Our Sunday Visitor published a biography of Gallitzin in 2001...Apostle of the Alleghenies, Reverend Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin
Wednesday, June 8, 2005
Bishop Adamec Announces Cause of Apostle of the Alleghenies
Prince Gallitzin attains first rung to sainthood
Our Sunday Visitor published a biography of Gallitzin in 2001...Apostle of the Alleghenies, Reverend Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin
Our Sunday Visitor published a biography of Gallitzin in 2001...Apostle of the Alleghenies, Reverend Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin
Tuesday, June 7, 2005
USATODAY.com - We have a passel of pope books!
Check out USA TODAY...USATODAY.com - We have a passel of pope books!:
"We Have a Pope! Benedict XVI
" by Matthew E. Bunson (Our Sunday Visitor, $14.95). Bunson, author of more than 30 books and general editor for Our Sunday Visitor's Catholic Almanac, says he wanted to provide a 'gentle introduction' to the 78-year-old Benedict XVI. 'Even if he is pope for a short time, I think (his papacy) will be one of considerable surprises,' Bunson says. 'His outreach to the Orthodox churches has already started.'"
"We Have a Pope! Benedict XVI
" by Matthew E. Bunson (Our Sunday Visitor, $14.95). Bunson, author of more than 30 books and general editor for Our Sunday Visitor's Catholic Almanac, says he wanted to provide a 'gentle introduction' to the 78-year-old Benedict XVI. 'Even if he is pope for a short time, I think (his papacy) will be one of considerable surprises,' Bunson says. 'His outreach to the Orthodox churches has already started.'"
Fr. Lastiri Reassigned
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Local Catholic Church gets priest with troubled past
Lastiri left St. Patrick's Parish in Merced in July 2004 after parishioners accused him of participating in sexual conversations on Internet chat sites and seeking gay lovers on the Web, the Merced Sun-Star reported in May.
Local Catholic Church gets priest with troubled past
Lastiri left St. Patrick's Parish in Merced in July 2004 after parishioners accused him of participating in sexual conversations on Internet chat sites and seeking gay lovers on the Web, the Merced Sun-Star reported in May.
Monday, June 6, 2005
Pope Condemns a List of Things
Gay obsessed media chooses only one to focus on...USATODAY.com - Pope Benedict XVI condemns same-sex unions
The scripture version that Catholic bloggers use...
Very interesting, what translation you and I are using the most...Once upon a midnight dreary...: The scripture version that Catholic bloggers use...
Sunday, June 5, 2005
GOTTESDIENST (German Mass) Today
I reference this event in a section of How To Get The Most Out Of The Eucharist
when I mention what Joseph calls the "donut church" where in fact they actually offer Brauts and smuggled German beer after Mass on this one Sunday every year.
German Fest, Ft. Wayne, Indiana, June 5 - 12, 2005
And on the Feast of Saint Boniface, the Apostle to Germany to boot! Should be interesting now that we have a German pope.
when I mention what Joseph calls the "donut church" where in fact they actually offer Brauts and smuggled German beer after Mass on this one Sunday every year.German Fest, Ft. Wayne, Indiana, June 5 - 12, 2005
And on the Feast of Saint Boniface, the Apostle to Germany to boot! Should be interesting now that we have a German pope.
Pope's Angelus Message
From >>> AsiaNews.it <<< Pope’s appeal for Clementina Cantoni:
"Without the Holy Spirit, the Church would be reduced to a merely human organisation, weighed down by its own structures. But, in his turn, in God’s plans, the Spirit regularly makes use of human mediations to work in history. It is because of this that Christ, who set up his Church on the foundation of the Apostles closely gathered around Peter, also enriched it with the gift of his Spirit, so that through the centuries, the Spirit may comfort the Church (cfr Jn 14,16) and guide it to the entire truth (cfr Jn 16,13). May the ecclesial Community remain always open and meek in the face of the movement of the Holy Spirit to be a credible sign among men, and an effective instrument of God’s work!”"
"Without the Holy Spirit, the Church would be reduced to a merely human organisation, weighed down by its own structures. But, in his turn, in God’s plans, the Spirit regularly makes use of human mediations to work in history. It is because of this that Christ, who set up his Church on the foundation of the Apostles closely gathered around Peter, also enriched it with the gift of his Spirit, so that through the centuries, the Spirit may comfort the Church (cfr Jn 14,16) and guide it to the entire truth (cfr Jn 16,13). May the ecclesial Community remain always open and meek in the face of the movement of the Holy Spirit to be a credible sign among men, and an effective instrument of God’s work!”"
Saturday, June 4, 2005
What Do You Think of This
St. Nilos was a hermit on Mount Athos who died on November 12, 1651.
From Prophecy by Saint Nilos, Hermit of Mt. Athos:
"After the year 1900, toward the middle of the 20th century, the people of that time will become unrecognizable. When the time for the advent of the Antichrist approaches, people's minds will grow cloudy from carnal passions, and dishonor and lawlessness will grow stronger. Then the world will become unrecognizable. People's appearances will change, and it will be impossible to distinguish men from women due to their shamelessness in dress and style of hair. These people will be cruel and will be like wild animals because of the temptations of the Antichrist.
There will be no respect for parents and elders, love will disappear, and Christian pastors, bishops and priests will become vain men, completely failing to distinguish the right way from the left. At that time the morals and traditions of Christians and of the Church will change. People will abandon modesty, and dissipation will reign. Falsehood and greed will attain great proportions, and woe to those who pile up treasures. Lust, adultery, homosexuality, secret deeds, and murder will rule in society.
At that future time, due to the power of such great crimes and licentiousness, people will be deprived of the grace of the Holy Spirit, which they received in Holy Baptism, and also of remorse.
The Churches of God will be deprived of God-fearing and pious pastors, and woe to the Christians remaining in the world at that time; they will completely lose their faith, because they will lack the opportunity of seeing the light of knowledge from anyone at all. Then they will separate themselves out of the world in holy refuges in search of enlightenment of their spiritual sufferings, but everywhere they will meet obstacles and constraints. And all this will result from the fact that the Antichrist wants to be Lord over everything and become the ruler of the whole universe, and he will produce miracles and fantastic signs. He will also give depraved wisdom to an unhappy man, so that he will discover a way by which one man can carry on a conversation with another from one end of the earth to the other. At that time, men will also fly through the air like birds and descend to the bottom of the sea like fish. And when they have achieved all this, these unhappy people will spend their lives in comfort without knowing, poor souls, that it is the deceit of the Antichrist. And the impious one!
The Most-good God will see the downfall of human race and will shorten the days for the sake of those few who are being saved, because the enemy wants to lead even the chosen into temptation, if that is possible . . . then the sword of chastisement will suddenly appear and kill the perverter and his servants."
From Prophecy by Saint Nilos, Hermit of Mt. Athos:
"After the year 1900, toward the middle of the 20th century, the people of that time will become unrecognizable. When the time for the advent of the Antichrist approaches, people's minds will grow cloudy from carnal passions, and dishonor and lawlessness will grow stronger. Then the world will become unrecognizable. People's appearances will change, and it will be impossible to distinguish men from women due to their shamelessness in dress and style of hair. These people will be cruel and will be like wild animals because of the temptations of the Antichrist.
There will be no respect for parents and elders, love will disappear, and Christian pastors, bishops and priests will become vain men, completely failing to distinguish the right way from the left. At that time the morals and traditions of Christians and of the Church will change. People will abandon modesty, and dissipation will reign. Falsehood and greed will attain great proportions, and woe to those who pile up treasures. Lust, adultery, homosexuality, secret deeds, and murder will rule in society.
At that future time, due to the power of such great crimes and licentiousness, people will be deprived of the grace of the Holy Spirit, which they received in Holy Baptism, and also of remorse.
The Churches of God will be deprived of God-fearing and pious pastors, and woe to the Christians remaining in the world at that time; they will completely lose their faith, because they will lack the opportunity of seeing the light of knowledge from anyone at all. Then they will separate themselves out of the world in holy refuges in search of enlightenment of their spiritual sufferings, but everywhere they will meet obstacles and constraints. And all this will result from the fact that the Antichrist wants to be Lord over everything and become the ruler of the whole universe, and he will produce miracles and fantastic signs. He will also give depraved wisdom to an unhappy man, so that he will discover a way by which one man can carry on a conversation with another from one end of the earth to the other. At that time, men will also fly through the air like birds and descend to the bottom of the sea like fish. And when they have achieved all this, these unhappy people will spend their lives in comfort without knowing, poor souls, that it is the deceit of the Antichrist. And the impious one!
The Most-good God will see the downfall of human race and will shorten the days for the sake of those few who are being saved, because the enemy wants to lead even the chosen into temptation, if that is possible . . . then the sword of chastisement will suddenly appear and kill the perverter and his servants."
Tagged
Amy has tagged me at Open Book on books...
Total number of books I own: Too many to count. 1,000's here and at least a 1,000 at work.
Last Book I Bought: A New Song for the Lord : Faith in Christ and Liturgy Today
and The Yes of Jesus Christ : Exercises in Faith, Hope, and Love
both by Pope Benedict XVI
Last Book I read: On the Way to Jesus Christ
by Pope Benedict XVI (There is a theme here)
Books I'm reading now: The Essence of Christianity (Italian Texts and Studies on Religion and Society)
by Bruno Forte and The Gospel Of Mark: The Suffering Servant (Orthodox Bible Study Companion Series)
by Lawrence R. Farley.
Books that have been important to me: #1 The Catholic Study Bible: New American Bible, The Seven Storey Mountain
by Thomas Merton, Life of Christ
by Fulton J. Sheen, The Journals of Father Alexander Schmemann, 1973-1983
by Fr. Alexander Schmemann and The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius (Vintage Spiritual Classics)
by St. Ignatius of Loyola, Dear and Glorious Physician
by Taylor Caldwell, Genius of John: A Composition-Critical Commentary on the Fourth Gospel
by Peter F. Ellis, Spiritual Passages : The Psychology of Spiritual Development (Spiritual Passages, Paper)
by Father Benedict J. Groeschel and Rise, Let Us Be On Our Way
by Pope John Paul II.
Tagged: Mary Jane, Pat,and Earl.
Total number of books I own: Too many to count. 1,000's here and at least a 1,000 at work.
Last Book I Bought: A New Song for the Lord : Faith in Christ and Liturgy Today
and The Yes of Jesus Christ : Exercises in Faith, Hope, and Love both by Pope Benedict XVILast Book I read: On the Way to Jesus Christ
by Pope Benedict XVI (There is a theme here)Books I'm reading now: The Essence of Christianity (Italian Texts and Studies on Religion and Society)
by Bruno Forte and The Gospel Of Mark: The Suffering Servant (Orthodox Bible Study Companion Series) by Lawrence R. Farley.Books that have been important to me: #1 The Catholic Study Bible: New American Bible, The Seven Storey Mountain
by Thomas Merton, Life of Christ by Fulton J. Sheen, The Journals of Father Alexander Schmemann, 1973-1983 by Fr. Alexander Schmemann and The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius (Vintage Spiritual Classics) by St. Ignatius of Loyola, Dear and Glorious Physician by Taylor Caldwell, Genius of John: A Composition-Critical Commentary on the Fourth Gospel by Peter F. Ellis, Spiritual Passages : The Psychology of Spiritual Development (Spiritual Passages, Paper) by Father Benedict J. Groeschel and Rise, Let Us Be On Our Way by Pope John Paul II.Tagged: Mary Jane, Pat,and Earl.
Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Prayer that will be recited by Marian groups gathered in Rome today, written by Pope John Paul II:
O Mary,
bright dawn of the new world,
Mother of the living,
to you do we entrust the cause of life
Look down, O Mother,
upon the vast numbers
of babies not allowed to be born,
of the poor whose lives are made difficult,
of men and women who are victims of brutal violence,
of the elderly and the sick killed by indifference or out of misguided mercy.
Grant that all who believe in your Son
may proclaim the Gospel of life
with honesty and love
to the people of our time.
Obtain for them the grace to accept that Gospel
as a gift ever new,
the joy of celebrating it with gratitude
throughout their lives
and the courage to bear witness to it
resolutely, in order to build,
together with all people of good will,
the civilization of truth and love,
to the praise and glory of God,
the Creator and lover of life.
O Mary,
bright dawn of the new world,
Mother of the living,
to you do we entrust the cause of life
Look down, O Mother,
upon the vast numbers
of babies not allowed to be born,
of the poor whose lives are made difficult,
of men and women who are victims of brutal violence,
of the elderly and the sick killed by indifference or out of misguided mercy.
Grant that all who believe in your Son
may proclaim the Gospel of life
with honesty and love
to the people of our time.
Obtain for them the grace to accept that Gospel
as a gift ever new,
the joy of celebrating it with gratitude
throughout their lives
and the courage to bear witness to it
resolutely, in order to build,
together with all people of good will,
the civilization of truth and love,
to the praise and glory of God,
the Creator and lover of life.
Secretary Didn't Burn John Paul's Notes
Contrary to the Pope's last will and testament...Secretary Didn't Burn John Paul's Notes - Yahoo! News
Friday, June 3, 2005
Pope Benedict Prefers to Write Own Speeches
I'm sure there are some who will read this and will be shocked to find that John Paul didn't write all his own, but how could he with the schedule he kept?
From Guardian Unlimited | World Latest | Benedict Prefers to Write Own Speeches:
"That hands-on approach by the former Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who was a theology lecturer at German universities before becoming a Vatican insider, sharply contrasts with his predecessor, John Paul II, who gave so many speeches he needed an assembly line of wordsmiths to produce them.
John Paul often delivered several speeches a day to audiences ranging from garbage collectors in Rome to Aborigines in Australia, and the Vatican ``had to create an office to write them,'' said former Vatican diplomat John-Peter Pham. The skills of diplomats and other Holy See officials and consultants were tapped in the process.
``John Paul wrote very few of his speeches,'' although he occasionally ``changed a phrase here or there,'' according to Pham. "
From Guardian Unlimited | World Latest | Benedict Prefers to Write Own Speeches:
"That hands-on approach by the former Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who was a theology lecturer at German universities before becoming a Vatican insider, sharply contrasts with his predecessor, John Paul II, who gave so many speeches he needed an assembly line of wordsmiths to produce them.
John Paul often delivered several speeches a day to audiences ranging from garbage collectors in Rome to Aborigines in Australia, and the Vatican ``had to create an office to write them,'' said former Vatican diplomat John-Peter Pham. The skills of diplomats and other Holy See officials and consultants were tapped in the process.
``John Paul wrote very few of his speeches,'' although he occasionally ``changed a phrase here or there,'' according to Pham. "
Dom Stanislaw New Archbishop of Krakow
I was told this two weeks ago by my Jewish friend who talks to him almost daily. I'm sure he will be happy to go back home and to be a successor to his much loved Pope John Paul.
From Vatican Information Service:
The Holy Father appointed Archbishop Stanislaw Dziwisz, adjunct prefect of the Pontifical Household, as metropolitan archbishop of Krakow (area 5,730, population 1,618,593, Catholics 1,566,555, priests 2,026, religous 4,841), Poland. The metropolitan archbishop-elect was born in Raba Wyzna, Poland, in 1939. From 1966 to 1978 he acted as private secretary to Archbishop Karol Wojtyla of Krakow and, following the latter's election as Pope John Paul II, continued to act as his private secretary throughout his pontificate from 1978 to 2005. He was ordained a bishop by John Paul II in 1998 and elevated to the dignity of archbishop in 2003. He succeeds Cardinal Franciszek Macharski, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same archdiocese was accepted by the Holy Father, upon having reached the age limit.
From Vatican Information Service:
The Holy Father appointed Archbishop Stanislaw Dziwisz, adjunct prefect of the Pontifical Household, as metropolitan archbishop of Krakow (area 5,730, population 1,618,593, Catholics 1,566,555, priests 2,026, religous 4,841), Poland. The metropolitan archbishop-elect was born in Raba Wyzna, Poland, in 1939. From 1966 to 1978 he acted as private secretary to Archbishop Karol Wojtyla of Krakow and, following the latter's election as Pope John Paul II, continued to act as his private secretary throughout his pontificate from 1978 to 2005. He was ordained a bishop by John Paul II in 1998 and elevated to the dignity of archbishop in 2003. He succeeds Cardinal Franciszek Macharski, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same archdiocese was accepted by the Holy Father, upon having reached the age limit.
Thursday, June 2, 2005
Wednesday, June 1, 2005
Fr. Robert Barron
Word on Fire | Most Recent Sermons
I'm a big fan. Heard him speak yesterday at a conference I'm attending in Chicago.
I'm a big fan. Heard him speak yesterday at a conference I'm attending in Chicago.
Vatican Publishing House Entrusted with Rights to Pope's Writings
Before he was the pope...
From Vatican Information Service:
The Holy Father has entrusted the Vatican Publishing House with the exercise and protection of the copyright and of all exclusive rights to economic utilization of the acts, works and writings written by him prior to his elevation to the Chair of Peter.
A communique made public today, and signed by Cardinal Secretary of State Angelo Sodano, also states that, "without prejudicing the rights acquired by third parties concerning contacts already concluded with the author, from now on the Vatican Publishing House is also entrusted with the exercise and protection of the copyright concerning contracts still in force".
From Vatican Information Service:
The Holy Father has entrusted the Vatican Publishing House with the exercise and protection of the copyright and of all exclusive rights to economic utilization of the acts, works and writings written by him prior to his elevation to the Chair of Peter.
A communique made public today, and signed by Cardinal Secretary of State Angelo Sodano, also states that, "without prejudicing the rights acquired by third parties concerning contacts already concluded with the author, from now on the Vatican Publishing House is also entrusted with the exercise and protection of the copyright concerning contracts still in force".
Tuesday, May 31, 2005
Monday, May 30, 2005
Benedict XVI Continues to Confuse
Essentially they wonder what will he do?
Benedict XVI and the Church That May Shrink. Or May Not. - New York Times
Benedict XVI and the Church That May Shrink. Or May Not. - New York Times
We Can Only Receive Jesus in Unity
From the Vatican Information Service:
Benedict XVI emphasized that the Christ we encounter in the Sacrament of the Eucharist "is the one and same Christ present in the Eucharistic bread all over the world. This means we can encounter Him only together with everyone else. We can only receive Him in unity."
"The consequence of this is clear," he went on, "we cannot communicate with the Lord if we do not communicate with one another. ... For this it is necessary to learn the great lesson of forgiveness: do not let resentment gnaw at the soul, but open your hearts to the magnanimity of listening to others."
Benedict XVI emphasized that the Christ we encounter in the Sacrament of the Eucharist "is the one and same Christ present in the Eucharistic bread all over the world. This means we can encounter Him only together with everyone else. We can only receive Him in unity."
"The consequence of this is clear," he went on, "we cannot communicate with the Lord if we do not communicate with one another. ... For this it is necessary to learn the great lesson of forgiveness: do not let resentment gnaw at the soul, but open your hearts to the magnanimity of listening to others."
Saturday, May 28, 2005
Friday, May 27, 2005
May our streets be Jesus' streets!
Pope Benedict on Corpus Christi, from the Vatican Information Service:
The Holy Father pointed out how in the Sacrament of the Eucharist "the Lord is always moving towards the world. This universal aspect of the Eucharistic presence is apparent in the procession of our feast today. We bring Christ, present in the form of the bread, along the streets of our city. We entrust these streets, these houses, our daily lives, to His goodness. May our streets be Jesus' streets! May our houses be for Him and with Him! May our daily lives be penetrated by His presence. With this gesture we place the suffering of the sick, the solitude of the young and the old, temptations and fears, all our lives, under His gaze. This procession seeks to be a great and public blessing for our city. Christ in person is the divine blessing for the world - may the rays of His blessing extend over us all."
The Holy Father pointed out how in the Sacrament of the Eucharist "the Lord is always moving towards the world. This universal aspect of the Eucharistic presence is apparent in the procession of our feast today. We bring Christ, present in the form of the bread, along the streets of our city. We entrust these streets, these houses, our daily lives, to His goodness. May our streets be Jesus' streets! May our houses be for Him and with Him! May our daily lives be penetrated by His presence. With this gesture we place the suffering of the sick, the solitude of the young and the old, temptations and fears, all our lives, under His gaze. This procession seeks to be a great and public blessing for our city. Christ in person is the divine blessing for the world - may the rays of His blessing extend over us all."
Thursday, May 26, 2005
Wednesday, May 25, 2005
Abuse Allegations Against Churches in Ohio and Lousiana
Not Catholic and the allegations in Ohio come from a woman who has been murdered.
The Ohio case...NewsNet5.com - News - Dead Woman Accuses Church Of Sexual Abuse In Documents
The Louisana case...Alleged cult member arrested, another to be returned
The Ohio case...NewsNet5.com - News - Dead Woman Accuses Church Of Sexual Abuse In Documents
The Louisana case...Alleged cult member arrested, another to be returned
2005 Summer Events Announced at Catholic Familyland
In Ohio, not too far from Steubenville down a long winding road.
I visited there a few years ago, Cardinal Arinze will be there in July.
2005 Summer Events Announced at Catholic Familyland, a Fun-Filled, God-centered Environment where Families Pray, Learn and Play
I visited there a few years ago, Cardinal Arinze will be there in July.
2005 Summer Events Announced at Catholic Familyland, a Fun-Filled, God-centered Environment where Families Pray, Learn and Play
Springfield Chancelor's Attackers
Who claim they were attacked first...doesn't seem like (from the story) that the priest is refuting their claim. Perhaps someone reading this knows more.
SJ-R.COM - Teens admit beating priest
SJ-R.COM - Teens admit beating priest
Archdiocese of Miami Sued by Priest
I do not know the priest, but actually do know almost everyone he mentions which makes it interesting to me. A few present themselves in a way that probably would make it hard for them to defend themselves against a jury.
Archdiocese of Miami sued
Archdiocese of Miami sued
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