Author: DeaconTim
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Priestly Vocations
Over at Fr. Z’s blog, What does the Prayer Really Say?, someone commented that the permanent diaconate should be gotten rid of, at least partially because it has caused or contributed to a decline in the number of priestly vocations. Well, I obviously couldn’t let that pass, now could I? Go here to read my…
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Fric Could Use a Little Help
This is Fric and I come to you, hat in hand, today to ask if you might be able to make a small donation to me and my family. I lost my job 4 months ago and we have just about run the course of keeping our heads above water. In a couple of months,…
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Galarraga was Screwed
Armando Galarraga of the Detroit Tigers took a PERFECT GAME into the 9th inning of tonight’s game against the Indians. Got the first out on a spectactular catch by CF Austin Jackson. Second out was routine. 26 up and 26 down. No hits, no walks. 27th batter hits what appears to be a routine grounder…
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Lost Commentary and How It Should Have Ended
First off, the way it should have ended as seen at The Daily What. Of course the ending of Lost has the blogosphere all a blogging and the twitterverse all atwitter. What did it mean? Which timeline was real? Was any of it real? What answers did we get and what didn’t we get? Personally, I…
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Immanentize the Eschaton Watch – Jonah Goldberg
Immanentize the Eschaton Watch – Jonah Goldberg – The Corner on National Review Online. Brother HeathenBoy emailed this to Fric and Deke earlier this morning and it was too priceless not to post here. Click, read and enjoy.
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In defense of his own theology | Philadelphia Inquirer | 07/05/2009
Was browsing Google News and found this little tidbit. Apparently Archbishop Weakland, formerly of Milwaukee, has written a memoir defending his ministry work which was focused on the democratization of the Church. So telling is this quote from the article… Weakland’s affinity for monasticism’s collaborative style, which resisted autocratic rule, conditioned him to embrace the…
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Angelus A Reminder of Mary’s “Yes”
Via ZENIT – Angelus Seen as Reminder of Mary’s “Yes”. Pope Benedict XVI … noted that today’s Gospel is Luke’s account of the Annunciation, “the mystery to which we return every day in reciting the Angelus.” “This prayer allows us to relive the decisive moment when God knocked at Mary’s heart and, having received her…
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Diaconate Journey
I’m actually a couple of weeks behind on this one. We’ve started formation for the Dicaonate finally. Started on July 19th with orientation. Our class has 18 men and 17 wives, and there doesn’t seem to be a person there we didn’t like. Pretty interesting mix of people, plus a lot of similarities too. Several have…
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Accepted!
It is now O-F-F-I-C-I-A-L. We are accepted into the Deacon Aspirancy Class of 2012. We met with Archbishop Kurtz yesterday afternoon for a little less than 45 minutes total. He is an extremely gracious and engaging man. We truly enjoyed our talk with him. For some reason he didn’t have our packet with all the…
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Meeting with the Archbishop on Friday
Finally another Diaconate update. We had the psych test done way back in February. Mrs. Fric finished it in 3 hours. Took me another hour on top of that. Some of it was really odd. Some of it was relatively obvious. Weird parts were the questions like “Would you like to be a florist?” and “If…