Dan Egan is online at bibletidbits.blogspot.com.
Mike Aquilina is online at fathersofthechurch.com.
Rita Heikenfeld is online at abouteating.com.
For information on upcoming Retrouvaille weekends, visit retrouvaille.org.
Steven Greydanus is online at decentfilms.com
Thomas Smith is online at gen215.com.
Fr Rob Jack is online at revrobjack.com.
Fr Kyle Schnippel is online at fatherschnippel.blogspot.com.
Michael Walsh is online at yomichael.com.
Marcel LeJeune is online at thecatholicevangelist.com.
Kevin Wright and the World Religious Travel Association are online at wrtareligioustravel.com.
Cheryl Dickow is online at atgseries.com and woman.catholicexchange.com.
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Thursday, September 3, 2009
Bishop Does Job, News at 11
Is it a good thing or a bad thing that a bishop who stands up for Church teaching makes the evening news?
Bishop D'Arcy rebukes the President of Notre Dame -- news. Bishop Martino forbids then-candidate Joe Biden from receiving communion -- news.
Now Cincinnati Archbishop Daniel Pilarczyk tells a Sister of Charity whose picture and name appeared until this week on the web site of the Women's Ordination Conference that she can't teach catechists in the Archdiocese and again -- news.
Objectively, it shouldn't make page 6, much less page one. A Sister whose classes for parishes in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati draw a few dozen people isn't exactly a major celebrity, and Sister Louise Akers is not a household name.
But it's news because, as a country, we don't like authority figures telling people what to do, especially if it's a man telling a woman what to do, and especially if it's a member of the Catholic hierarchy telling anyone what to do.
Who does the Archbishop think he is to tell a nice, hard-working, poor-people-loving Sister of Charity that she has to stop saying women should be ordained priests? Just because he's a bishop, he thinks he can tell people what to think!
Well, no. Nobody -- priest, bishop, post, or even religious sister -- can tell Catholics what to think. But teaching is another matter. There's actually a word for teaching something that is contrary to the official teachings of the church as sound Catholic theology, though we don't use it much anymore. The "H word."
No one has accused Sr. Louise of the H word. The Archbishop simply told her that, if she would not say that the Church was right and she was wrong, she couldn't teach classes in the Archdiocese. Again, not exactly front page stuff. But the front page is where it ended up, because it seems that the good sister is staunchly committed to her position on women's ordination, unless it results in any sort of negative consequences for her personally. Then it's just not fair.
Call me picky, but it seems to me that compared to the martyrs of old, Sr. Louise has nothing to complain about. And when "Bishop Does Job" makes the front page, well, it must be a slow news day.
Bishop D'Arcy rebukes the President of Notre Dame -- news. Bishop Martino forbids then-candidate Joe Biden from receiving communion -- news.
Now Cincinnati Archbishop Daniel Pilarczyk tells a Sister of Charity whose picture and name appeared until this week on the web site of the Women's Ordination Conference that she can't teach catechists in the Archdiocese and again -- news.
Objectively, it shouldn't make page 6, much less page one. A Sister whose classes for parishes in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati draw a few dozen people isn't exactly a major celebrity, and Sister Louise Akers is not a household name.
But it's news because, as a country, we don't like authority figures telling people what to do, especially if it's a man telling a woman what to do, and especially if it's a member of the Catholic hierarchy telling anyone what to do.
Who does the Archbishop think he is to tell a nice, hard-working, poor-people-loving Sister of Charity that she has to stop saying women should be ordained priests? Just because he's a bishop, he thinks he can tell people what to think!
Well, no. Nobody -- priest, bishop, post, or even religious sister -- can tell Catholics what to think. But teaching is another matter. There's actually a word for teaching something that is contrary to the official teachings of the church as sound Catholic theology, though we don't use it much anymore. The "H word."
No one has accused Sr. Louise of the H word. The Archbishop simply told her that, if she would not say that the Church was right and she was wrong, she couldn't teach classes in the Archdiocese. Again, not exactly front page stuff. But the front page is where it ended up, because it seems that the good sister is staunchly committed to her position on women's ordination, unless it results in any sort of negative consequences for her personally. Then it's just not fair.
Call me picky, but it seems to me that compared to the martyrs of old, Sr. Louise has nothing to complain about. And when "Bishop Does Job" makes the front page, well, it must be a slow news day.
Today's news.
Cincinnati Archbishop Daniel Pilzarczyk bans a sister from teaching because of her advocacy of women's ordination... here's Fr. Z's take.
D.C. Archbishop Donald Wuerl voices his support for traditional marriage.
Pope Benedict recalls the beginning of World War II in his weekly general audience.
D.C. Archbishop Donald Wuerl voices his support for traditional marriage.
Pope Benedict recalls the beginning of World War II in his weekly general audience.
Rita Heikenfeld's World's Best Barbequed Baked Beans
Is there a picnic that doesn't include baked beans? Don't think so. But baked beans don't have to be boring. Elevate them to new heights with this recipe which is one of my most requested picnic side dishes.
2 cans pork and beans, 16 oz ea.
1 can regular beans, your choice, drained
1 cup favorite barbeque sauce or more to taste
1/2 cup packed dark brown sugar
1 medium onion, chopped
1 Granny Smith apple, chopped but not peeled
4 strips bacon, sauteed and cut up
Mix everything together, including a bit of bacon grease (or leave out if you prefer). Pour into two quart sprayed casserole. Bake in 350 degree oven about 40-60 minutes, until bubbly and no longer real runny.
Delicious hot, room temperature or cold. Serves 6-8.
Find more at abouteating.com.
Guests for Thurrsday, 9/3/2009
Anthony Buono is online at avemariasingles.com.
Fr Philip DeVous is online at acton.org.
Send your questions for Catholic counselor Kevin Prendergast to sonrise@sacredheartradio.com.
Marybeth Hicks is online at marybethhicks.com.
Rita Heikenfeld is online at abouteating.com, and writes for the Community Press.
Information about the next Retrouvaille weekend in the area is online at retrouvaille.org.
Dan Egan is online at bibletidbits.blogspot.com.
Archbishop Joseph Naumann's document that he co-authored with Bishop Robert Finn on Health Care Reform is available here.
Eric Bootsma's article about Novelty and Beauty is available here.
Rebecca Taylor discusses three-parent embryos at marymeetsdolly.com.
Fr Philip DeVous is online at acton.org.
Send your questions for Catholic counselor Kevin Prendergast to sonrise@sacredheartradio.com.
Marybeth Hicks is online at marybethhicks.com.
Rita Heikenfeld is online at abouteating.com, and writes for the Community Press.
Information about the next Retrouvaille weekend in the area is online at retrouvaille.org.
Dan Egan is online at bibletidbits.blogspot.com.
Archbishop Joseph Naumann's document that he co-authored with Bishop Robert Finn on Health Care Reform is available here.
Eric Bootsma's article about Novelty and Beauty is available here.
Rebecca Taylor discusses three-parent embryos at marymeetsdolly.com.
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Finn and Naumann on Health Care
Archbishop Naumann and Bishop Finn have an excellent document on Health Care Reform from a Catholic perspective. Read it here.
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