The Provincial Emails
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Excommunicated St. Louis priest stresses truth over obedience
Tom Heinen in last Saturday's religion ghetto of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel interviewed Father Marek Bozek of St. Stanislaus Kostka Church in St. Louis, Missouri. Father Marek is to speak tonight at a Voice of the Faithful (VOTF) meeting at Calvary Lutheran Church in Brookfield. His talk is titled “The Odyssey of Joseph the Dreamer: A Reflection on Those Who Care to Dream”. It appears that his, and VOTF's, dream is to be Protestants.
I appreciate his candor in referring to things Catholic as "their".
The Archdiocese of St. Louis has its own Q&A.
More at Dad29. ¶ 7/23/2008 06:00:00 AM 0 Comments
Q: Your reasoning?
A: In the Catholic theology, obedience is very, very high up in their so-called hierarchy of values. ...
I appreciate his candor in referring to things Catholic as "their".
The Archdiocese of St. Louis has its own Q&A.
More at Dad29. ¶ 7/23/2008 06:00:00 AM 0 Comments
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Some Guidelines for Service
This column by Father Ronald Rolhieser, OMI, ran in "our" Milwaukee Catholic Herald June 26, 2008. His first guideline,
That kind of statement has in recent decades marked someone as a liberal. (see this earlier post) ¶ 7/22/2008 06:00:00 PM 0 Comments
Be beyond ideology, be both post-liberal and post-conservative
That kind of statement has in recent decades marked someone as a liberal. (see this earlier post) ¶ 7/22/2008 06:00:00 PM 0 Comments
What is meant by St. Al’s?
In the From the Pastor’s Desk column in the July 6, 2008 parish bulletin he writes,
Alas, it's the bureaucracy formed when you put them all together. ¶ 7/22/2008 06:00:00 AM 0 Comments
Recently, I asked myself, “What is meant by St. Al’s? Is it the pastor? Is it the deacons? Is it the pastoral staff? Is it the parish council? Is it the group of dedicated committee members and other volunteers?”
Alas, it's the bureaucracy formed when you put them all together. ¶ 7/22/2008 06:00:00 AM 0 Comments
Monday, July 21, 2008
Election Season Provides Opportunity for "Faithful Citizenship"
This July 10, 2008 Eye on the Capitol Wisconsin Catholic Conference press release by John Huebscher, its Executive Director, looks ahead to the fall general election. Among the election year resource it references are the June 2008 editions of WCC Guidelines for Church Involvement in Electoral Politics Long Version and Short Version.
¶ 7/21/2008 06:00:00 PM 0 Comments
Packing up and moving on: Life's journeys
This "Herald of Hope" column by Bishop Richard J. Sklba appeared in the July 10, 2008 issue of "our" Milwaukee Catholic Herald. He was in the midst of packing up to move his office from one wing of the Archdiocesan headquarters building to another.
It might have been better for him to leave that out. It brings to mind accounts that he did not return phone calls to people reporting ongoing sexual abuse of children by a priest and did not follow up on promised calls to victims. ¶ 7/21/2008 06:00:00 AM 1 Comments
This time I was chagrined to discover a few letters still unanswered because they were initially simply too important for a hasty answer; so they were put aside for a more favorable moment and for the leisurely, thoughtful response which they deserved but never received.
It might have been better for him to leave that out. It brings to mind accounts that he did not return phone calls to people reporting ongoing sexual abuse of children by a priest and did not follow up on promised calls to victims. ¶ 7/21/2008 06:00:00 AM 1 Comments
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Keeping it Catholic
Joni Moths Mueller in Marquette Magazine, Summer 2008, on the Faculty Seminar on Catholic Higher Education
Quoting the Apostolic Constitution on Catholic Universities by Pope John Paul II.
But barely, at least judging by the "We wish everyone did this." ¶ 7/20/2008 06:00:00 AM 0 Comments
These students are also teachers — Marquette teachers. Bringing them together like this was inspired by Carey’s desire to create an opportunity for young faculty to learn what it means to teach at a Catholic, Jesuit university. The semester is devoted to a study of issues confronting Catholic education, including mission, academic freedom, Catholic identity, and the difference between non-Catholic vs. Catholic traditions in higher education. [Dr. Patrick] Carey hopes the teachers come to understand why faith and learning are interconnected and why Pope John Paul II wrote that Catholic universities are “born from the heart of the church.”
Quoting the Apostolic Constitution on Catholic Universities by Pope John Paul II.
“When I came up with a new course a couple years ago, I had to justify how it would fit Marquette’s mission statement and the core curriculum,” says Father Mueller [Rev. Joseph Mueller, S.J., assistant professor of theology]. “I went to the mission statement and connected every part of the course to it. Then I went through the preamble of the core in the same way. When I submitted the course description I was told, ‘This is exemplary. We wish everyone did this.’ That’s a small but not insignificant reaction; it says this university’s mission statement is operative.”
But barely, at least judging by the "We wish everyone did this." ¶ 7/20/2008 06:00:00 AM 0 Comments
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Challenging ... Challenges
The Rev. Neil J. Roy reviews A Challenging Reform: Realizing the Vision of the Liturgical Renewal, 1963-1979 (2007), by Archbishop Piero Marini, in Adoremus Bulletin, June 2008. From a quote from the book,
...The Congregation for Rites, instituted in 1588 to safeguard the Tridentine liturgy, existed for almost four centuries. However, the Congregation for Divine Worship, instituted to implement the liturgy of the Second Vatican Council, lasted for a mere six years. ... (156-157)
Labels: Vatican II failure analysis
¶ 7/19/2008 06:00:00 AM 0 Comments
Friday, July 18, 2008
Stritch buys Cousins Center
Brian T. Olszewski reported at "our" Milwaukee Catholic Herald's website. It was posted Monday, July 14, 2008, at 3:11 p.m., as "Breaking News" in advance of the Herald's usual publication date. This was the day before the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported the sale in its print edition. (see this earlier post)
Since the Herald posts between print editions so rarely, there's not much reason to check its site between issue dates. There would be a reason if they spread out posting articles online so that there was new content every day. This might also ease the transition if the Herald has to phase out its print edition. ¶ 7/18/2008 09:35:00 AM 0 Comments
Since the Herald posts between print editions so rarely, there's not much reason to check its site between issue dates. There would be a reason if they spread out posting articles online so that there was new content every day. This might also ease the transition if the Herald has to phase out its print edition. ¶ 7/18/2008 09:35:00 AM 0 Comments
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Dismissal of lawsuit against two Catholic dioceses upheld
Marie Rohde reports in today's Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on the Wisconsin Supreme Court's decision in Hornback v. Archdiocese of Milwaukee. Allegations against our Archdioces included,
Even if not the basis for a lawsuit, our Archdiocese is "paying damages" in other ways when its people are convinced of the truth of these allegations. ¶ 7/17/2008 09:02:00 AM 0 Comments
Claims of sexual abuse were brought to the attention of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee long before Kazmarek went to Kentucky. Church officials promised two dozen of the victims’ parents “that [Gary] Kazmarek would be sent to a treatment center and that he would never have contact with children again,” according to the complaint, and “pleaded with parents to not report Kazmarek’s crimes to the police.” Instead, he was allowed to leave Milwaukee quietly and work in other schools.
Even if not the basis for a lawsuit, our Archdiocese is "paying damages" in other ways when its people are convinced of the truth of these allegations. ¶ 7/17/2008 09:02:00 AM 0 Comments
The Hidden Hand Behind Bad Catholic Music
A reader suggested this article by J. A. Tucker at Catholic Culture on Oregon Catholic Press.
You might recall, on the other hand, we've been told at St. Al's that Sunday Mass would be dull and uninspiring without the choir.
To be fair, even the OCP hymnals we use at St. Al's contain an Order of Worhip that follows the GIRM, unlike the parish liturgy.
Update: from his "That Was the Year that Was" (1965)
Lyrics here.
The truth is that no one is happy with the state of Catholic liturgical music — least of all musicians — and the OCP is a big part of the problem. So, what can you do? Step 1 is to get rid of the liturgical planning guides and use an old Scripture index to select good hymns that have stood the test of time (if you absolutely must continue to use the OCP's materials). Step 2 is to rein in the liturgical managers and explain to them that the Eucharist, and not music, is the reason people show up to Mass Sunday after Sunday.
You might recall, on the other hand, we've been told at St. Al's that Sunday Mass would be dull and uninspiring without the choir.
Step 3 is to get rid of the OCP hymnals and replace them with Adoremus or Collegeville or something from GIA (no, none of these is perfect, but they are all an oasis by comparison).
To be fair, even the OCP hymnals we use at St. Al's contain an Order of Worhip that follows the GIRM, unlike the parish liturgy.
Update: from his "That Was the Year that Was" (1965)
Lyrics here.
Labels: Vatican II failure analysis
¶ 7/17/2008 06:00:00 AM 4 Comments
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
For Catholics, an On-Air Mix of Sacred and Silly
Paul Vitello in Sunday's New York Times on Lino Rulli and "The Catholic Guy" show on The Catholic Channel at Sirius Satellite Radio.
In case you were thinking of setting Rulli up with Dawn Eden. ¶ 7/16/2008 06:00:00 AM 0 Comments
At other times, callers are asked less historical questions: Is it possible for men and women to be just friends? (Catholic Guy: No. “Guys are pigs.”) Does using the word “chaste” put people off? (Guy: “Chaste just sounds so Amish-Catholic. ...")
In case you were thinking of setting Rulli up with Dawn Eden. ¶ 7/16/2008 06:00:00 AM 0 Comments
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Man seeks defrocking of ex-Wisconsin priest
From Regional News Briefs in the July 15, 2008 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
(See Ashfield Man Pushes for Laicization of Xavarian Priest, by Father Bill Pomerleau, reposted at Bishop Accountability, June 25, 2008)
Why Franklin? Presumably because that's the site of the order's Community at Xavier Knoll. ¶ 7/15/2008 06:50:00 PM 0 Comments
A Massachusetts man who says a priest sexually abused him 22 years ago in Franklin is calling on the Vatican to defrock the priest.
Bill Nash, 41, said he hoped to deliver a letter to Milwaukee Archbishop Timothy Dolan on Monday, petitioning the Vatican to defrock Father James Tully.
Nash made a similar appeal to the Diocese of Springfield, Mass., in June, according to news reports.
(See Ashfield Man Pushes for Laicization of Xavarian Priest, by Father Bill Pomerleau, reposted at Bishop Accountability, June 25, 2008)
Tully worked at a number of Milwaukee nursing homes and at area parishes in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He pleaded no contest to a disorderly conduct charge in 1992 related to other complaints of abuse. The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests says Tully is living in Vicenza, Italy, with a religious order known as the Xaverian Missionary Fathers.
Nash said he was studying to be a priest when he was abused in 1986. He said he received a $75,000 settlement from the Xaverians in 2005.
Why Franklin? Presumably because that's the site of the order's Community at Xavier Knoll. ¶ 7/15/2008 06:50:00 PM 0 Comments
Cardinal Stritch University to buy Cousins Center
Tom Heinen reports in today's Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
It was eventually renamed for former Archbishop William Cousins, who was archbishop when it was built.
(See this earlier post) Most of that abuse was committed by a priest who Archbishop Cousins allowed to move to California, giving what the California courts later found to be inadequate warning to the receiving bishop of the priest's history of sexual abuse here.
Update: Stritch purchase of Cousins Center would impact St. Francis, by Tom Heinen at Articles of Faith ¶ 7/15/2008 07:53:00 AM 1 Comments
The Cousins Center was constructed as a high school seminary at 3501 S. Lake Drive in 1963. It closed as a preparatory seminary at the end of the 1979-’80 school year, and the archdiocesan central offices moved there in 1983.
It was eventually renamed for former Archbishop William Cousins, who was archbishop when it was built.
The archdiocese had been trying to sell the property, partly to pay off a $4.6 million loan that helped pay its $8.25 million portion of a nearly $17 million settlement of 10 sexual abuse lawsuits in California in 2006.
(See this earlier post) Most of that abuse was committed by a priest who Archbishop Cousins allowed to move to California, giving what the California courts later found to be inadequate warning to the receiving bishop of the priest's history of sexual abuse here.
Update: Stritch purchase of Cousins Center would impact St. Francis, by Tom Heinen at Articles of Faith ¶ 7/15/2008 07:53:00 AM 1 Comments
Hiking trail through Israel's north follows in footsteps of Jesus
The Sunday Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ran this feature by Laurie Copans of the Associated Press.
The Jesus Trail website includes a Four Day Itinerary. ¶ 7/15/2008 06:00:00 AM 0 Comments
Since the trail is not yet marked, travelers can hire a tour guide, download GPS coordinates from Jesustrail.com or pick up trail maps at tourist sites.
The Jesus Trail website includes a Four Day Itinerary. ¶ 7/15/2008 06:00:00 AM 0 Comments
Monday, July 14, 2008
The Word of God as lived and taught by the church
This June 12, 2008 "Herald of Hope" column in "our" Milwaukee Catholic Herald was by Bishop Richard J. Sklba. It's a critique of what he calls "literalistic" biblical interpretation by converts from Calvinism. For all the claimed problems in their approach, Bishop Sklba never literally says any of their conclusions are contrary to Church teaching.
P.S.
For your protection, by Diogenes at Off the Record
Lead Us Not Into Temptation, by Dad29
Catholics and the Bible. by Becky Schwantes, at Young Adult Catholics (Call to Action) ¶ 7/14/2008 06:00:00 AM 0 Comments
P.S.
For your protection, by Diogenes at Off the Record
Lead Us Not Into Temptation, by Dad29
Catholics and the Bible. by Becky Schwantes, at Young Adult Catholics (Call to Action) ¶ 7/14/2008 06:00:00 AM 0 Comments
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Support for water innovation rated tepid
John Schmid reported in todays' Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
Might have been factors in not hanging on to "Beer Capital" and "Machine Shop of the World".
The Milwaukee area’s ambition to become the Silicon Valley of water technology will get a cold shower Monday from experts who warn that the region so far lacks the research funding, entrepreneurial spirit and academic support to become a major player in the global water business.
Might have been factors in not hanging on to "Beer Capital" and "Machine Shop of the World".
Labels: Headline
¶ 7/13/2008 01:51:00 PM 0 Comments
Friday, July 11, 2008
The finest men on the planet
This column by the Washington Post's Carolyn Hax ran in today's Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
S.G. writes,
She elaborates.
S.G. writes,
I am almost 50 and have been dating, by all accounts (especially mine), one of the finest men on the planet for three years. ...
She elaborates.
He's a churchgoing Catholic, very successful, thrifty, a doormat for his kids and an overthinker.¶ 7/11/2008 11:33:00 AM 0 Comments
Diocese's financial picture brightens
Not Milwaukee's, it's that of the Archdiocese of Boston, reports Michael Paulson in today's Boston Globe.
Milwaukee's might be fully funded, but I can't tell from the 2006-2007 Financial Statements.
(via Diogenes at Off the Record)
Update: A reader interprets Note 12's Adoption of Recognition Provision of FASB Statement No. 158 on Page 16 to include the Priests' Pension Plan. That would mean our Archdiocese's various pension plans, including the priests', were overaccrued by about $4.5 million. With the change, this amount became an unrestricted asset. ¶ 7/11/2008 07:29:00 AM 0 Comments
But the archdiocese continues to face huge financial challenges, particularly in its pension fund for retired and disabled clergy, which covers about 800 active and retired priests and is underfunded by $110 million.
Milwaukee's might be fully funded, but I can't tell from the 2006-2007 Financial Statements.
(via Diogenes at Off the Record)
Update: A reader interprets Note 12's Adoption of Recognition Provision of FASB Statement No. 158 on Page 16 to include the Priests' Pension Plan. That would mean our Archdiocese's various pension plans, including the priests', were overaccrued by about $4.5 million. With the change, this amount became an unrestricted asset. ¶ 7/11/2008 07:29:00 AM 0 Comments
Electronic Papyrus: The Digital Book, Unfurled
Anne Eisenberg in The New York Times, July 6, 2008
Maker Polymer Vision's website for the Readius claims,
If that means its a reader and wireless service package, I suspect the pricing will keep me from buying. ¶ 7/11/2008 06:00:00 AM 0 Comments
One new mobile device, the Readius, designed mainly for reading books, magazines, newspapers and mail, is the size of a standard cellphone. Flip it open, though, and a screen tucked within the housing opens to a 5-inch diagonal display. The screen looks just like a liquid crystal display, but can bend so flexibly that it can wrap around a finger.
Maker Polymer Vision's website for the Readius claims,
With Readius you can enjoy paper-like reading comfort on the move. You can read eBooks and news in the airport, train station, park, and even on the beach. You have no need to carry 3-4 books with you on business trips or on holidays anymore. With Readius, you can carry your whole private library of eBooks in your pocket and read all your favorite eContent for a week without having to re-charge the battery.
Additionally, you can get your personally selected news "as-it-happens", because Readius offers you instant worldwide access through the high speed 3.5G network. ...
If that means its a reader and wireless service package, I suspect the pricing will keep me from buying. ¶ 7/11/2008 06:00:00 AM 0 Comments
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Census figures show Milwaukee population is steady
Bill Glauber and Grant Smitt report in today's Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
Milwaukee's population was 741,324 in 1960 and is estimated at 602,191 now.
The accompanying graphic on Population gains and losses in Wisconsin says that here in suburban Franklin the population has increased by an estimated 5,516 or 18.7% between 2000 and 2007.
...Milwaukee's population bleeding from its 1960s heyday has stopped.
Milwaukee's population was 741,324 in 1960 and is estimated at 602,191 now.
The accompanying graphic on Population gains and losses in Wisconsin says that here in suburban Franklin the population has increased by an estimated 5,516 or 18.7% between 2000 and 2007.
Labels: Ich bin ein Frankliner
¶ 7/10/2008 06:00:00 AM 0 Comments
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
The Most Rev. David L. Ricken is named the new Bishop of the Diocese of Green Bay
Announced today, effective August 28, 2008.
(via Daniel Suhr at The Triumvirate)
Update: New Green Bay bishop has broad background, by Tom Heinen at Articles of Faith ¶ 7/09/2008 09:36:00 AM 1 Comments
(via Daniel Suhr at The Triumvirate)
Update: New Green Bay bishop has broad background, by Tom Heinen at Articles of Faith ¶ 7/09/2008 09:36:00 AM 1 Comments
Cathedral Square may get historic makeover
Mary Louise Schumacher’s Art City column in Sunday's Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on a proposal for a replica of Milwaukee's original 1836 courthouse at what long was Courthouse Square.
The current courthouse is twelve blocks west, in what is, or was, called the Civic Center. It's location is one factor in Milwaukee not now having an unrivaled heart.
The "square" is on a rectangular block, now a park called "Cathedral Square". The plan would create a literal square of grass and walkways to the south of the courthouse replica, and plant trees around it on the northern balance of the block. The portico of the new structure would be extended for staging the musical performance series now held in the park.
One purpose of the trees proposed for the northern part of the block is "setting the square apart from Kilbourn Ave." In architectural criticism, one person's "setting apart" can be another's "turning its back". While the grove of trees makes sense in creating the square, no mention is made of how this fits with a past vision for Kilbourn Avenue. It was long ago widened into a broad boulevard with various civic and cultural buildings were built along it, starting a few blocks west of the old square. ¶ 7/09/2008 06:00:00 AM 0 Comments
The idea is to restore the city’s first public space, Milwaukee’s unrivaled heart for generations...
The current courthouse is twelve blocks west, in what is, or was, called the Civic Center. It's location is one factor in Milwaukee not now having an unrivaled heart.
The "square" is on a rectangular block, now a park called "Cathedral Square". The plan would create a literal square of grass and walkways to the south of the courthouse replica, and plant trees around it on the northern balance of the block. The portico of the new structure would be extended for staging the musical performance series now held in the park.
One purpose of the trees proposed for the northern part of the block is "setting the square apart from Kilbourn Ave." In architectural criticism, one person's "setting apart" can be another's "turning its back". While the grove of trees makes sense in creating the square, no mention is made of how this fits with a past vision for Kilbourn Avenue. It was long ago widened into a broad boulevard with various civic and cultural buildings were built along it, starting a few blocks west of the old square. ¶ 7/09/2008 06:00:00 AM 0 Comments
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
U.S. bishops give new translation thumbs-down
David Gibson at dotCommonweal reported the U.S. Bishops announcement that the proposed new translation of the Proper of the Seasons for the revised Missal fell short of the votes required for approval.
Perhaps the exact totals are ineffable ["the ineff word" for readers in the Diocese of Erie].
Update: Fun with Dick and Jane Catholic, by Jeff Miller at The Curt Jester
(via Dad29) ¶ 7/08/2008 06:00:00 PM 0 Comments
No word (at least in the official communique) of the vote tally.
Perhaps the exact totals are ineffable ["the ineff word" for readers in the Diocese of Erie].
Update: Fun with Dick and Jane Catholic, by Jeff Miller at The Curt Jester
(via Dad29) ¶ 7/08/2008 06:00:00 PM 0 Comments
Neighbors no longer ask, 'Where's St. Catherine's?'
Brian T. Olszewski reported in "our" Milwaukee Catholic Herald. When Father John "Jack" Kern arrived as pastor in 2004, he found that people in the neighborhood often didn't know St. Catherine's existed. That lead to what he calls the parish's evangelization effort.
The parish is in District 12 and its latest Archdiocesan statistics show for St. Catherine's:
This doesn't look like the basis for an argument against "proslytizing". A neighbor could drop in at Sunday Mass, see 187 people in the 530 available seats, and still ask "Where's St. Catherine's?" ¶ 7/08/2008 06:00:00 AM 0 Comments
"It opened my mind to the fact that we have to let the draw bridge down over the moat, leave the castle and get out into the community. That was the beginning of our 'Knock, Knock' ministry - not as proselytizers but as neighbors."
The parish is in District 12 and its latest Archdiocesan statistics show for St. Catherine's:
Registered Members: 2005 484; 2006 583;
Average Mass attendance: 2005 202 (42%); 2006 187 (32%);
This doesn't look like the basis for an argument against "proslytizing". A neighbor could drop in at Sunday Mass, see 187 people in the 530 available seats, and still ask "Where's St. Catherine's?" ¶ 7/08/2008 06:00:00 AM 0 Comments
Monday, July 7, 2008
Consultant files rebuttal in county suit over pension scandal
Steve Schultze reported in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Sunday on Mercer, Inc.'s filings in its defense in Milwaukee County's lawsuit against it. Mercer had acted as actuarial consultant in the county pension revisions that included the disastrously expensive "backdrop" provision.
Milwaukee County has paid out about $134 million in backdrop pension benefits since 2001, county records show. The county has estimated its overall costs linked to the 2000-’01 benefit package and other pension enhancements at $600 million ...¶ 7/07/2008 06:00:00 AM 1 Comments
Sunday, July 6, 2008
American Energy Policy, Asleep at the Spigot
Nelson D. Schwartz's report in today's New York Times included the bi-partisan opposition to increased Corporate Average Fuel Economy [CAFE] standards for vehicles in 1990. Those voting against included Senators Carl Levin (D-MI) and Jesse Helms (R-NC). The article originally said,
The online version now has this correction.
Mr. Levin and Mr. Helms didn't return calls for comment.
The online version now has this correction.
An article today in Sunday Business about missed opportunities to reduce America’s dependence on imported oil refers to a 1990 effort by Senator Jesse Helms, Republican of North Carolina, to block higher mileage requirements for vehicles and notes that Mr. Helms did not return calls seeking comment. The section went to press on Thursday, before Mr. Helms’s death Friday morning.¶ 7/06/2008 01:51:00 PM 0 Comments
Saturday, July 5, 2008
Saving Seminary Woods: 70 acres in St. Francis may be on endangered list
John Gurda in tomorrow's Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
It sits between the Seminary and the Cousins Center, the former minor seminary, then Archdiocesan headquarters.
So there's an effort underway to purchase and preserve the property. ¶ 7/05/2008 04:47:00 PM 0 Comments
Seminary Woods is 70 pristine acres of forest and wildflowers adjoining St. Francis Seminary on Milwaukee’s south lakefront.
It sits between the Seminary and the Cousins Center, the former minor seminary, then Archdiocesan headquarters.
the sex abuse scandal and its related costs have all the appearances of a bottomless pit. The Cousins Center is already on the block, and the Woods could ultimately suffer the same fate.
So there's an effort underway to purchase and preserve the property. ¶ 7/05/2008 04:47:00 PM 0 Comments
Thursday, July 3, 2008
"Attacking" McCain’s Military Record
Zachary Roth at Campaign Desk
As long as they don't do it while wearing a PT-109 tie clasp.
(see this earlier post) ¶ 7/03/2008 06:00:00 AM 0 Comments
Why should it be out of bounds for Democrats to argue that McCain’s particular military experience has done little to prepare him for the decisions he’ll have to make as president?
As long as they don't do it while wearing a PT-109 tie clasp.
(see this earlier post) ¶ 7/03/2008 06:00:00 AM 0 Comments
Merrill says GM bankruptcy possible
That's Merrill Lynch.
(via The Truth About Cars) ¶ 7/03/2008 06:00:00 AM 0 Comments
Credit option contracts on the Chicago Board Options Exchange that would pay out if GM or Ford default before September 2012 ticked higher. The contracts, which remain lightly traded, point to a roughly 73-percent default risk for GM and a 69-percent risk for Ford over that period.
(via The Truth About Cars) ¶ 7/03/2008 06:00:00 AM 0 Comments
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Powell Doctorin'
AOL News captions this photo
For a different caption, see the post at Democracy in America. ¶ 7/02/2008 06:00:00 PM 0 Comments
President Bush, left, meets with U.S.A. Freedom Corp volunteer Robbie Powell after arriving at Adams Field on Tuesday, July 1, 2008 in Little Rock, Ark. Powell gave the President a bracelet in memory of his friend Ben Patterson who passed away after being diagnosed with Neurodegeneration with Brain Iron Accumulation.
For a different caption, see the post at Democracy in America. ¶ 7/02/2008 06:00:00 PM 0 Comments
How I hate the word "vibrant"
Rod Dreher at CrunchyCon,
... Whaddaya know, I just checked the Stuff White People Like website to see if "vibrant" turned up, and it does, in the comments under the Gentrification entry. ...¶ 7/02/2008 06:00:00 AM 0 Comments
Monday, June 30, 2008
Sally Quinn's Controversial Communion: WWJD?
The Plank posts on Sally Quinn taking Communion at Tim Russert's funeral and the Catholic League's press release criticising her.
In the comments, neitwin said:
P.S. From the post's URL, it looks to have started out titled "Is It OK to Deny Journalists Communion?"
(via Ryan T. Anderson at First Things) ¶ 6/30/2008 06:00:00 PM 2 Comments
In the comments, neitwin said:
Why do I find it odd that the writer of a column entitled "On Religion" is so clueless about one of the central tenets of a major world religion? Was it really [Russert] who said, "this do in remembrance of me"?
As for Jesus, he [breached] religious laws regularly, I'm sure he wouldn't have minded. The self-serving bewilderment at the offense given may have struck him as hypocritical though.
P.S. From the post's URL, it looks to have started out titled "Is It OK to Deny Journalists Communion?"
(via Ryan T. Anderson at First Things) ¶ 6/30/2008 06:00:00 PM 2 Comments
Friday, June 27, 2008
St. Louis Archbishop Burke gets new job in Rome
Tim Townsend reports in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
(via Relevant Radio)
P.S. At Charlotte was Both, More on St. Louis
The St. Louis website's Contact Us page indicates one whoever is Website Administrator Tony Huenneke, Assistant Director of Communications. And the page archives Archdiocesan press releases back through 2000! ¶ 6/27/2008 07:59:00 AM 0 Comments
Archbishop Raymond Burke today was appointed today to lead the Vatican's supreme court [Apostolic Signatura].
(via Relevant Radio)
P.S. At Charlotte was Both, More on St. Louis
there have been several controversies involving the Archdiocese over the past few years - the St. Stanislaus business, this women’s ordination business, the Sheryl-Crowe-at-the-fundraiser business, as well as a few others - as well as the huge battle over the embryonic-stem-cell research referendum.
At every turn, the Archdiocese web team - whoever they are - are on the spot, immediately putting up full statements, Q & A’s and video within hours of stories breaking.
...
You cannot complain about the secular media’s treatment of the Church and Church issues if Church authorities are not accessible, clear and proactive when it comes to talking about those issues. ...
The St. Louis website's Contact Us page indicates one whoever is Website Administrator Tony Huenneke, Assistant Director of Communications. And the page archives Archdiocesan press releases back through 2000! ¶ 6/27/2008 07:59:00 AM 0 Comments
Devil in Disguise
Jessica McBride in Milwaukee Magazine, July 2008, on the case of Sister Norma Giannini, convicted last year for sexual abuse of students at St. Patrick School in the 1960s.
(see this earlier post) ¶ 6/27/2008 06:00:00 AM 3 Comments
(see this earlier post) ¶ 6/27/2008 06:00:00 AM 3 Comments
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Keep Arms?
From Justice Antonin Scalia's majority opinion today in District of Columbia v. Heller, (slip opinion, p. 9)
(via Feddie at Southern Appeal) ¶ 6/26/2008 12:00:00 PM 1 Comments
The phrase “keep arms” was not prevalent in the written documents of the founding period that we have found, but there are a few examples, all of which favor viewing the right to “keep Arms” as an individual right unconnected with militia service. William Blackstone, for example, wrote that Catholics convicted of not attending service in the Church of England suffered certain penalties, one of which was that they were not permitted to “keep arms in their houses.” 4 Commentaries on the Laws of England 55 (1769) (hereinafter Blackstone); see also 1 W. & M., c. 15, §4, in 3 Eng. Stat. at Large 422 (1689) (“[N]o Papist ... shall or may have or keep in his House ... any Arms ...”);
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