Just another writer
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Catholic nerd pilgrimage: Saint Edna
Since today was the feast day of St Edna, I trekked up to Arlington Heights for a vigil Mass at St Edna parish. The Mass was reasonably well attended for a vigil Mass and had music provided by a cantor, pianist and bass guitarist. A covered drum kit behind them gave evidence that this is…
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A visit with my younger self: 14 August 1988
My summer is coming to a close with thie entry in my journal: Fragment: Girl riding (driving?) car looks into the car next to her—there a young boy gives her some sort of lusty look. She turns away embarrassed. Idea for story: the lies people tell about themselves and what they reveal about their personalities,…
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Today’s Saint Picture: Blessed Catherine Jarrige
Among today’s saints are two venerable Dominican tertiaries, and I decided to go with Catherine Jarrige because she showed a bit of a sense of humor and mischeif in her life. In the years after the French revolution, she worked to protect clergy who were unwilling to swear an oath of allegiance to the new…
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Catholic nerd pilgrimage: Saint Thomas the Apostle
Today is the feast of Saint Thomas the Apostle, so I headed down to Hyde Park. Unfortunately, traffic was such that I ended up arriving fifteen minutes late which had me arrive in the middle of the consecration. Hyde Park is a notably integrated and liberal neighborhood in Chicago, anchored by the University of Chicago.…
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Today’s Saint Picture: Saint Bernardino Realino
I decided to go with Saint Bernardino Realino for today’s saint since (a) I’m partial to the Jesuits and (2) he turned from a career as a lawyer to caring for the poor which seems pretty cool.
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Today’s Saint Picture: Blessed Antonio Rosmini
Antonio Rosmini is a bit of an interesting figure—his writing was initially put on the index of prohibited books and yet he ultimately was not only removed from the index (although there was and is dispute over whether his removal meant that his writing was ok, or just not heretical enough to be on the…
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Today‘s saint picture: Saint Mary, mother of John Mark
Nearly every named woman in the new testament, it seems, was named Mary and today’s saint is one of the more obscure of these, Mary the mother of John Mark (generally associated with the Mark who wrote the Gospel of) who gets a single mention in Acts, subtle enough that most people wouldn’t remember her…
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Writerly resolutions: June status
I’ve always believed that good news never comes in self-addressed stamped envelopes. This month, I discovered this was not necessarily true as an SASE I picked up from my P.O. Box turned out to have not only an acceptance inside, but a check as well. I have a poem coming out later this year. Progress…
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Catholic nerd pilgrimage: Saint Paul
Today being the feast of Saints Peter and Paul, I had a variety of options for where to go, but I opted for Saint Paul’s church in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago. I just checked the website to make sure that I wasn’t mistaken, and there was nothing there to indicate what I discovered when…