Author: Brandon Kraft

  • cardinal law and pastoral provision

    On that note, whatever happened to Cardinal Law? I am not all that sure- officially, he is retired with the title of Archbishop Emeritus of Boston. The Pastoral Provision website, last updated September 2001, still names Cardinal Law as Ecclesiastical Delegate- a position he has held since the position was created in 1981. The so-called…

  • graduate study results

    I just closed the Graduate Study survey and so here are the results…. 20% felt I should go on to a MA/PhD in History from UT 20% felt I should go on to a MA in Pastoral Studies 60% felt I should go other places with most of the people (all but one) saying I…

  • “Let There Be Light”

    I was reading my hometown newspaper, the Times Record News yesterday (Tuesday) and there was a front page article that caught my attention. The TRN leads with the story of a traffic signal being turned on. That’s right. The intersection connects an upper middle-class neighborhood, Tanglewood, with a major artierial, Seymour Highway [note: the map…

  • times record news publishes entry

    Just a quick note to mention that the Texas 11 entry written on July 30 about the Democrat’s exodus to New Mexico was published as a letter to the editor in the Wichita Falls Times Record News this morning. Also, if you’re one of the people that saw this site’s address in the TRN, welcome…

  • e-mail list

    I hope everyone is having a good Monday. This is my last week of classes and so I’m keeping things light while I’ll prepare a couple of reports and get ready for finals. I wanted to let you know about a little notification list I have ready. On the right side of the page, there…

  • New Archbishop of Boston

    Archbishop Sean Patrick O’Malley, OFM Cap. was installed as the sixth Archbishop of Boston on July 30 marking the start of a new era in the torn archdiocese. I think it’s fitting that a Franciscan brother now sits on the cathedra in the Cathedral- if we recall, St. Francis started the Franciscan movement after hearing…