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Success!
2008-01-11 22:16:00 I finally got a hold of that pastoral reference letter from the university chaplain this afternoon, and it didn't really involve stalking at all (much to my readers' dismay, I know!) He left me a voicemail during the course of the afternoon saying he was working on it and I could come by to assist whenever I got the message, so that's what I did. We traipsed over to the parish together after it More About: Success
Must Be My Lucky Day...
2008-01-11 15:36:00 I got a phone call bright and early from the elusive chaplain who is writing the pastoral reference letter for me, saying he could meet me this afternoon. That's great news as I was all set to stalk him this afternoon, waiting outside a meeting I knew he would be having at a specific time, and if that failed, I was set to try to find an old priest-friend in my hometown to sign for me on short More About: Lucky
Eat Like Adam And Eve?
2008-01-11 15:29:00 Rev. George Malkmus is creating a buzz with his Hallelujah Diet, which he claims is a diet laid out in the Book of Genesis by God (Gen. 1:29). It consists of seeds, nuts, raw vegetables, raw fruits, and pasta (which Malkmus added later to ensure there was some protein in the diet), and it apparently makes you much healthier. Malkmus credits it with curing him from cancer, though there's no proof More About: Adam , Adam and Eve
Rise Up 2007 (Calgary) Speech
2008-01-10 17:52:00 Hmm, I feel like I know this guy for some reason... More to come... More About: Calgary , Rise , Speech , Rise Up
The Trains!
2008-01-10 14:37:00 Nicholas has kindly posted pictures of his new locomotive and train car on his blog. Now we just have to get him to post one of him sporting his new conductor's hat and all will be right with the world... ;-) More to come... More About: Trains
"Sage" Advice?
2008-01-10 14:32:00 After many nights of phone calls, I finally connected with my priest-friend in Brantford last night! Unfortunately he answered his phone in the middle of a meeting (for which I promptly chastised him) but he did suggest a "perfect" time to call him back. So, we'll see how that goes. While I'm not holding my breath where he is concerned because he is the most scattered man I have ever met in my More About: Advice , Sage
Prayer Request
2008-01-10 01:01:00 I just got off the phone with a request from a pastor to come in for a formal interview for the position I was trying to get back in November. Maybe all of these school applications will be a moot point? Please keep me in your prayers! Ha ha, I'm nervous already and it's two weeks away!! More to come... More About: Prayer , Request
UPDATED: Frustration...
2008-01-09 17:08:00 My frustration levels are reaching an all-time high. While it was very nice to have a Wednesday morning free for the first time since early September (my elective class having concluded in December), I spent most of the morning on the phone getting more and more aggravated about not being able to reach people I have been in touch with previously about getting letters and things ready for my More About: Frustration , Stration
Quotation of the Day
2008-01-09 14:51:00 The prelude to Tristan and Isolde sounded as if a bomb had fallen into a large music factory and had thrown all the notes into confusion. --The Tribune, Berlin, 1871 More to come...
Falling Into Place...
2008-01-08 20:41:00 I had a meeting at my internship site today and got all of my paperwork signed off, met my supervisor and talked a little bit about my responsibilities with both the president and my supervisor. My second supervisor was not around but I heard some interesting things about him while there. I am now so tired from being keyed up -- it felt more like a job interview than just a regular meeting -- I More About: Place
Third Encyclical?
2008-01-08 13:18:00 According to Fr. Z., some are saying that Pope Benedict may release his third encyclical around 19 March to coincide with the (normal) feast of St. Joseph. It is rumored to be an encyclical on social doctrine and it may concern globalization. The article, in Italian, is quoted at Fr. Z's site.More to come...
Quotation of the Day
2008-01-08 13:14:00 ...Since that day, I have somehow known, though I never saw you again, that my last thought this side of the grave would be of you. Do you know how terrifying it is, that power you have over me?More to come...
An Explanatory Note
2008-01-08 01:06:00 To explain my little outburst earlier, here's what today was like.Our class is scheduled from 8:30-12:30, followed by another in the same place from 1-5. Last semester our prof was a sweet little old man who allowed us to start at 9am ("It's more civilized," he said) and to end at 12pm ("So you have enough time to eat and stretch a bit.") Awesome, awesome man. He actually gave me A++ on my final More About: Note
Just For The Record...
2008-01-07 23:18:00 I HATE my class. More to come... More About: Record , Cord , The Record
Don't Cry Over Spilled Milk?
2008-01-07 13:04:00 My mom wrote me an email yesterday that cracked me up. She said that she and my father went to a local store where they bought a bag of milk yesterday afternoon. Or tried to, at least. She explained, "A corner of the plastic milk bag got caught in the side of the shopping basket at the cash register, and the bag ripped. The milk sprayed all over the cash area, the cashier, us, and as far as the More About: Milk
Mass Report
2008-01-06 16:53:00 I went to the neighbourhood parish last evening and was pleasantly surprised to find that the regular choristers were on vacation. In their place was a sextet of older individuals, accompanied by merely a piano, singing Christmas carols in unison. It's hard to make that sound bad, and they did a decent job. Father preached on the Epiphany being the beginning of Jesus' mission, and how we More About: Report , Mass
No Name Meme
2008-01-06 15:26:00 Sort of tagged by Fr. Erik, because I love Jesus. Do you? He tagged you too.1. Do you wear a name tag at work? Generally speaking, no, but I have this one professor who hasn't learned any of our names and insists each week that we put up a name tag we made "for any visitors we might have." Mmm hmm. We're all onto her.2. What kind of car do you drive? I haven't driven since 2003. Before that, it More About: Meme
Korean BBQ
2008-01-06 02:38:00 I can officially kick off the new year having had an entirely new experience: eating Korean BBQ at Grill Time Korean BBQ House in Toronto. My dinner companion (who wasted absolutely no time in phoning me with an invitation as soon as I was back on Toronto soil!) and I enjoyed an all-you-can-eat menu for $12.99 at this place near College and Yonge. That includes beef, pork, squid, fish, salmon,
Weird News Winner
2008-01-05 18:36:00 Not quite sure how I missed this story the first time around, but it was voted the most bizarre of 2007: A Greek Orthodox nunnery was turned into a marijuana plantation by two men posing as gardeners for elderly nuns. I wonder if there were more reports of mystical experiences during the preceding few months? Just curious! More to come... More About: News , Weird , Winner
Reward
2008-01-05 00:05:00 There's a reward on offer for whoever can tell me where the last three weeks have gone! It feels like I just came home for the holidays, went to bed and woke up, finding it is three weeks later and time to go back to Toronto. Blah. I'm leaving early Saturday morning and will spend the last two days of my vacation resting as much as possible and getting things ready for the rat race to commence More About: Reward
The Life and Ministry of a Deacon
2008-01-04 19:20:00 The return of our long-ailing deacon this past January 1 reminded me of a great series of posts from my friend, Fr. Thomas Dowd, who has a series of good reflections up on the life and ministry of a deacon. I've always thought that if I married a fellow who wanted to serve the Church as a permanent deacon, I'd be all up for the work and lifestyle that came along with that decision. A permanent More About: Life , Ministry , Deacon
Calling It Quits
2008-01-03 21:56:00 In my three weeks off I've done very little on non-holiday dates except work on projects, assignments and job applications for teaching and chaplaincy, so much so that I can honestly say I haven't had a single day off yet. That all changes now. I've done enough work ahead -- never all of it, naturally, but enough -- so that I can spend tomorrow doing absolutely nothing. Hopefully most of More About: Calling
Quotation To Ponder
2008-01-03 19:06:00 You bereft me of all words, Only my blood speaks to you in my veins, And there is such confusion in my powers. -- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) More to come...
Mixing Sacred and Secular
2008-01-03 14:44:00 As Rocco explains, the end of 2008's first day of trading at the Manila stock exchange ended with Mass. The whole story and the photo are here. More to come... More About: Secular , Sacred
Jaws
2008-01-02 22:01:00 The New Year hasn't exactly got off to the most smashing of starts for me. For the past couple of days I have had some dull achy pain in my teeth. Then it became a pervasive, shooting pain up my cheek and into my ear. I visited the dentist this morning who said it was a muscular jaw problem, and it should get better on its own in a while. If it does not, I will have to go to a specialist for some More About: Jaws
The Weather Outside Is...
2008-01-02 17:27:00 ... freakish. BlogTO has more. More to come... More About: Weather
Is Your Priest A Narcissist?
2008-01-02 15:44:00 I thought this was an extremely good post from Fr. Eric Nicolai; it talks about self centeredness in ministry and priestly narcissism leading to liturgical abuses. Summarizes Fr. Eric, "This time Dr. Ditz examines all the post-conciliar deviations and abuses in the liturgy from the psychological point of view, not from the doctrinal point of view. He sets out to understand the psychological More About: Priest , Narcissist
Sylvia Browne on 2008
2008-01-02 00:11:00 I may have missed 2007, but I couldn't let Sylvia 's 2008 predictions go by to see if she got more than 32-40% right this time around (and that's being really generous). Here goes: Celebrity News - Lindsay Lohan will shape up and turn her life around in 2008 - Owen Wilson will get some help for his depression (already happening since he tried to kill himself, methinks...) - Britney Spears needs More About: Browne
It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like...
2008-01-01 16:25:00 ...New Year's! A fresh blanket of snow fell overnight and we woke up to a winter wonderland here in Ontario. Snow on the arbour: This one has been dubbed "Waiting for Summer"... I love the fresh snow of different textures clinging to the branches high above the earth here: My new desktop wallpaper: Happy New Year, all! More to come...
A New Year's Wish
More articles from this author:2008-01-01 15:09:00 May peace break into your house and may thieves come to steal your debts. May the pockets of your jeans become a magnet for $100 dollar bills. May love stick to your face like Vaseline and may laughter assault your lips! May your clothes smell of success and may happiness slap you across the face and your tears be that of joy. May the problems you had forget your home address! In simple 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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