I have been remiss in not mentioning the group blog Catholic Kerry Watch put together with members of St. Blogs in addition to myself.
Pete Vere posts about Canadian bill C-250 and the C definitely does not stand for Christian. Private Member’s Bill C-250 will potentially outlaw the Bible and the Catechism of the Catholic Church in Canada as hate literature. This seem so ridiculous and the stuff of urban legends, yet unfortunately this is not the case.
the Society for a Moratorium on the Music of Marty Haugen and David Haas.
[Via Fr. Sibley]
After all Lent is over and these forced penances should stop.
SAM aims his intellect and wit at the story about a Bible verse on a fire truck. His rendition is devastatingly funny.
SecretAgentMan writes a masterful post on an article about the Bishop’s plan to make new hymn rules. I believe that he is dead on about what will really happen. This post is something other than a fisk since it blends the commentary as if it was actually part of the sentences. Possibly this is a new blogger art form.
Yesterday at Mass while my mind was wandering during a dreadful GIA hymn I thought about a real cruel punishment for a Catholic homeschool child. Just tell them they can go out and play afer they find the word “Repent” in the lyrics from a GIA or OCP hymnal. That will fix em.
E.L. Core offers this post on John Kerry: The Man in the Mirror. More dishonest blather on his voting record. I was happy to see the President using John Kerry’s statement “I actually did vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it,” in a political ad. I am also sure that Mr. Kerry will provide much more dialog for Bush’s political commercials in the months to come.
Plans to open a homeless shelter at St. Barnabas Church on Chicago’s Southwest Side stalled Thursday, as some parishioners said they feared sex offenders would not be properly screened out.
The City Council’s Zoning Committee deferred voting on whether a new site operated by Public Action to Deliver Shelter should be allowed at the Catholic parish in the Beverly neighborhood.
Carmen Caruso, whose two sons attend St. Barnabas grade school, said many in the community are concerned.
“We are opposed overwhelmingly and unwaveringly,” said Caruso, a St. Barnabas parishioner since 1985 and a Chicago lawyer.
“They have got to find a better place if they want to perform this charity.”
Caruso said more than 100 people have signed a petition against the shelter.
The plans did not pass muster because they called for a shelter in the church’s cafeteria, said Ald. Virginia Rugai (19th).
“It would violate our Department of Public Health code [against] people sleeping in an area where food is prepared, food or stored,” said Rugai, whose constituency includes the church at 10134 S. Longwood Drive.
Rev. Raymond Tillock, pastor of the church, declined to comment, according to the church secretary.
It is unclear whether the parish would submit a revised plan, said Thomas Moore, zoning lawyer for the Archdiocese of Chicago.
“In many churches, it’s considered part of their ministry to feed the poor and house the homeless,” Moore said.
“When it’s below freezing, to have people out of the cold in a church basement generally doesn’t hurt anybody.”
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