Daily Archives: 9 September 2011

Cast Nearly Complete

My musical director and I had a good, long week auditioning people for Tobit: The Path of Virtue. We have nearly a complete cast, and a few days to pick up a Tobiah, and a few people forĀ supporting roles. I … Continue reading

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Those Brits Worry The Right

The sex-obsessed Right (here and here, for example) is all atwitter about one British politician who wants to take civil marriage out of the purview of religion because some churches oppose same-sex civil partnerships. More George Weigel/Archbishop Dolan stuff. It … Continue reading

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Sunsets and Other Difficult Transitions

One of the biggest challenges to a parish leader is the discernment on when to bring a ministry or service to an end. In our parish we offered Antioch retreats twice a year. Until this year. The Fall retreat was … Continue reading

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Liturgiam Authenticam 68-69

More on the praenotandae, mainly publication instructions from the curia: 68. At the beginning of the vernacular editions are to be placed the decrees by which the editiones typicae have been promulgated by the competent Dicastery of the Apostolic See, … Continue reading

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