I love the scary message from the State.
“In the guidance released Tuesday evening, the education agency said students, teachers or school districts participating in ‘inappropriate political activism’ could face the following consequences: […] Students being marked absent and districts losing state funding.” (source)
My brothers and sisters, big scary liberal Austin ISD done already marked kids as an unexcused absence if they walked out.
Yesterday, I went on a short tour of South Austin in the context of the Congregation of Holy Cross. I met Fr. John Korcsmar, CSC, the provincial of the CSC’s Southern Province at the Provincial House off of South Congress. First, he took me to this area near South 2nd and Live Oak. I could…
As I don’t have class on Friday, I’m using Thursday nights to catch up on e-mails and notes that I’ve flagged for follow-up but hadn’t had time during the week to catch up. During this Year of the Eucharist, the Apostolic Penitentiary published a degree marking certain indulgences for the special period of time. “A…
I only have time for a ten-minute post, so I will try to keep this brief. The season of Lent is upon us and, personally, it is one of my favorite times of year. In this season, the Church calls us more so than usual, to a life of conversion. The life of a Catholic…
Welcome to the season of Lent! As tradition dictates, this is the time when Catholics all over the world give up various things to help push an inner conversion as we prepare for the Easter mysteries. Since we have sinned and are saved as a community, I want to throw out some of the issues…
Girls sued for delivering cookies Two girls, 17 and 18, of Durango, CO, baked cookies in July, packaged them into little gift sets with cards wishing a good night. Around 10:30 p.m., they visited a neighbor’s house to deliver the cookies. According to the neighbor, she saw shadowy figures and they “banged” on the door.…
Steve Johnson, pastor of the Family of Faith Church of Nazarene, Waco, starts the House on the 2nd with this prayer: (718 words) God and Father of us all, we thank you for granting us another day. We praise you for your creative and sustaining energy, for the beauty of all that surrounds us each…
