Are ‘Foreigners’ Wrong to Expect Liturgy and Catechesis in their own Language?

Last updated on: January 5, 2016 at 8:46 pm By Keith Michael Estrada

Are ‘Foreigners’ Wrong to Expect Liturgy and Catechesis in their own Language? European foreigners arrived to America in 1492. Where non-European religion and culture were found, the effort was made to Europeanize the people. In the earliest days it was most often a distinctly Spanish Christendom that was imposed, not necessarily a Christianity that could be proposed and shared. Considering the United Sates of America, the Church has welcomed migrants for quite some time. Nevertheless, I have heard various persons... Read more

Obama Administration Plans Surge of Raids and Deportations

Last updated on: January 5, 2016 at 8:46 pm By Keith Michael Estrada

The U.S. has new plans for an increase of raids to deport families who surged across the border recently, as reported by the Washington Post. The article reports that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been “preparing for a series of raids that would target for deportation hundreds of families who have flocked to the United States since the start of last year…” U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) would carry out the “effort to deport families who have fled... Read more

On This Day a Child is Born and Will Die

Last updated on: January 5, 2016 at 8:46 pm By Keith Michael Estrada

O love of Jesus, that triumphs over Him in all His mysteries, but particularly in His sublime Childhood and the consummation of His Cross, O love that in these two mysteries, transforms His omnipotence into helplessness, His plenitude into poverty, His sovereignty into dependence, His eternal wisdom into infancy, His joy and bliss into sufferings, and His life into death, conquer my selflove, my own will and my passions, and put me in a state of powerlessness, indigence, dependence, holy... Read more

Luciano Pavarotti: Adeste Fideles

Last updated on: January 5, 2016 at 8:46 pm By Keith Michael Estrada

Here’s one of my favorites for you on this Christmas Eve, performed before I was born. Luciano Pavarotti – Montreal – 1978 – Adeste Fideles. What are some of your favorites? Don’t forget to check out what Saint John Eudes has to say on the birth of Our Lord. Merry Christmas, Keith Michael Estrada If you have found the content on Keith Michael Estrada’s “Proper Nomenclature” to be useful, kindly consider supporting the cause with a donation. Use the button... Read more

Christmas Celebrations Banned and Obama Denounces Christian Persecution

Last updated on: January 5, 2016 at 8:47 pm By Keith Michael Estrada

Al Jazeera reported yesterday: Somalia has issued a ban on Christmas celebrations in the Muslim-majority country after the Southeast Asian sultanate of Brunei announced a similar prohibition earlier this month with the threat of five years in jail. Sheikh Mohamed Khayrow, director general of Somalia’s religious affairs ministry, said on Tuesday that Christmas and New Year celebrations threatened the country’s Muslim faith. “There should be no activity at all,” he told reporters, adding security forces had been ordered to break... Read more

Catholic Worker Inspirations: G. K. Chesterton on Capitalism (Part 1)

Last updated on: January 5, 2016 at 8:33 pm By Keith Michael Estrada

My dearest friends, The Catholic Worker Movement finds its strength and authority not the the Church as a mere institution or in the writings of theologians and philosophers for the sake of intellectual justification, but roots its power in its concrete love of God and love of neighbor. This love materializes in direct and humble openness to the poor, where service and community manifest God’s saving mercy. Here the Gospel can be found. We have started to examine the inspirations... Read more

Guess who lived in this mansion. Hint: #NotMyAbuela

Last updated on: January 5, 2016 at 8:47 pm By Keith Michael Estrada

Here’s a hint: #NotMyAbuela Hillary Clinton. Watch this fun video to learn how relatable Hillary Clinton is to today’s voter: The #NotMyAbuela trend continues. Our friend, Leticia Adams, talks about how Hillary isn’t like her Abuela. And remember last night’s short-list of why Hillary Clinton is #NotMyAbuela. Enjoy a hot cup of Abuelitas this Christmas season, but not if the packaging is slightly off, like this one: Until next time, Keith Michael Estrada If you have found the content on Keith... Read more

Just Released: Appalachian Pastoral Elevates Dignity through Memory

Last updated on: September 9, 2016 at 9:58 am By Keith Michael Estrada

For them, land is not a commodity but rather a gift from God and from their ancestors who rest there, a sacred space with which they need to interact if they are to maintain their identity and values. (Laudato si’, 146.) Read it today The Telling Takes Us Home: Taking Our Place in the Stories that Shape Us, a people’s pastoral, was released yesterday by the Catholic Committee of Appalachia (CCA). The Telling is a people’s pastoral; it is an attempt... Read more

Being Liberal: Should Justin Trudeau Apologize to Pope?

Last updated on: January 5, 2016 at 8:36 pm By Keith Michael Estrada

Canada’s Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, recently noted he would ask Pope Francis to apologize for the role played by the Catholic Church in the Canadian Residential Schools program. As our brother, Sam Rocha, recently wrote for Proper Nomenclature, Trudeau isn’t wrong to ask for an apology, but shouldn’t go about asking for an apology without considering the many times the Church has apologized for its role – active or passive – in the suffering experienced by many, including the indigenous... Read more