarding Cardinal Claudio Hummes’ statements regarding the possibility of the clergy being allowed to be married. After reading the article. I had some concerns (as I usually do regarding religion articles in the press). Cardinal Hummus was quoted saying, “Celibacy is a discipline, not a dogma of the church. . . Certainly, the majority of the apostles were married. In this modern age, the church must observe these things, it has to advance with history.” Now I don’t know what the Cardinal actually said as of yet (the press usually takes what they want in order to support whatever agenda they might have.), but yes the Cardinal is right that the early Church did allow for the possibility of married clergy. However, it is not marriage that today’s modern priests (and lay people) seem to need, for the scandals that have been arising in the church have not been ones of adultery, rather they are those of sexual disorders (su...
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Merry Leftivus Everyone!
2006-12-04 08:36:02
A holiday H/T to Esther for this one: “Who is this Jesus fellow, and why’s he ruining our Christmas?!?” Seems to be the modern flavor of the week.
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Favorite Christian Artists: Red
2006-12-03 14:35:01
    Red is one of the hottest bands to hit the Chris t ian Music world.  With their metalish power chords buzzing, and their lyrics delivering more than the typical happy-go-lucky message, they have helped to push Christian Rock music into a deeper, and sometimes darker realm.  Of course, it is not for the purpose of residing in these shadowy areas.  On the contrary,  as their bassist Randy Armstrong states, “I think it?s just a sign of Christian music evolving. But at the end of the day, no matter what the message is wrapped in, the music is still about redemption. How people got out of their struggles and into their relationship with God.?   With phrases like, “And this is how it feels when I Ignore the words you spoke to me. And this is where I lose myself When I keep running away from you,” the band forces dramatic imagery of what happens to the human soul when we try and horde our destiny to ourselves.   Technorati tags: Christianity, christian, music, rock, met...
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Sorry Everyone!
2006-12-03 14:35:01
Blogging will resume later tonight.  Ever ything is fixed, and I should be posting regularly again in no time.  Please let me know if any other improvements to the blog should be made.  Thank you for your patience!
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Flash: Changes In The Catechism Revealed!
2006-12-03 02:34:03
The Ironic Cat holic has discovered some new changes that are being implemented into the Catechism of the Catholic Church.  Some might see these revisions as a bit unorthodox, but I submit to you an excerpt so that you may judge for yourself: On the sanctity of life:2262.1 ?You shall not kill.? The Lord?s command is simple in its clarity, yet human beings are subjected to negative influences and tempted by sin to prefer their own judgment, to wit: a) ?War is so much more exciting and to the point than diplomacy?; b) ?That?s really a pumpkin in there; it just magically turns into a baby when it comes out. Otherwise why would pregnant women?s bellies be round, hmm??; c) ?Hey, we deserve those stem cells, darn it!?; d) ?Jesus commanded us, ?Do unto others what they do unto you??; e) ?If he?s not like me, he must not really be human?; f) ?He killed me first!? But as the doctors of the Church teach, the Lord?s command omits any ambiguity: You shall not kill them in the rain.You ...
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How Do I feel?
2006-12-03 02:34:03
This is how I currently feel about this blog:  Click here!  
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Hello world!
2006-12-02 20:33:02
Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!
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Church of England: The Least of These should Live ?
2006-12-02 02:32:09
A horrendous story from the Daily Mail:   The Church of England has broken with tradition dogma by calling for doctors to be allowed to let sick newborn babies die. Christians have long argued that life should preserved at all costs - but a bishop  representing the national church has now sparked controversy by arguing that there are occasions when it is compassionate to leave a severely disabled child to die. And the Bishop of Southwark, Tom Butler, who is the vice chair of the Church of England’s Mission and Public Affairs Council, has also argued that the high financial cost of keeping desperately ill babies alive should be a factor in life or death decisions. The shock new policy from the church has caused outrage among the disabled. A spokeswoman for the UK Disabled People’s Council, which represents tens of thousands of members in 140 different organisations, said: “How can the Church of England say that Christian compassion includes killing of disa...
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Nothing Says ?Youve Been Dissed? Quite Like a Bibl?
2006-12-02 02:32:09
Have you ever been in a heated discussion with someone, when all of a sudden it turns in to verbal abuse?  I haven’t, but if I had I would quickly run to my computer and go to the Ship-of-Fools Biblical Curse Generator.  Here’s an example of the power behind this little contraption: Calvin the Calvanist:  You Mary woshippers are all alike.  See you in hell, if that’s where you are destined to go! Me (with a lil help):  Harken, thou discourager of the brethren, for you will have more mother-in-laws than King Solomon!  Calvin: I haven’t seen cursing like that since I read 1 Kings 18!  I’m sorry! Some results may vary, but you get the idea.     Technorati tags: christianity, catholic, humor, funny, catholicism
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Truth, Justice, and the Vatican Way
2006-12-02 02:32:09
  My kind of superhero.  He’s a bit nerdy, but that’s ok.
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