In Memorandum

The Catcher in the Rye is a great read, but that’s not what I”m going to talk about.  That wheel was invented, and I’m sick of hearing about it.  I have different reasons for its greatness. My uncle always bought me bookstore gift cards.  He knew I didn’t like to read.  I think that was his point.  I suck [...]

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Feast of the Assumption

Today’s feast is 1 of 8 non-Sunday Holy Days of Obligation.  Although, in the US Catholics don’t have to attend Mass if it falls on a Saturday.  For hundreds of years Catholics observed this feast.  It wasn’t until 1950 that Pope Pius XII proclaimed it official dogma (i.e. an essential belief of the Catholic faith).  It’s [...]

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FOCUS Expands to 45 Campuses

It’s hard to believe FOCUS is only 11 years old.  While in college I hated telling people I was in a FOCUS bible study because they assumed it was associated with Focus on the Family.  My favorite memory is visiting freshmen in the dorms with Father Paul.  It was funny walking down the hall hearing [...]

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Knots

Being well-versed in tying knots is a dying art. My favorite conversation ice-breaker is asking a person about their favorite knot.  If they know any, this is very successful since you can find out a great deal about their hobbies and background.  However, it also has a great potential to fail miserably should they not know [...]

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Ordo Missae

I’m all for revising the current missal.  Especially so that the vernacular (in my case English) translation more closely aligns with the original Latin. Although, I’m not enthused about changing from 3rd person plural to first person singular in the Nicene/Apostles’ Creed.  I understand the argument for it.  You can’t really make a confession of faith about anyone else so the [...]

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