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Happy New Year!
2008-01-01 06:00:00 May God bless all of you abundantly in 2008! Photo source More to come... More About: New Year , Happy , Happy New Year , Year
Installation Instructions
2007-12-31 15:19:00 INSTRUCTIONS FOR INSTALLING ‘LOVE’ Tech Support: Yes, how can I help you? Customer: Well, after much consideration, I’ve decided to install Love. Can you guide me through the process? Tech Support: Yes, I can help you. Are you ready to proceed? Customer: Well, I’m not very technical, but I think I’m ready. What do I do first? Tech Support: The first step is to open your Heart. More About: Alla
2007 Year In Review
2007-12-30 13:17:00 This has become an annual tradition at LAMLand, and something I look forward to doing each year as it gives me a chance to reflect on the year gone by, think about my hopes and goals for the coming year, and to review the blog's year to see where the highlights and low points were. So, here we go: 1. What did you do in 2007 that you'd never done before? Tried (and loved!) Mongolian food. Tried ( More About: Review , Year , Year in Review
Papal Photo Caption
2007-12-29 15:18:00 I really enjoyed Fr. Erik's caption for this papal picture:Ahh, but you have to go over there to read it. More to come... More About: Photo , Caption
Popular Baby Names of 2007
2007-12-28 22:40:00 This is the first year that I have actually known a baby born with the most popular name of 2007. More to come... More About: Baby , Popular , Names , Pula
Thought From Taize
2007-08-14 22:08:00 All who listen, by day as well as in the watches of the night, all who welcome the gifts of the Holy Spirit, will discover that with almost nothing, they have everything. -- Brother Roger More to come... More About: Thought
The Dog Is Coming To Toronto
2007-08-14 18:03:00 I have a weakness I'm embarrassed to talk about. I love Dog The Bounty Hunter. You'd never guess how such a thing happened. In fact, the Dominican priest responsible for this canine affection would never in a million years guess that he was the one who ultimately caused this infatuation. You see, it all started one frosty Tuesday night in January. My head was physically hurting from trying to More About: Toronto , Ming , The D
Elderly Nun Killed At Addiction Centre
2007-08-14 15:09:00 A nun who dedicated herself to helping recovering drug addicts and psychiatric patients was found beaten to death yesterday in the building where she volunteered. How tragic... May she rest in peace. More to come... More About: Addiction , Centre , Elderly , Killed , Addict
Catholicism In China
2007-08-14 15:04:00 Here's a fascinating article sent to me by a friend on the situation of Catholicism in China . If Christianity keeps growing at the rate that it is in China today, they can expect to be the second largest Christian nation in a very short time. http://ncrcafe.org/node/1252 All Things Catholic by John L. Allen, Jr. Friday, Aug. 3, 2007 - Vol. 6, No. 48 If there were any lingering question
Thought From Taize
2007-08-14 14:51:00 Although there may well be shocks and even upheavals in our lives, the Risen Christ is there. He could say to us, 'When you are going through the harshest trials, I am present underneath your despair. And remember: I am also in the innermost recesses of your radiant hopes.' -- Brother Roger More to come... More About: Thought
Second Encyclical In The Works
2007-08-13 18:47:00 Ready or not, B16's second encyclical was penned while he was on vacation. Its topic will be a modern take on Pope Paul VI’s encyclical Populorum Progressio (On the Development of Peoples), issued 40 years ago. More here, and via Rocco who always has the inside scoop. More to come... More About: Works , The Works
Riverdale Farm
2007-08-13 17:55:00 I spent a good chunk of the morning wandering around Riverdale Farm and along the City of Toronto's Discovery Path that meanders through its grounds. Photo source From the city website: "Riverdale Farm is a Toronto Parks, Forestry and Recreation Division facility located in a park setting in the heart of the downtown community, Cabbagetown...Tour the Farm's scenic 7.5 acres along pathways More About: Dale
Where Do I Submit My Resume?
2007-08-13 15:02:00 The Pope is striving to appoint more women in top Vatican jobs. Via Rocco More to come... More About: Resume , Submit
Thought From Taize
2007-08-13 14:54:00 Not knowing how to make us understand anymore, God came to earth at Christmas as a poor person, through Christ Jesus. If Jesus had not lived among us, God would remain unreachable. Through his birth, and his human life, Jesus made the God of love show through. -- Brother Roger More to come... More About: Thought
Frassati
2007-08-13 14:54:00 A&N had a chuckle when they saw this portrait of a plainsclothed blessed among the depictions of other robed and gowned saints from ages past in their very own parish in Montreal. Frassati is a (nearly) modern day saint who has inspired countless youths in the past century through his acts of charity and kindness to the poor. Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, pray for us. More to come...
Grand Séminaire de Montréal
2007-08-12 13:40:00 On Wednesday night, Fr. Tom Dowd met us for dinner at an Irish pub and then out for some Ben & Jerry's ice cream. On the way back to the hotel, he took us for a private tour through the Grand Séminaire de Mont réal, located just north of our hotel. Founded and built by the Fathers of the Saint Sulpician Order, who became the seigneurs over Montreal in 1663, this former seminary is a remarkable More About: Mina
On the road again...
2007-08-12 13:40:00 I'm nearly at a whopping 1700km travel in a single week now; I'm back on the road to Toronto this morning to take care of some pre-September details over the coming few days. More to come... More About: Road , On The Road , The Road
Thought From Taize
2007-08-12 13:39:00 God is the cause neither of illness, nor fear, nor misfortune. God never comes to torment the human conscience. But Christ suffers with the innocent, with those experiencing distress. -- Brother Roger More to come... More About: Thought
To Peter At Fort Zion
2007-08-12 00:40:00 I couldn't find an email address on your blog, so this is for you: Guess who said Mass at my folks' parish tonight? Hint: He's Basilian. More to come... More About: Zion , Peter , Fort
Native Quest
2007-08-11 16:53:00 Thirty-one years ago next month, my mother and father were celebrating their first wedding anniversary with a trip to Ottawa. While there, they went up to Nepean Point and as many tourists have done, my father helped my mother to climb up on the lap of the life-size Anishinabe Scout statue who knelt below the monument of Samuel de Champlain (who is famously holding his astrolabe upside down). He More About: Quest , Native
Thought From Taize
2007-08-11 15:32:00 In the communion of love that is the Body of Christ, his Church, how can we lighten the burdens of those entrusted to us? How can we open the gates of forgiveness and of inexhaustible goodness of heart? -- Brother Roger More to come... More About: Thought
Day 6 - Heading Home
2007-08-10 13:17:00 We had an awesome day in Montreal yesterday. First thing we headed up to the Oratory, and we happened to get up the stairs (not on our knees, though there is a reserved staircase for that) at 10am, which was when Mass was starting. I looked hesitantly into the chapel and wanted just to turn around, but my father insisted - twice! - that we could attend Mass. Little did he realize it was the More About: Home , Heading
Thought From Taize
2007-08-10 13:05:00 We are Christ's poor. That is why it is important never to impose ourselves on others, nor try to imprison someone else's conscience. But above all, may our life let the Gospel show through! -- Brother Roger More to come... More About: Thought
Montreal - Day 5
2007-08-09 14:29:00 We had a great 3-hour bus tour upon our arrival to Mont real yesterday afternoon, including a stop at Notre-Dame Basilica. WOW! It is definitely one of the most gorgeous, impressive churches I have ever seen. The evening saw our dinner with Fr. Tom. He was incredibly hospitable, kind and seemed to enjoy the beer I owed him for his assistance with philosophy! After dinner we hit Ben & Jerry's
Thought From Taize
2007-08-09 14:24:00 If, at each dawn, we are able to welcome the new day like the beginning of a new life... 'Whoever advances towards God goes form one beginning to another.' -- Brother Roger More to come... More About: Thought
Montreal
2007-08-08 13:46:00 We're leaving for Mont real shortly. The beavertail (classic, Jannie!) was AMAZING ... I was good and only had a taste. I also returned to our long-lost statue and got another round of pictures there, this time with my sunglasses off. Long story - I promise to explain when I get back and have more than 10 minutes on the computer at a time! God bless, all. More to come...
Thought From Taize
2007-08-08 13:45:00 Chase away fleeting troubles like a child blowing on a fallen leaf. Don't cling to worries like a hand clutching a thorn branch; let go. Surrender to Christ whatever assails our heart. -- Brother Roger More to come... More About: Thought
Day 4 - Montreal
2007-08-07 20:28:00 We had another great day today. We were the first people into the Museum of Civilizations and by far the best exhibit was the one on the history of Canada. Completely amazing! We got a clue to the identity and location of a statue we'd been searching for since arriving here on Sunday night and after lunch at the Museum Cafe, made the jaunt across the river and finally, three days later, found More About: Montreal , Mont
Thought From Taize
2007-08-07 14:07:00 Alleviating human suffering is engraved at the heart of the Gospel. And when we allay other people's trials, we do it for Christ; and still more, it is the Risen Christ who we encounter. -- Brother Roger More to come... More About: Thought
Day 3 in the Capital
More articles from this author:2007-08-07 14:06:00 Yesterday after a tour of Parliament and the city, we had lunch with a friend and then toured Notre Dame. Today, we're heading to the Museum of Civilization, the Apostolic Nunciature and then to St. Patrick's. Onwards! More to come... More About: Capital 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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