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I'm reminded of once being in a foreign country where I didn't speak the language. I knew there was a Catholic church SOMEWHERE in the city... however, beyond that, I was clueless. I found an Orthodox DL in Russian, which was interesting, but not required. IOW, my total inability to find a...

I went down to the St. Michael Archangel basilica in Loretto today after reading this last week. Anyone near the area, it's worth the aggravation of actually GETTING there (Fr. Gallitzin was not very cooperative with the modern Interstate and U.S. highway system ;) PennDOT doesn't help matters...

I'd mind. A lot. Of course, if you don't mind if those of allergic to animals have a miserable 75 minutes... sure, bring them on it. (For some reason, I want to say the Orthodox have to re-consecrate a church if a dog enters it, but don't quote me on that?)

It's worth pointing out, that the Vatican II document that re-established the permanent diaconate, applies to BOTH the Western and the Eastern Churches- of course, the implementation of such is largely left to each Bishop in his own church. That said, I do agree with you, in so much that if...

Aaah. Super 80's. I have quite the love-hate relationship with them things. Except that video was a test, not an actual crash ;) They did that to test the stresses on the tail.

Lloyd Aereo Boliviano- Mighty crappy excuse for an airline. Stories like yours are more the rule than the exception with them, heck, for most South American airlines other than Lan Chile and TAM. I'd connect through Santiago or Lima before I'd ever sit foot on a LAB plane.

Well, the Chaplet of Divine Mercy is prayed on the standard Rosary beads: http://www.divinemercysunday.com/chaplet.htm AFAIK, Anglicans never use it, so you might never have seen it.

How could I forget ND (I think my mind has some kind of block about them... Can't stand them at all)... Though they sure did look impressive against Alabama Thursday. I just get the feeling the Big East is overrated at the top- namely, Pittsburgh- and the bottom of the BE is just awful.

I'd guess Marquette- exiting in the Sweet 16- not that is going to matter much. This is the year of the Tar Heel :D

I'd never seen those Canons before, Michelina... interesting, that a Priest can only keep one such offering a day. I was in a parish in Asunción, Paraguay once, where the offering for Masses was 1,000 Gauranti. Or, about 20 U.S. cents. Asunción is a cheap place to be, but you'd still be...

10 quid? That's not that much money. Hardly enough to pay for anything these days, don't you think? Do not the Priests who say these masses deserve some money towards their lives? Didn't St. Paul tell us to support the Church? (10 quid a time isn't going to give us any rich priests...

I strike mine during the Confetitor, even in the Novus Ordo. Never seen it done during the Agnus Dei, in either liturgy.

Heh. In the frequent traveler world, the nicknames for Continental won't make it past this forum's censor :D

Unless you live in New York of the West coast, you likely wouldn't have. They're small, and tend to focus on trans-cons

Oo... a topic I can talk about with experience :D First in the world for me is Cathay Pacific. The service is impeccable, the food delicious, and those lounges in Hong Kong are the best I've been in. Singapore is Cathay's direct competitor, so everything is almost equivalent, but I always...

Heh. How has Paris' CDG (Charles de Gaulle) not been mentioned yet. That tops my list of AWFUL. Way too spread-out, way too disorganized. Dis-honorable mentions have to go to Mexico City (MEX), Lima, Peru (LIM), Montevideo, Uruguay (MVD) (Feels like a broom closet), Cairo, Egypt for the...

I can sing that one... the trick is not to have a look of revulsion on my face. ;)

Whoops... how could I forget, RoseofLima? ;) St. Rose of Lima, also meets the qualifications :D (She was a tertiary, not a nun...)

St. Catherine of Alexandra comes to mind, but maybe she's too young to fit in your criteria? (Martyred at, what? 19 or 20?)

Casey sold himself as something akin to Santorum without Bush. Except he couldn't hide his spots- he couldn't even keep them hidden until he actually got sworn in. I can't tell you how many voters in PA I talked to in the weeks before the election- thousands, in all likelihood. The number...