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    Appointmentpalooza 2009 Part 2

    New vicars general announced as well as various things connected to the new Diocesan ministry training program. In order to serve the people of God, Bishop Aymond made the following…

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    Pope Benedict XVI’s Prayer Intentions for May

    His general intention is “That the laity and the Christian communities may be responsible promoters of priestly and religious vocations.” His missionary intention is “That the recently founded Catholic Churches,…

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    Swine Flu

    Apparently, it’s the new reason to panic. I haven’t been paying a great deal of attention to it, but I’m not (yet) sure why it is so much worse than…

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    Rocco is back at it

    Rocco of Whispers in the Loggia is back in high-gear publishing quite a bit of text in the last couple of days. Go check it out. Something I find particularly…

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    Review – The Noticer

    Arriving in stores tomorrow is The Noticer by Andy Andrews and published by Thomas Nelson. In the book, the author follows the life of a homeless youth who is found…

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    McD’s Responds

    In response to the issue mentioned on this blog earlier, McD’s responded: Hello Brandon: Thank you for taking the time to contact McDonald’s Customer Service Center to bring your recent…

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    Pope: Families are Schools of Obedience

    I would post the full-text, but the Vatican website only has Italian and Spanish.

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    Appointmentpalooza 2009

    Bishop Gregory M. Aymond announced an incredible list of appointments today for the Diocese of Austin. I can’t remember a list being quite so long. In bold are appointments of…

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    What’s Your Emergency? Noise?

    Austin’s ABC affiliate, KVUE, has a top story on their website about a woman claiming she called 911 and was placed on hold. At face value, this is possibly newsworthy.…

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    Back to the Stone Age

    Today, I ended my BlackBerry data plan. With a kid on the way, a two-income household becoming a single-income household, and trying to move toward a more balanced online/offline life,…