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January 13, 2013
CU Weekly 216:
Catholic Underground - 5 months 6 days ago This Week, Fr. Chris, Jeff Blackwell, Kathleen Lee and Fr. Ryan discussed
The Pebble is almost live.
Disney is also doing wearable computing for their myriad guests.
Amazon is...
Prepping for St. Joseph’s Day
Homeschool Goodies - 5 months 6 days ago It’s never too early to get ready for St. Joseph’s Day. The 2013 feast day will be here before you know it. I’ve been sprucing up the Virtual St. Joseph Altar a bit. This year the...
Not a Platitude Cookie…
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - 5 months 6 days ago … more like a Pep Talk Cookie? Coach Cookie?
Happy Feast of the Ass
The Deacon's Bench - 5 months 6 days ago I kid you not. I’m actually early with this; today is technically the vigil of the Feast of the Ass. But I wanted you to be able to get a jump on things. A seminarian friend...
Nominations Are Open for the About Catholicism Readers' Choice Awards!
Catholicism Blog on About.com - 5 months 6 days ago <p>Nominations have just opened for the 2013 <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://catholicism.about.com/od/t... Catholicism Readers' Choice Awards...
The Weekly Benedict eBook – Volume 45
The Curt Jester - 5 months 6 days ago
This is the 45th volume of The Weekly Benedict ebook which is a compilation of the Holy Father’s writings, speeches, etc which I post at Jimmy Akin’s The Weekly Benedict. The...
The Weekly Benedict: 13 January, 2013
Jimmy Akin.org - 5 months 6 days ago This version of The Weekly Benedict covers material released in the last week from 17 December 2012 – 7 January 2013 (subscribe here; get as an eBook version for your Kindle, iPod...
Planned Parenthood abortion numbers rise, other services fall
Catholic News Agency - General - 5 months 6 days ago Washington D.C., Jan 13, 2013 / 04:01 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- A Planned Parenthood report showing an increase in abortions and decrease in other health services is leading to...
Pope baptizes 20 babies in Sistine Chapel
The Deacon's Bench - 5 months 6 days ago Details: The frescoed walls of the Sistine Chapel are ringing with the wails and coos of newborns as Pope Benedict XVI presides over his annual Mass to baptize 20 babies. Other...
Why do the neoconservatives loathe Chuck Hagel?
dotCommonweal - 5 months 6 days ago Because he reminds them—and everyone else—that they were wrong about the invasion of Iraq, something that most of them still deny and the rest try to forget. As for the few...
Byzantine Catholics celebrate Christ’s baptism in Anchorage
Catholic News Agency - General - 5 months 6 days ago Anchorage, Alaska, Jan 13, 2013 / 01:49 pm (CNA).- Byzantine Catholics marched through the streets of Anchorage on Jan. 6 to Chester Creek near Valley of the Moon Park in...
I Begin a Study of Angels…
Accepting Abundance - 5 months 6 days ago …with Fulton Sheen and an afternoon of reading Peter Kreeft’s Angels and Demons: What Do We Really Know about Them? Fascinating! So that’s where we got the idea of superheroes....
Poking fun at enemies of the 2nd Amendment
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - 5 months 6 days ago At Catholic Vote someone has taken the mickey out of the enemies of the 2nd Amendment and particular out of the opponents of concealed carry weapon licenses.
No, wait. Let me...
Spot the ghost: Is there an X factor for QB Russell Wilson?
GetReligion - 5 months 6 days ago While things are not going very well in his second playoff game with the Seattle Seahawks, it’s pretty clear that the amazing success of the undersized, yet tough as nails,...
Pope asks Christians to rediscover ‘beauty’ of baptism
Catholic News Agency - General - 5 months 6 days ago Vatican City, Jan 13, 2013 / 12:39 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Benedict XVI baptized children at the Vatican Sunday to mark the Feast of Jesus’ Baptism, encouraging Christians to...
Massive pro-marriage rally in France
The Forum - 5 months 6 days ago Looks like lots of young people...Read more about the huge demonstration here.
We are the people - of God
Rorate Coeli - 5 months 6 days ago Part of the hundreds of thousands of protesters reach the Champ de MarsParis, Jan. 13, 2013
Up to this Sunday, the decades-old movement for the imposition of a legal change of the...
Did Jesus tell the Apostles to buy weapons? Yes. To use them?
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - 5 months 6 days ago I have been thinking through the “gun” controversy. I am also thinking about what it means for me, a priest.
For example, what does a concealed carry weapon (CCW) mean for a...
Catechisms for Your Kids: Baltimore Catechism & YouCat
CatholicMom.com - 5 months 6 days ago When the Holy Father announced the Year of Faith, one of the major ideas he had in mind was for Catholics to make a concerted effort to catechize themselves, particularly through...
Archbishop Chaput: Bootcamps for Vigorous Christianity
Making Things Visible - 5 months 6 days ago What this world needs are more Bootcamps for vigorous Christianity! I am in good company when I say this. Archbishop Chaput has done as he always does. He has stated clearly,...