The Deacon's Bench
These pictures were accompanied by the headline, “Mother’s First Deer.” They come from this site for the Sisters of Reparation in Ohio. When Maria was singing about “Doe, a deer, a female deer,” I don’t think she had this mind… Read more
These pictures were accompanied by the headline, “Mother’s First Deer.” They come from this site for the Sisters of Reparation in Ohio. When Maria was singing about “Doe, a deer, a female deer,” I don’t think she had this mind… Read more
Another voice falls silent. Details, from a statement released last week: Dear Readers, The June 19, 2013 edition of The Catholic Advocate is the last one that you will receive in the mail or pick up at the back of the church after Mass. For a number of years now, we have struggled to manage or contain the costs of producing The Catholic Advocate. Unfortunately, we have not been able to meet those expenses through advertising and subscription income or... Read more
So, as I mentioned earlier today, I was invited to be a guest this afternoon on the “Busted Halo” radio show, on the Catholic Channel at Sirius XM Radio. I’ve done the show a couple times before, and also paid a visit to the Sirius studios to chat with another staple of the channel, “The Catholic Guy” with Lino Rulli. What’s it like? Well, first you arrive at this big shiny office tower, the McGraw Hill Building, in Rockefeller Center.... Read more
If you have satellite radio, you can hear Your Humble Blogger this afternoon on the Busted Halo Radio Show, on Sirius XM. From their Facebook page: Friday, we are live 2-5p East. Guests: author of Dead Man Walking Sister Helen Prejean, Deacon Greg Kandra of The Deacon’s Bench blog, and one of the Catholics Next Door, Greg Willits!! I’m slated to be on around 3:20. Which means that’s an ideal time to go to the movies, pick up your dry... Read more
From today: “Your presence is the sign of the profound bond that unites the Church of Constantinople with the Church of Rome in faith, in hope, and in charity,” Pope Francis said this morning on receiving the delegation of the Ecumenical Patriarch, which had arrived in Rome to celebrate the Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul. The tradition of exchanging visits for the occasions of the respective patronal feasts dates back to 1969. The Pope emphasized that “fraternal gathering is... Read more
Details: On the 25th anniversary of the illicit ordination of four bishops by traditionalist Bishop Marcel Lefebvre, the Society of Saint Pius X indicated a definitive break of talks with the Catholic Church. In a statement June 27, three of the four bishops originally ordained by Lefebvre expressed “their filial gratitude towards their venerable founder who, after so many years spent serving the Church and the Sovereign Pontiff, so as to safeguard the Faith and the Catholic priesthood, did not... Read more
The Newark prelate gave what appears to be his first interview on the case to Joan Frawley Desmond of the National Catholic Register late last week: Critics of your decision to allow a restricted role for Father Fugee as co-director of the Newark Archdiocese’s Office of Clergy Formation charge that you violated the U.S. bishops’ Charter for the Protection of Children’s “zero tolerance” policy for all priests with credible accusations of clergy abuse. According to the public record, Father Fugee... Read more
With those three little words, The Anchoress opens the floodgates (or, perhaps, unlocks the pen?) on the subject of cursive penmanship: I was told that cursive isn’t taught any longer because “with computers and texting it is not required.” Well, screw that! If something is not absolutely required in life, it’s not worth teaching? Do we not teach poetry? Art? Music? Jumping rope? I understand that schools spend a lot of time “teaching to the tests” and feel they have no... Read more
Keep this man in your prayers! From Arkansas Catholic: Dr. Joseph Chan, 48, a second-year theology student from Fort Smith, has a message for all who have been praying for his recovery following his March car wreck. “Thank you all for your support and prayers,” he said. “It is the people of God who inspire me to where I am now in my recovery. Thank you.” Communicating via e-mail with Arkansas Catholic, Chan also said that he hopes to return to... Read more
Details from Vatican Insider: The cardinal archbishop of Sydney, George Pell, in Rome for various meetings in the Vatican, granted me this interview on June 24, in which he shared his impressions on Pope Francis’s first 100 days in office and discussed the reform of the Roman Curia. “We’ve got a different type of Pope” who is “doing very well”, he said. But he also expressed some concern for the pope’s health because of “the cracking pace” at which he has... Read more
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