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  1. NDIrish

    Anyone here use the Angelicum Academy homeschool curriculum?

    Hi all, We'll be homeschooling our children next year, and I'm interested in using their curriculum... Homeschooling - Angelicum Academy Does anyone here have any experience with it? Thanks! Tim
  2. NDIrish

    The Lord of the World, and election day...

    For those of you not familiar with it, The Lord of the World is a book writeen by Robert Hugh Benson in 1907, in which he outlined a Catholic worldview of the end of the world. Read this review by Fr. George Rutler...it should give us all reason to pause and think...
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    Looking for a good church in Northern NJ

    Hey there OBOB! :wave: I'll be in NJ in a few weeks, and am looking for a good Church to take my family to. I don't want a happy-clappy Mass. No "contemporary" worship...Preferrably one that offers Mass in Latin (either ordinary or extraordinary form)... I'll be in Toms River in the...
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    Should this really surprise any of us?

    I've been out from work sick today, so I've had way too much time to think about this site and the current events. Should the fact that this site and its owner are embracing religious relativism really surprise us? The more that I think about it, the more I realize that this is probably the...
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    Happy feast day of St Josemaria!!!

    Prayer for Saint Josemaría's intercession. O God, through the mediation of Mary our Mother, you granted your priest St. Josemaría countless graces, choosing him as a most faithful instrument to found Opus Dei, a way of sanctification in daily work and in the fulfillment of the Christian's...
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    Great quote from Padre Pio

    "An unclean soul is synonymous with a heart full of frivolity. Humility and purity of conduct are the wings which raise us up to God and in a manner deify us. Remember this: The sinner who is ashamed to do evil is closer to God than the upright man who is ashamed to do good."
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    Everyone needs to read this (Father Ragheed Ganni)...

    This priest gives us such a good example of what living "Alter Christus, Ipse Christus" is all about. Thanks be to God for our priests! http://www.zenit.org/article-19874?l=english "Having Taught a Martyr Is Something Else Entirely" Professor Shares E-Mails From Father Ragheed...
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    Jesus of Nazareth

    Who else is reading this book???? I've just started the chapter on the Sermon on the Mount, and it's incredibly good! I'm going to have to read this book 2 or 3 times before all is said and done...good stuff.
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    Holy Father’s Wednesday Audience: Cyprian

    From Fr. Z http://www.wdtprs.com/blog/ Holy Father’s Wednesday Audience: Cyprian CATEGORY: SESSIUNCULUM — Fr. John Zuhlsdorf @ 10:01 am UPDATED The Wednesday Audience used to be fairly dull, especially have having been to a few. This Pope, however, is getting more an more...
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    Catholic Bible Bootcamp

    I just found a whole Bible study podcast online...I haven't listened to any of them yet (still downloading), but the course looks pretty good (and free)! http://www.catholicbiblebootcamp.com/ :thumbsup:
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    Working document outlines plan for Synod on Scripture

    http://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=50790 Working document outlines plan for Synod on Scripture Vatican, Apr. 27, 2007 (CWNews.com) - At an April 27 press conference in Rome, Archbishop Nikola Eterovic, the secretary general of the Synod of Bishops, presented the lineamenta...
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    Wine

    I like wine...in fact, I think it may border on love. I limit myself to one bottle of wine per week. I'm planning to stop at the wine store on the way home tonight and get a Chardonnay as well as a nice Cabernet. Any suggestions? Also, I'm incredibly irritated that State law doesn't...
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    Vatican spokesman says fathers of the Church, centrality of the liturgy essential...

    http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=9129 Vatican spokesman says fathers of the Church, centrality of the liturgy essential elements of Benedict XVI’s pontificate Vatican City, Apr 17, 2007 / 10:58 am (CNA).- On the occasion of Pope Benedict XVI’s 80th birthday, the director of...
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    Commentary: After a quiet and cautious start, major reforms are on their way

    Interesting commentary... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/04/14/wpope114.xml Commentary: After a quiet and cautious start, major reforms are on their way By Damian Thompson Last Updated: 11:55pm BST 14/04/2007 Commentary Many popes have celebrated their...
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    Benedict XVI tv

    Interesting website I found with all sorts of videos of our Holy Father. http://www.benedictxvi.tv/index.html :thumbsup:
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    Interesting blog post re: new ICEL translation

    :thumbsup: http://fumare.blogspot.com/2007/04/next-great-threshold-of-liturgical.html Last night I had the good fortune to be invited to a lecture given by members of the ICEL committee working on the new missal – Archbishop Coleridge of Canberra (Benedict’s first Australian appointment)...
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    Motu Proprio on Monday, April 16th?

    For what it's worth...another rumor from the media... http://www.wdtprs.com/blog/
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    Pope Benedict: God Calls People to Sancity in Their Daily Work

    http://www.ewtn.com/vnews/getstory.asp?number=77414 2-April-2007 -- Vatican Information Service God Calls People to Sancity in Their Daily Work VATICAN CITY, MAR 31, 2007 (VIS) - In the Paul VI Hall at midday today, the Holy Father received 7,000 leaders and members of...
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    Attention: Catholic dads

    There's a blog for us now! :thumbsup: Check it out! http://catholic-dads.blogspot.com/ Welcome to Catholic Dads! This is a site to help build community among Catholic Dads. Catholic moms rock when it comes to building community. Us men...not so good. That is what Catholic Dads is...
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    Question for parents: how to stop a nose pickinng child?

    This is driving me insane!!!! Every time I turn around, my oldest son (6) has his finger knuckle deep in his nose. I flick him every time he does it, but that's not working. HOW DO I STOP THIS MADDENING BEHAVIOR?!?!?! :scratch: