Entries from September 2009

26 September 2009

Is it true? (Updated; updated again)

There is news on campus that Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York is coming to Notre Dame in October and celebrating Mass at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart.  If true, this would be very exciting news indeed.
Update: Heeeee’s cooooooming…

Update (again): False alarm.  For someone unknown reason, he couldn’t make it.  But the music prepared [...]

21 September 2009

Nothing is new under the sun…

[I]f everyone follows and observes the tradition of the apostles, no heretic, and indeed no human being at all, will be able to lead you astray.  The reason why heresies have increased is that leaders have been unwilling to make their own the teachings of the apostles and have acted as they pleased and not [...]

17 September 2009

“Jesus is always much, much more than this…”

It’s always good to hear a good homily, and even better to share it with others, I think.
So here’s one.
Fr. Stephen Koeth, CSC, Assistant Director of Old College (the undergraduate seminary of the Congregation of Holy Cross), offered Mass at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart on the Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time (this past [...]

17 September 2009

Letter from Fr. John I. Jenkins, CSC

The following letter was sent to Notre Dame students via email on Wednesday, September 16, by Fr. John I. Jenkins, CSC, President of the University.

Dear Members of the Notre Dame Family,

Coming out of the vigorous discussions surrounding President Obama’s visit last Spring, I said we would look for ways to engage the Notre Dame [...]

13 September 2009

Reading Now

A required text for my theology course on the Mass of the Roman Rite, What Happens at Mass by Benedictine Father Jeremy Driscoll turned out to be more of an enjoyable spiritual reading than a technical reading assignment.  The book consists in a series of carefully crafted spiritual meditations on the parts of the liturgy, [...]

5 September 2009

New search engines

Maybe my theology professors won’t get too upset if I use these search engines for my papers this semester…

1 September 2009

Reading Now: A Book Review

Recently, on my last visit home during the summer holiday, I undertook as one of my vacation projects the renovation and refurnishing of the family study.  The project was long overdue: no room in the house, including this one, had been painted since it was built over twenty years ago; scraps of brightly colored construction [...]