tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57840012011-04-22T00:44:03.001-04:00'Not So Quiet' Catholic CornerA site designed by Fr. Sistare to present the Fullness of Truth revealed by Christ and safeguarded by His Church, the Roman Catholic Church.
'Let us not be silent onlookers nor like dogs that do not bark (St. Boniface)'Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comBlogger6341100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1150049918251199282006-06-11T14:14:00.000-04:002006-06-11T14:18:38.400-04:00That's all folks!I have decided to no longer post items on this site and to focus solely on my homily website at www.padregio.comThanks for your support...I will leave this site up for awhile to visit links.Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1148574777415269392006-05-25T12:27:00.000-04:002006-05-25T12:41:03.523-04:00TRAGIC LOSSFr. Todd Reitmeyer, (Diocese of Sioux Falls ) (Blogspot): "A Son becomes a Father" died yesterday in a jet ski accident in Texas....Keep him, his family & friends in your prayers.NEWS STORY HERE"One person was killed Wednesday in a personal watercraft accident on Lake Travis.One person was killed, another was taken to the hospital after the collision.It happened near Emerald Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1147354704788018382006-05-11T09:33:00.000-04:002006-05-11T09:38:24.796-04:00New Assignment: Due to a new assignment as full time chaplain at Our Lady of Fatima and St. Joseph's Hospital, beginning shortly, I will take some time out of blogging for a few weeks...check back in a few...God Bless ya all, PadrePS) Honduras mission was incredible...there is a joy and peace in serving the poorest of the poor!Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1146139690782476432006-04-27T08:01:00.000-04:002006-04-27T09:48:36.423-04:00QUIET TIMES at Not So Quiet Corner...I am heading to the Honduras to do mission work/retreat with my brother, Fr. Juniper. Be back at a later date.If you want to help their mission, CLICK HERE PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER.Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1145106951957726502006-04-15T09:11:00.000-04:002006-04-15T09:15:51.970-04:00Here's a reason for priests to wear the collar!"The 73-year-old Archbishop of St Lucia miraculously escaped death on Wednesday night when a man armed with a knife attempted to slash his throat outside the Roman Catholic Cathedral in the capital, Castries....According to the St Lucia Police, the Roman Collar saved the Archbishop’s life."FULL STORYPadrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1144847688812880852006-04-12T09:13:00.000-04:002006-04-12T09:14:48.813-04:00Interview w/ Bishop Bruskewitz on defying National Review Board "Q. On March 30, Mrs. Ewers, who heads the USCCB’s National Review Board, urged your brother bishops to give you some fraternal correction. Do you feel adequately corrected?A. Sometimes you have to react. If I’m attacked, they are going to get a mouthful of porcupine quills. And it wasn’t just me. They attacked my diocese . . . Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1144847533020463672006-04-12T09:06:00.000-04:002006-04-12T09:12:13.023-04:00Spanish Dominican Fr. Angel Aparicio on "Judas" TV programGuidelines for canonicity:"They included apostolicity or paternity from the apostles; that the books should be promoted by the big churches and big communities; they should be universally accepted, and they should be consistent with doctrine." MORE HEREPADRE POINT: Judas is perfect for our 'modern' day...no personal reponsibility, no sinPadrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1144847154557485872006-04-12T08:59:00.000-04:002006-04-12T09:05:54.616-04:00Interesting & Disturbing Story:Priest 'resigns' after speaking out against homosexuality in priesthood"...Perhaps the most hurtful moment for Nesbella since he was ordained in 2002 came the following year, when he was one of three Altoona-Johnstown priests to receive hate mail from a self-described “priests federation” that demanded an end to “harassment of homosexual clergy.”“So after I’m Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1144508796533544602006-04-08T11:05:00.000-04:002006-04-08T11:06:36.546-04:00Abortionist, who killed woman in failed abortion, hits pro lifer with carREAD FULL STORY...that will never make the papers!Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1144411887848864942006-04-07T08:10:00.000-04:002006-04-07T08:12:30.653-04:00Faithmouse hits another homerun! CHECK OUT the new cartoon, HEREPadrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1144360116393302482006-04-06T17:47:00.000-04:002006-04-06T17:48:36.406-04:00New Blogspot: Sirach 40:20Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1144326472543923862006-04-06T08:25:00.000-04:002006-04-06T08:27:52.556-04:00"I pray that they may be ONE!' (the sad state of 'Catholic' Universities!)'Monologues' and 'Gay Films' will continue at Notre DamePadrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1143984399404285712006-04-02T09:23:00.000-04:002006-04-02T09:26:39.416-04:00Bishop Bruskewitz's response to criticism from the US bishops' National Review Board about his refusal to cooperate with the Board's "audit" of diocesan plans for implementing national guidelines on sex-abuse programs.Bishop Bruskewitz released this statement on March 31:Some woman named Patricia O'Donnell Ewers, who is the Chair of something called "A National Review Board for the Protection of Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1143824500374200852006-03-31T11:59:00.000-05:002006-03-31T12:01:40.390-05:00God or the girl? New TV reality show to air April 16th on A & E"'God or the Girl' follows 28-year-old Joe Adair of Cleveland, Ohio; 21-year-old Dan DeMatte of Columbus, Ohio; 25-year-old Steve Horvath of Lincoln, Neb.; and 24-year-old Mike Lechniak of Scranton, Pa., through the process of trying to figure out whether God is calling them to become priests. All grapple with the sacrifices they'd Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1143737345031466002006-03-30T11:46:00.000-05:002006-03-30T11:49:05.043-05:00116 year old convert!He was converted to Christianity in 2005 at which ceremony he wedded his last and only surviving wife, aged about 60 years.“I have never seen a doctor in my life, he said, attributing his longevity to “a simple life”. FULL ARTICLEPadrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1143239926651103192006-03-24T17:33:00.000-05:002006-03-24T17:38:46.676-05:00Pope Benedict reminds 15 new Cardinals of color red"May the scarlet that you now wear always express the 'caritas Christi,' inspiring you to a passionate love for Christ, for His Church and for all humanity. You now have an additional motive to seek to rekindle in yourselves those same sentiments that led the incarnate Son of God to pour out His blood in atonement for the sins of the whole Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1143120900024289532006-03-23T08:31:00.000-05:002006-03-23T08:36:49.730-05:00Cemetery rejects man's words for late husband's crypt Diocese of Providence upholds dignity of cemetery.READ FULL ARTICLE HEREPadrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1142548470412520712006-03-16T17:29:00.000-05:002006-03-22T13:25:36.876-05:00Grassroot films presents: "Fisher's of Men":BUY THE VIDEO HERE& Check out the Trailer atUSCCB site or GRASSROOTS websiteSure to encourage and inspire vocations!!!I have viewed this film and it will certainly inspire vocations to the priesthood! BUY IT!Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1142375134170113052006-03-14T17:19:00.000-05:002006-03-14T17:25:34.190-05:00Faithmouse: Another great cartoon!"Communion with Ted"(NOW: National Organization of Women...one of the leading abortion promoters!)Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1142270402673488572006-03-13T12:17:00.000-05:002006-03-13T12:20:02.693-05:00STANDING AGAINST SECULAR FORCESBoston Archdiocese drops adoption agency"Boston Catholic Charities has decided to pull out of adoption services, rather than comply with Massachusetts law that requires adoption agencies not to discriminate against homosexual couples...FULL ARTICLEPadrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1142005793401812382006-03-10T10:46:00.000-05:002006-03-10T10:49:53.416-05:00DaVinci Deception: Great site for resources to educate people on the deceptionCatholic Exchange link as well as official site.Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1141930172366409702006-03-09T13:46:00.000-05:002006-03-09T13:49:32.396-05:00Fr. John Kiley (RI) writes another great article in Prov. Visitor!"...In this Sunday's Gospel, the apostles witness the presence of three men whose entire lives were spent fighting against the trend of their times. Elias fought Jezebel and her pagan priests even to the point of physical and mental exhaustion, retreating to the desert to get his second wind. Moses had the thankless task Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1141583094472489242006-03-05T13:18:00.000-05:002006-03-05T13:24:54.496-05:00Fr. Frank Pavone: Insights on Abortionists "...Abortionist David Zbaraz said, "It's a nasty, dirty, yucky thing and I always come home angry" Washington Post, March 3, 1980)." FULL ARTICLE HERE @ Catholic Exchange Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1140910146257015402006-02-25T18:27:00.000-05:002006-02-25T18:29:06.273-05:00Preparing the way for the rest of us! South Dakota Legislature bans nearly all abortions"...The amendment, an addition to the introductory legislative findings of the bill, said the Legislature finds that "the guarantee of due process of law under the constitution of South Dakota applies equally to born and unborn human beings" and that the mother and her unborn child "each possess a natural and Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1140786340698865432006-02-24T08:03:00.000-05:002006-02-24T08:05:40.710-05:00"Stop the Harm to Women." Good article on dangers of RU-486SOURCE: Catholic Exchange • Infection and Septic Shock: five deaths in North America alone; 66 additional infections, 46 of them life-threatening or serious.• Hemorrhaging: One teenager outside the US died from bleeding; 42 women suffered life-threatening bleeding. Of the 237 women reported as hemorrhaging, about 70 required emergency Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1140661630312830572006-02-22T21:23:00.000-05:002006-02-22T21:33:08.333-05:00Cardinal O'Malley!Well deserved honor for Archsbishop Sean O'Malley, named a cardinal by Pope Benedict XVI.Statement from Boston Archbishop Sean O'Malley:"I am deeply humbled and honored to be named a Cardinal by the Holy Father, for even greater service in the Church."While there are certain additional responsibilities that come with the privilege of serving as a Cardinal, I wish to reaffirm a Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1140400850852937672006-02-19T20:48:00.000-05:002006-02-19T21:08:16.470-05:00 Bishop Tobin on RI 'Catholic' politicians: (Source: Projo.com)(in reference to Sen. Reed, C. Fogarty & Cong. P. Kennedy) ON RECEPTION OF COMMUNION:"Receiving Holy Communion presumes that someone is well disposed and that they have both a structural union and a spiritual union with the church. If they find themselves outside of that spiritual and structural union with the church, then they Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1139923977127522852006-02-14T08:28:00.000-05:002006-02-14T08:32:57.140-05:00Call me crazy!Columnist Charlie Baskt, Projo.com, says, "I thought it a warm tableau, but I imagine some other people would have been outraged. It was last Thursday on the East Side. As Kate Michelman, long one of the nation's foremost voices for abortion rights, began her speech to a Women for Matt Brown for Senate fundraiser, she momentarily held his adorable daughter, Ella, who's pushing 4 Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1139838057155770612006-02-13T08:38:00.000-05:002006-02-13T08:40:57.170-05:00NEW HOMILY WEBSITE: www.padregio.comI created a website to play my weekly homilies via AUDIO or read the TEXT version.Check out the new site...still under construction for design and links.www.padregio.comPadrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1139680283156343642006-02-11T12:49:00.000-05:002006-02-11T12:54:31.883-05:00Interesting email circulating around... For God so loVed the world That He gAve His onLy BegottEn SoN That whosoever Believeth In Him Should Not perish, But have Everlasting life." John 3:16 Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1139677803557913782006-02-11T12:06:00.000-05:002006-02-11T12:10:03.570-05:00Fr. John Kiley hits nail on the head once again in recent column on cartoons"The Providence Journal, reflecting on the recent protests in the Islamic world about the publication of religious cartoons, boldly stated: "Well, we dislike disparagement of religious figures, too." Excuse me? For the past five years the Journal and every other American publication have disparaged every Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1139663628096628032006-02-11T08:12:00.000-05:002006-02-11T08:13:48.110-05:00Sign of the times? Hopeful future! South Dakota House Approves Abortion Ban The South Dakota House has passed a bill that would nearly ban all abortions in the state, ushering the issue to the state Senate. Supporters are pushing the measure in hopes of drawing a legal challenge that will cause the US Supreme Court to reverse its 1973 decision legalizing abortion. The bill banning all Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1139319654917437672006-02-07T08:39:00.000-05:002006-02-07T08:46:06.696-05:00Fr. Roger Landry's 5th Sunday Homily raises good question from St. Bernardine of Siena..."...St. Bernardine of Siena, a great 15th-century Franciscan preacher, was once asked a very interesting hypothetical question by those who were wondering why he stressed so much the importance of preaching. They queried, “If a Christian community for twenty years could only have one thing or the other — Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1139099401558419952006-02-04T19:25:00.000-05:002006-02-06T15:51:03.083-05:00Pro Life ad...too graphic? Below is a good post from Jill Stanek's Pro Life Pulse"...On the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, a local newspaper refused to run any of the three following ads to be paid for by Will County Right to Life in Illinois. The newspaper's ad department stated they were too "graphic." Since when are ultrasounds "graphic"?"CHECK OUT THE ADS HEREPadrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1139004699972274542006-02-03T17:09:00.000-05:002006-02-06T15:48:30.976-05:00ST. BLAISE: Good article on Tradition of Blessing Throats"...While in prison, he miraculously cured a small boy who was choking to death on a fishbone lodged in his throat. Also, the woman whose pig had been saved brought St. Blaise candles so that his cell would have light and he could read the sacred Scriptures.Eventually, Agricolaus condemned St. Blaise for upholding his Christian faith ratherPadrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1138731308127807602006-01-31T13:12:00.000-05:002006-01-31T13:15:08.146-05:00Judge Alito confirmed to the Supreme Court!!! 58-42Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1138729273534495582006-01-31T12:31:00.000-05:002006-01-31T12:44:35.106-05:00UNFIT FOR US OFFICE!To left a drawing of a partial birth abortion. That's what (RI) Lincoln Chafee (R) and 'nominal Catholic' Jack Reed (D), as well as other prominent senators, such as, 'nominal Catholic' Ted Kennedy (D) support. This is outright murder and these senators are unfit to serve US office...RI, start with Chafee this upcoming election and vote him out of office!No health reason Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1138647180732150512006-01-30T13:46:00.000-05:002006-01-30T13:53:00.766-05:00RI REPUBLICANS...WAKE UP? DON'T ENDORSE LINCOLN CHAFEE...A Democrat in disguise!"...U-S Senator Lincoln Chafee says he will vote against Judge Samuel Alito for the U-S Supreme Court. He's the first Republican to say he'll reject President Bush's nominee.""Chafee called himself a "pro-choice, pro-environment, pro-Bill of Rights Republican."PADRE POINT: LINCOLN, Good thing you are for protecting Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1138639076272853682006-01-30T11:35:00.000-05:002006-01-30T11:37:56.286-05:00A woman of 'GUile' "The New Hampshire state legislature is currently considering a bill (House Bill 1127) sponsored by Representative Mary Stuart Gile that would mandate all members of the clergy to report instances of suspected child abuse to the authorities, allowing of no exceptions. The bill seeks to remove the priest-penitent privilegePadrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1138202074254896172006-01-25T10:06:00.000-05:002006-01-25T10:14:34.320-05:00NEW ENCYCLICAL LETTER DEUS CARITAS ESTOF THE SUPREME PONTIFF BENEDICT XVI"...God's love for us is fundamental for our lives, and it raises important questions about who God is and who we are. In considering this, we immediately find ourselves hampered by a problem of language. Today, the term “love” has become one of the most frequently used and misused of words, a word to which we attach Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1138110150613840652006-01-24T08:37:00.000-05:002006-01-30T08:25:01.706-05:00March for Life 2006: What you won't read in the papers!"More than 100,000 pro-life advocates showed up on Monday in the nation's capital to sing, pray or silently share their views against abortion as they walked to the Supreme Court. The March for Life represented a variety of ages, backgrounds and political views, and teens and women were well represented..."Numerous women lined up on and Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1138053679779209612006-01-23T16:59:00.000-05:002006-01-23T17:03:48.453-05:00President Bush addresses Faithful at March for Life in DC"...President George W. Bush phoned the hundreds of thousands of pro-life advocates attending the national March for Life in Washington today and told them the pro-life side will eventually win the battle over abortion. "[T]his is a cause that appeals to the conscience of our citizens, and is rooted in America's deepest principles -- and Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1137710577130909372006-01-19T17:39:00.000-05:002006-01-19T17:42:57.150-05:00Fr. Brian Shanley (President of P.C.) says "Monologues" not appropriate for Providence College.READ HIS STATEMENT HEREGod Bless Fr. Shanley for taking a stand!Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1137689134106791552006-01-19T11:43:00.000-05:002006-01-19T11:50:40.663-05:00Curt Jester's post on effective religious orders a MUST READ!See the common thread of the effective orders??? The photos speak for themselves!(Left: one of the best orders...of course, I'm partial with my bro in the CFR's...he's the one with the shaved head and beard!)CHECK OUT CURT JESTER's SITE!Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1137688675141937172006-01-19T11:28:00.000-05:002006-01-19T11:37:55.210-05:00...& this is your best argument??? Celibacy debate in Ireland"Father Maurice Dillane, a curate in the Woodford-Looscaun parish in east Galway (Ireland), quit the Clonfert diocese after he was confronted by his bishop. The 73-year-old priest is believed to have first met the 31-year-old mother of his child, a Dublin-based teacher, while serving in the nearby parish of Mullagh and Killoran. The Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1137679019729617792006-01-19T08:51:00.000-05:002006-01-19T08:56:59.770-05:00Assisted Suicide in Oregon"...The Supreme Court upheld Oregon's law on physician-assisted suicide Tuesday, ruling that the Justice Department may not punish doctors who help terminally ill patients end their lives.Detroit's Cardinal Adam Maida called the Supreme Court decision "as disappointing as it is dangerous." "The sick and suffering in our midst deserve our compassion and palliative care,Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1137429423506723712006-01-16T11:33:00.000-05:002006-01-16T11:37:03.523-05:00GOOD HOMILY by Fr. Chris Mahar (Parochial Vicar at O.L. Mercy, E.G. RI)"...Let’s face it: it’s hard to answer God’s call today. We suffer from “Samuel Syndrome”. Like that scene from the first reading, God is calling but I believe men and women today are finding it difficult to hear and answer that call. When I was 20 years old, I worked third shift at Stop & Shop in North Kingstown, just three Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1137420074983083742006-01-16T08:56:00.000-05:002006-01-16T09:01:14.996-05:00Dr. Martin Luther King's Niece...CHECK OUT HER PRO LIFE WEBSITEGood article HEREDR. ALVEDA KING: "...How can the “Dream” survive if we murder the children? Every aborted baby is like a slave in the womb of his or her mother. The mother decides his or her fate. I join the voices of thousands across America, who are SILENT NO MORE. We can no longer sit idly by and allow this horrible spirit of Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1137159686540882232006-01-13T08:39:00.000-05:002006-01-13T08:41:48.443-05:00Ann Coulter tells it like it is!!! (on Alito hearings)"...According to Dianne Feinstein,Roe v. Wade is critically important because "women all over America have come to depend on it." At its most majestic, this precious right that women "have come to depend on" is the right to have sex with men they don't want to have children with.There's a stirring principle! Leave aside the part of this Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1136660734134263592006-01-07T14:00:00.000-05:002006-01-07T14:05:34.146-05:00Priest Announces During Mass He is Gay & leaving Priesthood for "Loving Relationship""...The pastor of Holy Saviour Catholic parish in Marathon, Ontario, Rev. Scott Gale, announced to his parishioners during Masses on New Years day that he is a homosexual and can no longer stand the Church's requirement that he remain celibate. Citing his "longing for a loving relationship," Gale told his Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1136496853761226322006-01-05T16:31:00.000-05:002006-01-05T16:37:18.730-05:00La Befana: on the Eve of Epiphany, she sets out to find Christ“La Befana comes at night, in tattered shoes, dressed in the Roman style, Long live la Befana!! She brings cinders and coals, to the naughty children, to the good children, she brings sweets and lots of gifts.”READ ABOUT LA BEFANA HEREPadrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1136480845163294792006-01-05T11:59:00.000-05:002006-01-05T12:07:25.176-05:00"Book of Daniel": "Just your ordinary Christian family—in the eyes of Hollywood, that is..."CATHOLIC LEAGUE's REPORT of new NBC show premiering January 6“...The father dabbles in drugs, the wife is a boozer, the daughter is a dope dealer, one son is a homosexual, the other son is a womanizer, the sister-in-law is a bisexual, the brother-in-law is a thief, and the father’s father is an Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1136168166051588662006-01-01T21:07:00.000-05:002006-01-01T21:16:06.070-05:00 2005: The year we said goodbye to JPII THE GREAT! Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1136135069724907912006-01-01T12:02:00.000-05:002006-01-01T12:04:29.746-05:00Solemnity of Mary Mother of GodGREAT BOOK: The World's First Love by Archbishop Fulton SheenHAPPY NEW YEAR!Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1136134019329938932006-01-01T11:40:00.000-05:002006-01-02T08:32:37.576-05:00Kwanzaa NOT 'Catholic'..An article by Rich Leonardi"....when Catholics try to “Catholicize” this thing called Kwanzaa — as it seems some are now doing — we are making a mistake. Kwanzaa is not an African-American tradition. In fact, it is not a tradition at all. It was invented in 1966 by an avowed anti-Christian for the express purpose of, among other things, diverting attention from Christmas."Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1136125070977589532006-01-01T09:12:00.000-05:002006-01-01T09:17:52.146-05:00Why are there still communion services in areas with several Catholic Churches? Such services are strongly discouraged...READ BELOW:Redemptionis Sacramentum # 118 Likewise, especially if Holy Communion is distributed during such celebrations, the diocesan Bishop, to whose exclusive competence this matter pertains, must not easily grant permission for such celebrations to be held on weekdays,Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1136035897640680522005-12-31T08:28:00.000-05:002005-12-31T08:37:06.870-05:00...still think this world doesn't have problems? British woman marries dolphin!"An unusual wedding ceremony was held in the southern resort town of Eilat on Wednesday, as Sharon Tendler, a 41-years-old Jewish millionaire from London married her beloved Cindy, a 35-years-old dolphin, Israel's leading newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported Thursday..."Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1135957238337668272005-12-30T10:38:00.000-05:002005-12-30T10:40:38.350-05:00More on the MYTH of 'Pope Joan'...(maybe Diane Sawyer should have read this before making a fool out of herself on ABC!)Patrick Madrid tackles myth HEREPadrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1135873978632589532005-12-29T11:23:00.000-05:002005-12-29T11:33:10.226-05:00Diane Sawyer (ABC) on the 'cutting edge': Pope Joan fable reintroduced"...Titled "On the Trail of Pope Joan," an ABC promo says, "Diane Sawyer takes you on the trail of a passionate mystery. Just as intriguing as 'The Da Vinci Code.' Chasing down centuries-old clues hidden even inside the Vatican. Could a woman disguised as a man have been pope? Thursday night. One astonishing Primetime."WANT THEPadrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1135873209963933812005-12-29T11:13:00.000-05:002005-12-29T11:20:09.980-05:00Vatican requests that changes be made in Neocatechumenal Way liturgy"...The Neocatechumenal Way will be given a transition period of not more than two years to pass from the common method of receiving holy Communion in its communities -- seated, using a decorated table placed at the center of the church instead of the dedicated altar in the sanctuary -- to the manner normal to the entire church Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1135786972414395362005-12-28T11:15:00.000-05:002005-12-28T11:22:52.443-05:00Providence Diocese's TV AD...Looking for a few good priests"The ads, timed to coincide with college students' winter vacations, are aimed at Catholics between 18 and 35 and will run about 500 times on channels including ESPN, MTV and Comedy Central, said the Rev. Michael Najim, the diocese's assistant vocation director.""I think our goal is to recruit as many as God wants to call," Bishop Tobin Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1135637124126483652005-12-26T17:31:00.000-05:002005-12-26T17:45:24.140-05:00Archbishop Burke's letter on excommunicating 31 yr. old priest"...The members of the board of directors refuse to accept the governance of the parish by the Roman Catholic Church, insisting that they remain devout Roman Catholics by governing the parish themselves. They have, thereby, broken the bond of communion with the Apostolic See and the Archdiocese of St. Louis....A priest, who knowingly Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1135520285445280762005-12-25T09:12:00.000-05:002005-12-25T09:18:05.460-05:00Merry Christmas! Christmas Homily HERE Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1135444300996844822005-12-24T12:07:00.000-05:002005-12-24T12:11:41.016-05:00Faithmouse: We know who's been naughty!Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1135352727887198952005-12-23T10:42:00.000-05:002005-12-23T10:45:27.900-05:00New Web Site by a good friend, Mr. Mark Gordon:Suicide of the West: A continuing chronicle of Western cultural disintegrationPadrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1135284752564110162005-12-22T15:50:00.000-05:002005-12-22T15:52:32.580-05:00He knows if you've been bad or good..."VATICAN CITY, DEC. 21, 2005 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI looked like Father Christmas when he arrived at the general audience, bedecked in a red hat with white trim...The hat was actually a traditional camauro, a fur-trimmed cap that popes used to wear against the cold. Camauros date back to the 12th century. They fell into disuse, until the papacy of John Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1135086636331479642005-12-20T08:43:00.000-05:002005-12-20T08:50:36.350-05:00Curt Jester creates another masterpiece!A Chapter of Voice of the 'Faithful' in St Louis is in solidarity with the Rev. Bozek and the board of St. Stanislaus which has recently been declared to be in schism by Archbishop Burke.VOTF ends their letter of support by saying."We hope that all Catholics in the archdiocese will honor Rev. Bozek and his new parish by joining them for 10 p.m. Mass on Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1135024418301183962005-12-19T15:28:00.000-05:002005-12-19T15:33:38.316-05:00USCCB Changes Rating on Brokeback Mountain to Morally Offensive"...The United States Conference of Bishops Office for Film and Broadcasting has altered their rating for the homosexual propaganda film Brokeback Mountain after a story by LifeSiteNews.com pointed out that the office's praise for the film was completely inappropriate. ...While the glowing review remains, the USCCB office's rating forPadrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1135015602487255602005-12-19T13:03:00.000-05:002005-12-19T13:06:42.503-05:00Good article: "The Unholiday" by Jan LaRue, Concerned Women for America"...But the tarnished star atop the unholiday’s bramble bush has to be the self-anointed cardinal of Congress, Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Massachusetts). Kennedy reached a new low on the floor of the Senate Monday where, in his relentless pursuit of political advantage, he expounded the gospel according to Ted: Rather than Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1134941976822371482005-12-18T16:34:00.000-05:002005-12-18T16:39:36.836-05:00Good homily by a priest friend of mine, Fr. Ray Suriani:“When Exactly Did Mary Become The Mother Of Our Savior?”"...When exactly did she become the mother of our Savior?Was it in today’s Gospel scene, at the Annunciation?Was it when she said, “Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done unto me according to your word” (as we’ve always presumed)? Or was it sometime afterward?Was it thePadrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1134700796155972082005-12-15T21:34:00.000-05:002005-12-15T21:39:56.156-05:00Check out The Crossroads InitiativeA Ministry of Dr. Marcellino D'AmbrosioPadrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1134666907787688962005-12-15T11:53:00.000-05:002005-12-15T16:07:50.570-05:00Bishop DiMarzio Appealed for Stanley William's (California Convict) LifeBishop DiMarzio wrote:"It is not my intent in any way to diminish the responsibility of those who have committed terrible crimes; however, this execution can only compound the violence that already exists in our society." "As pastors who minister to both the victims of capital crimes and those who sit on death row," he Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1134482095825880442005-12-13T08:52:00.000-05:002005-12-13T08:54:55.826-05:00ST LUCY, VIRGIN, MARTYR—A.D. 304Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1134481506517691742005-12-13T08:40:00.000-05:002005-12-13T08:45:50.996-05:00OUTRAGE! Planned Parenthood killed 255,015 babies in 2004While national figures generally indicate a decrease in the number of abortions, Planned Parenthood Federations of America continued to commit more every year. In 2004, PPFA admitted that it took the lives of 255,015 human beings, an increase of nearly 4.3%.PADRE POINT: "but Father Sistare, they (PPFA and abortionists) do so much good for Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1134338588236366192005-12-11T16:55:00.000-05:002005-12-11T17:03:09.860-05:00Our Lady of Guadalupe"When Our Lady appeared to Juan Diego, she addressed him as "Juanito" (signifying the weakest or smallest member of the family), and as "Son", and spoke of herself as both his "Mother" and the "Mother of the One, True living God." All of this indicates another reason why Our Lady of Guadalupe should be entrusted with the unborn. Today she addresses to us who defend life the Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1134256346960924972005-12-10T18:09:00.000-05:002005-12-10T18:12:26.970-05:00Archbishop Timothy Dolan's homilies on line: Click HereGreat preacher!Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1134167858231869702005-12-09T17:33:00.000-05:002005-12-09T17:37:38.243-05:00A Guide to Narnia: 100 QuestionsGreat web site, Narnia Outreach to start a discussion group"Narnia is a world full of intrigue and wonder, created in the mind of the great Christian author, C.S. Lewis. Beneath the surface of the story lies His-story— a beautiful metaphorical tale of Jesus Christ and God’s plan for humanity. By learning the true meaning of this classic tale, your movie-going Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1134137171893456742005-12-09T09:04:00.000-05:002005-12-09T09:06:11.906-05:00St. Juan DiegoOne "morning, as Juan passed Tepeyac Hill, he heard music and saw a glowing cloud encircled by a rainbow. A woman's voice called him to the top of the hill. There he saw a beautiful young woman dressed like an Aztec princess. She said she was the Virgin Mary and asked Juan to tell the bishop to build a church on that site. She said, "I vividly desire that a church be built on this Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1134049836133330072005-12-08T08:49:00.000-05:002005-12-08T08:58:43.226-05:00Pope Benedict XVI grants plenary indulgence on Solmenity of Immaculate Conception"For this reason, the Holy Father 'has kindly granted the gift of Plenary Indulgence which may be obtained under the usual conditions (sacramental Confession, Eucharistic communion and prayer in keeping with the intentions of the Supreme Pontiff), with the soul completely removed from attachment to any form of sin, Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1133963973303523642005-12-07T08:55:00.000-05:002005-12-07T08:59:33.316-05:00NCR: "For what it's worth, our condolences"("Catholic" paper apologizes to homosexuals for Church document."...To all those in positions of leadership in the Roman Catholic church who also happen to be homosexual, we offer our commiseration and sorrow that once again you have been forced to hear your sexuality, an element intrinsic to your humanity, described as an objective disorder.This Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1133833210829006882005-12-05T20:32:00.000-05:002005-12-08T08:52:00.900-05:00Immaculate Conception: In preparation for Dec. 8th."The most Blessed Virgin Mary was, from the first moment of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege of almighty God and by virtue of the merits of Jesus Christ, Savior of the human race, preserved immune from all stain of original sin." (Pius IX, Ineffabilis Deus, 1854.)"("The traditional translation, "full of grace," is better thanPadrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1133620229724916592005-12-03T09:25:00.000-05:002005-12-03T09:30:29.726-05:00Grandma had room at the Inn! 70 yr. old arrested for stealing baby Jesus"I didn't know we had a tattletale downtown," said Voiers, who is also a Sunday school teacher at a Methodist church. She said she told her pastor what happened. "He said, 'Bless you, child. Go and sin no more,'" she said, and added that he asked, "'You didn't tell them you are a Methodist, did you?"Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1133619856328020872005-12-03T09:18:00.000-05:002005-12-03T09:24:18.366-05:00Princeton Prof., Peter Singer is a good example of what's wrong with America...liberal left wing elite! (Full article HERE)"...By 2040, it may be that only a rump of hard-core, know-nothing religious fundamentalists will defend the view that every human life, from conception to death, is sacrosanct," says Princeton University's defender of infanticide. "In retrospect, 2005 may be seen as the Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1133531572435974332005-12-02T08:48:00.000-05:002005-12-02T08:52:52.446-05:00Curt Jester's PC Vision Test: Great idea! VISIT SITE Holiday Tree or Christmas Tree Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1132934724556507592005-11-25T10:59:00.000-05:002005-11-25T11:05:24.573-05:00Archbishop Sean P. O'Malley stands strong!"Archbishop Sean P. O'Malley has canceled plans to attend the annual Christmas dinner for Catholic Charities next month because the event is honoring Mayor Thomas M. Menino, a supporter of Catholic Charities who has also been an outspoken advocate of abortion rights and same-sex marriage...''In doing this he acts in accord with the US Catholic Bishops Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1132926179521961792005-11-25T08:37:00.000-05:002005-11-25T08:42:59.536-05:00St. Catherine of Alexandria (c.305 A.D.)"It is said that St. Catherine was born in Alexandria of a patrician family and was converted to Christianity by a vision. She denounced Emperor Maximinus in person for his persecution of Christians. When fifty pagan philosophers were converted by her arguments, he had them burned to death. When she refused his bribe of a royal marriage if she would Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1132887252887310092005-11-24T21:46:00.000-05:002005-11-24T21:54:12.900-05:00Cruise buys sonogram machine...he can "handle the truth!"...sees a little baby!"Not every family can afford one at a price tag of up to $200,000 but actor Tom Cruise says he bought a sonogram machine for his pregnant fiancée Katie Holmes so that they can monitor the development of their child. In an interview with ABC's Barbara Walters to be aired on a November 29 television special about the "Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1132769702596844532005-11-23T13:07:00.000-05:002005-11-23T13:15:02.623-05:00George Washington's Thanksgiving Proclaimation "...WHEREAS it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favour; and Whereas both Houses of Congress have, by their joint committee, requested me "to recommend to the people of the United States a DAY OF PUBLIC THANSGIVING and Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1132703665465977162005-11-22T18:46:00.000-05:002005-11-24T11:29:34.483-05:00(NEW INSTRUCTION: "Concerning the Criteria of Vocational Discernment Regarding Persons With Homosexual Tendencies In View of Their Admission to Seminaries and Holy Orders" "...Concerning profoundly deep-rooted homosexual tendencies, that one discovers in a certain number of men and women, these are also objectively disordered and often constitute a trial, even for these men and women. These Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1132682176307004432005-11-22T12:47:00.000-05:002005-11-22T12:56:16.360-05:00Feast of St. Cecilia (Virgin & Martyr) Above: St. Cecilia in Trastvere, Rome: Sculpture of martyrPadrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1131829268130488502005-11-12T15:58:00.000-05:002005-11-12T16:01:08.143-05:00Grassroots Films: New Project: Fishers of MenCheck out this site!Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1131736596813719762005-11-11T14:04:00.000-05:002005-11-11T14:18:57.160-05:00March of the Penquins! 10 Lessons for Modern America(Recently I took our youth group to see this documentary and here's 10 lessons Modern America could learn from Penquins)1. Sense of Purpose/Mission: Travel miles to bring forth life2. Self sacrifice: endure suffering for good of another (new life): if either the mother or father doesn't return with food the chick dies. We can't just think aboutPadrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1131659551988826532005-11-10T16:48:00.000-05:002005-11-10T16:52:32.003-05:00Comment Trouble w/ Iexplorer?Just discovered this trick: If you are using Iexplorer (Firefox should work fine) and have Norton Security, then go to "Norton internet security", click on "privacy control", click on "configure" on the bottom right corner, click on "advanced," click on "add site", then add "padregio.blogspot.com" and then check the boxes that apply to allow access...comments Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1131658234078956322005-11-10T16:23:00.000-05:002005-11-10T16:34:57.186-05:00Talented Cartoonist! Dan Lacey at FaithmouseDan Lacey visited NSQCC & sent this cartoon...great work, says it all!Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1131466274704646662005-11-08T11:09:00.000-05:002005-11-08T11:11:14.793-05:00Bill Donahue: "Here's to you, 'Mr.' Robinson!" Responding today is Catholic League president Bill Donohue: “Gene Robinson is a walking embarrassment to Episcopalians everywhere, and is profoundly ignorant of what has been happening to his own church. Had he read David Shiflett’s splendid book, Exodus: Why Americans are Fleeing Liberal Churches for Conservative Christianity, he might have Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1131368148894606662005-11-07T07:49:00.000-05:002005-11-07T07:57:22.253-05:00 HEY, "Bishop" Robinson...MIND YOUR SINFUL BUSINESS!!!"The first openly gay Anglican bishop, Gene Robinson, has called for the Roman Catholic church's attitude to homosexuals to be confronted. ARTICLEBishop Robinson said: "We are seeing so many Roman Catholics joining the church. "Pope Ratzinger may be the best thing that ever happened to the Episcopal Church." He continued: "I find it so vile Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1131322962489219912005-11-06T19:18:00.000-05:002005-11-06T19:22:42.500-05:00Good article by James Fitzpatrick, "Strudel Time?"...DIALOGUE? "...Progressive Catholics would not want the Church to promote campus or parish discussion groups that include members of the Lefebvrite movement or those who justify violence against abortion clinics. They recognize an orthodoxy when it suits their agenda. They don’t want to keep the dialogue open on these questions. Their call for Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1131318462224554972005-11-06T18:03:00.000-05:002005-11-06T18:07:42.236-05:00"Mamma Rosa" Beatified: Mother of 11 children!"An Italian mother who raised 11 children was moving ahead on the road to possible sainthood Sunday amid a Vatican campaign in favor of large families. Eurosia Fabris, known as "Mamma Rosa," raised two children whose mother died while they were little, then married their father and with him had nine children.The virtues of Fabris, who died in 1932, Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1131122031600466102005-11-04T11:29:00.000-05:002005-11-04T11:33:51.613-05:00Forced abortions in China: Horrific reports released:Why are the "champions of choice's" diabolical voices quiet now? Why not stand up for the women in China whose "choice" to perserve life was taken away? When the 'choice' is to kill babies, then the 'choice' advocates rally in the name of 'rights'.Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784001.post-1131113967082693832005-11-04T09:15:00.000-05:002005-11-04T09:19:27.083-05:00St. Charles Borromeo: (1538-1584)Key figure in "Anonymous Confessional": Grill instituted"In order to ensure modesty and discretion, Cardinal Borromeo mandated in 1564 that the confessionals in his diocese be closed on both sides with a grill between penitent and priest. Pope Paul V's Roman Ritual adopted this provision, which helped spread its use, although it did not become a universal Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588565509452450552noreply@blogger.com