Record Turkey Prices – “Thanksgiving dinner will cost 20% more this year compared to last year.” Thanksgiving Necessary for National Renewal (The Association of Mature American Citizens)
Latin Mass Revival – An ancient form of Catholic worship is drawing in young traditionalists and conservatives. But it signals a divide with the church. Old Latin Mass Finds New American Audience, Despite Pope’s Disapproval (New York Times)
The Need for Music – “The pre-Vatican II Catholic understanding of music, the Mass and the congregation meant that once the Conciliar reforms hit, there was a gaping hole under the category ‘music.’” Gonna Sing (Charlotte Was Both)
Political Scrutiny – “Immediately after (Archbishop Timothy Broglio’s) election, the archbishop faced questions about his time working in Rome as priest secretary to former Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Angelo Sodano. Broglio and the politics of affiliation (Pillar Catholic)
Same-Sex Weddings – “The religious liberty ‘protections’ in this dangerous Senate bill are hollow and won’t protect Americans from the bill’s harms” No respect for religious freedom in the “Respect for Marriage Act” (World)
Our Dear Friend – “We have much to be grateful for in Dr. Schindler’s 30-year commitment to our institution: his prodigious and profound scholarly work, his teaching and mentorship of hundreds of students, his collegial friendship, and his visionary leadership.” David L. Schindler (1943-2022)
Abandoning Religious Vows – The Voice winner Suor Cristina now goes by Cristina Scuccia. Italy’s singing nun Suor Cristina casts off her veil (Wanted in Rome)
Anti-Child Practices – “We send apparently conflicting signals about the meaning and dignity of the child in our culture.” We Are Not Our Own: Childhood in a Technological Age (The Imaginative Conservative)
The Synodal Process – “Austen Ivereigh and the other ‘experts’ at the recent synodal summit in Frascati act as if John Paul II’s papacy added nothing constructive on the lay faithful, families, clergy and other topics related to Vatican II.” Peeking Inside the Synod on Synodality’s Boardroom (National Catholic Register)
The Bird Site – “If you’re a certain type of person, it might feel like Twitter is where everything’s happening on the internet. That is very much not the case.” Nobody Cares About Twitter (How to Geek)
Defying the Vatican – “German synod has called for changes in doctrine on homosexuality and women’s ordination” German Catholic Bishops Face Vatican Critics, Refuse to Stop Questioning Church Teachings (The Wall Street Journal)
Dion DiMucci – A 1950s heartthrob survived his own blues, and is still singing them. Dion: The Wanderer Has Never Left the Building (The Village Voice)
Stanford Expansion – Stanford University is working on plans to expand its physical presence in the Bay Area by acquiring the campus of the Notre Dame de Namur University in Belmont. Stanford looks to expand onto campus of nearby Catholic university (Los Angeles Times)
Blessing of Rings – “Looking back on her past two years at The Catholic High School of Baltimore, Yury Guardado Iglesias says the fact that she and her family are Pentecostal was never considered a problem.” Academically gifted Pentecostal student protests her expulsion from Catholic school (Baltimore Brew)
Hushed Reverence – “These converts have been drawn to Rome from mainline Protestantism, from Hinduism, from Judaism and agnosticism and full-bodied atheism. But why?” 85 Conversion Stories of People Who Became Catholic (National Catholic Register)
Youthful Protegees – “Jim May might not fit most people’s image of a man known for inspiring young people to embrace a Catholic religious vocation. . . . Yet through his Catholic faith and his ability to extend Christian friendship . . . he has opened the door to religious life to an impressive number of St. Olaf students.” Riding the ‘May Train’ from St. Olaf College to Catholic religious life (The Catholic Spirit)
Parental School Choice – “Time for lawmakers to give parents, students school choice so they get equality of opportunity.” Why Catholic school students outperformed government school students during lockdowns (Fox News)
Mission as Educators – “Pope Francis reminds Catholic educators that Christian education must be both “fully human and fully Christian” while warning against ideological colonization.” Pope warns Catholic educators against ideological colonization (Vatican News)
The Political Divide – “How we organize ourselves socially and politically is not a spiritual irrelevance for the Christian and the Gospel does indeed have deep political implications.” Catholics’ Primary Politics (National Catholic Register)
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