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Tag: Ramblings
Date of Easter
Okay I am probably going to get nasty comments and email about this post as much as I did about my post on Open Communion. I think that the Orthodox Churches th...
Greek Easter?
I do not understand why Greek folks have the need to refer to Orthodox Easter as Greek Easter. I serve in a Romanian Parish and we do not refer to it as Romania...
Holy Week So Far
Things have been very busy here in the Village. It is funny that no matter what size parish you have there seems to be the same amount of work to be done as a l...
Virginia Tech
I have been meaning to post this all day and other stuff kept getting in the way. Today is the one year anniversary of the Virginia Tech shooting. I pray for al...
Remarks of Pope Benedict XVI at the White House Welcoming Ceremony
Mr. President, Thank you for your gracious words of welcome on behalf of the people of the United States of America. I deeply appreciate your invitation to visi...
More Teen Violence
Word has reached us in the Village about a beating that took place in a town near us. Read the story here. Be advised this story involves teens 15, 16, 17 years...
Clergy Abuse
In today’s Boston Globe there is an article by Anna Badkhen of the Globe Staff on the victim’s reaction to the Popes strong condemnation of the Cler...
Pope Arrives in the United States
It is 3:57 pm eastern time and EWTN is advising the Shepherd One has landed at Andrew’s Air Force Base. I was surprised to learn that President and Mrs. B...
Pope: ‘Ashamed’ of clergy abuse scandal
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE—Pope Benedict XVI said Tuesday he was “deeply ashamed” of the clergy sexual abuse scandal that stained the Catholic church an...