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Anti-Catholicism IS the last acceptable prejudice in this country

jesusfreak84 — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:15:15 +0000

As the American Papist and Fr. Z. both take note of.

You would NOT see this kind of shot taken at the Jewish people or Muslims (and indeed, the latter category has a modern history internationally of rioting over any attempt.)

Cheap, media. Cheap. Not that I expect any better.

Cool moment from Mass today

jesusfreak84 — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 01:42:03 +0000

So the pastor of the parish I went to Mass at today (and go whenever I can get a ride,) was rushing around quite a bit before Mass started. I think he may have been on his way to a sick call, considering the things I saw in his hands. Anyway, at one point, he stops in front of the pews and says, “This is why we need more priests. Parents, pray for your children!” That made me smile so much. ^_^ Things like this are why I love that parish so much. The priest is one of the awesomest {sp?} priests I’ve ever had the pleasure of knowing.

Anyway, homework calls!

God bless! ^_^

A post! My kingdom (i.e. the dirt my boots have tracked into my dorm) for a post!

jesusfreak84 — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 07:23:31 +0000

Facing the reality of GRE costs and that March for Life won’t be happening for me this year. This will be the first time I haven’t gone on the March since I’ve been in college.

Why am I taking the GRE, ye ask? Applying here: http://ace.nd.edu for their Teacher Formation Program. I beg ye, readers, (if there be any,) pray that they’ll accept me. I really don’t see any reason why they SHOULD, but as long as they don’t know that… =-p It’s not that I think I’d be bad for the program, just that there will likely be a few hundred students applying more qualified in just about every sense of the term than myself. I think the only thing I have going for me are USCCB guidelines that require Catholic schools to have religion teachers with some kind of Theology background (be it a major, minor, whatever.) I would say I have my Theology major going for me, but while my college has a good theology program, there’s nothing besides my own testimony to convince Notre Dame of that.

Goodness knows I’m not exactly some great theologian; I just want to teach the foundations of the faith to young children. Baltimore Catechism and all that, the simpler stuff.

Been hunting for a Mass in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite here at home, and no luck there. Grrr… both here and where I go to school, all we have in the EF is the same Indult Masses we had pre-Summorum Pontificum. At school, I don’t have a car, and here I have nowhere to drive it. :p One listing of TLMs listed a parish in the town my mother grew up in, not so far from here, but when I went to that parish’s website, the only non-English Mass I could find any indication of existence of was Spanish.

Oh wow it’s late/early…methinks going to sleep now would be a good idea…

God bless!