When I was a kid, the rumor was that the school district superintendent would decide to have a snow day based on how fast his dog came back to the door when he was let out for his morning constitutional. I could see that being true in the early 90s. If it were true now, we’d have a livestream cam on that dog to see if he’d take a shit or run back inside.
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Pope Benedict XVI’s Intentions for April
For the month of April, the Holy Father asks our prayers for the following intentions: Fundamentalism and ExtremismGeneral: That every tendency to fundamentalism and extremism may be countered by constant respect, by tolerance and by dialogue among all believers. Persecuted ChristiansMissionary: That Christians persecuted for the sake of the Gospel may persevere, sustained by the…
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(Not So) Final Words on the Sex Abuse Scandal
When I was a student at UT, I had a meeting with then-Bishop Gregory Aymond of Austin in his office at the Chancery. I met with him there a few times for a few different things and I couldn’t tell you which of those applied in this case. I can’t remember much from the conversation…
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Goodbye Route 29
Image via Wikipedia I hardly knew you. To be filed in the “Things No One Cares About Else It Wouldn’t Be Happening” folder, Capital Metro is proposing that they cancel Route 29. Route 29 is, frankly, not the best of the routes, heading from basically Zilker to the UT campus. When I lived near South…
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In Defense of the Church
There has been more stories than anyone cares to read about the horrific cases of sexual abuse by priests of the Catholic Church and moreso recently with the Irish, German and Wisconsin cases breaking. No one can even attempt to defend the men who actually committed these acts. What they did was horrible, wrong, sinful…
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Designations Galore
I’m slowly becoming more settled into my new position with the Knights of Columbus. I do a number of things for my councils–assist with recruitment, integrate new members into council life (although, ideally, the council itself wouldn’t need me for this), assist members with financial planning and helping them with the various options to implement…
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Lent 2010
Image via Wikipedia It is precisely in this that God proves his love for us: that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Now that we have been justified by his blood, it is all the more certain that we shall be saved by him from God’s wrath. – Romans 5:8-9 Tonight’s Evening…