The Deacon's Bench
These come from the Facebook page of the Georgia Bulletin. Archbishop Wilton Gregory ordained 12 new deacons Saturday. Details to come soon. Meantime, congratulations, brothers! Ad multos annos! Read more
These come from the Facebook page of the Georgia Bulletin. Archbishop Wilton Gregory ordained 12 new deacons Saturday. Details to come soon. Meantime, congratulations, brothers! Ad multos annos! Read more
Happy Groundhog Day. This movie, meantime, is still and forever one of the greatest cinematic parables about conversion and redemption ever created. And: egad. Has it really been 20 years since this was released? Read more
He made his remarks in an interview with a German newspaper. Details from the AP: The Vatican’s head of doctrine says critics in North America and Europe are conducting a “concerted campaign” to discredit the Catholic Church that is resulting in open attacks against priests. In an interview published Saturday by Germany newspaper Die Welt, Archbishop Gerhard Ludwig Mueller likened the sentiment directed toward the Church to that of the pogroms against Jews in Europe. Mueller, who leads the Congregation... Read more
F. Scott Fitzgerald famously said there are no second acts in American life. But he never met Abby Johnson. Some of you may have heard of her. Abby Johnson worked for eight years for Planned Parenthood in Bryan, Texas. She started out as an escort, helping women into the clinic, walking them past protestors—sometimes encountering death threats. She eventually became a director of the clinic and in 2008 was named “Employee of the Year.” But on a September morning in... Read more
That, at least, is the attitude on display in some of the documents released this week in the burgeoning Los Angeles abuse scandal. The Los Angeles Times explains: In some cases, the behavior that drew the greatest ire of the hierarchy involved breaking church rather than criminal laws. After first learning of Michael Baker’s abuse of boys in 1986, church leaders sent the priest to therapy, then returned him to ministry believing his word that he would stay away from... Read more
F. Scott Fitzgerald famously said there are no second acts in American life. But he never met Abby Johnson. Some of you may have heard of her. Abby Johnson worked for eight years for Planned Parenthood in Bryan, Texas. She started out as an escort, helping women into the clinic, walking them past protestors—sometimes encountering death threats. She eventually became a director of the clinic and in 2008 was named “Employee of the Year.” But on a September morning in... Read more
These come from the Facebook page of the Georgia Bulletin. Archbishop Wilton Gregory ordained 12 new deacons Saturday. Details to come soon. Meantime, congratulations, brothers! Ad multos annos! Read more
This is a beautifully produced video promoting the Latin Mass. The Vimeo blurb says it was shot by Two Sense Films at Incarnation Catholic Church in Tampa. Read more
This afternoon, Cardinal Roger Mahony posted the following on his blog: Friends in Christ, This morning I sent this letter to Archbishop Jose H. Gomez giving the history and context of what we have been through since the mid-1980s. There is nothing confidential in my letter. I have been encouraged by others to publish it, so I am do so on my personal Blog. I hope you find it useful. + + + + + February 1, 2013 Dear Archbishop... Read more
And just keep repeating: “Men don’t cry. Men don’t cry. Men don’t cry.” Read more
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