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This Blog Has Ended

2008-01-30T23:19:00.003-06:00

This blog has ended. Go in peace.

Salve Regina Store--Saint Joseph, MO (Updated with Photos)

2008-01-27T07:26:00.000-06:00

If you are in Saint Joseph, MO, soon, then check out this store on the south side of downtown, especially if you are looking for a 1962 missal or a copy of a Douay Rheims Bible, or any other traditional item. Below are a few photographs of the strore's interior. Drop by sometime and say hello to Jeff, the proprietor.

Father Z in KC

2008-01-26T11:15:00.000-06:00

The well-known and well-regarded Father John Zuhlsdorf ("Fr. Z") is visiting Kansas City. He offered to meet with anyone that showed up to LatteLand in the Briarcliff area this Saturday morning. A good number of folks showed up to converse with Fr. Z, whose popular blog What Does the Prayer Really Say discusses all things Catholic, especially liturgical matters, and more especially liturgical

More on the New Bishop for Springfield--Cape G.

2008-01-26T07:19:00.000-06:00

The newspaper down Springfield way had an article about the new bishop in southern Missouri. You can read it here. It is a good article about an apparently great priest. The article does, however, have a terribly constructed sentence. To wit: Both Knoxville and southern Missouri share some issues that have troubled the Catholic Church, including clergy abuse and calls for a return to the

Priest Named Bishop of Southern Missouri Diocese Was Named as Hero by the Federal Government in 2005

2008-01-24T21:16:00.000-06:00

On January 24, 2008, the Vatican named Fr. James Vann Johnston, Jr., of Knoxville, TN (far right in photo above) as the new bishop of the Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau in southern Missouri. His consecration as a bishop is to take place on March 31, 2008. By all accounts, this 48 year-old priest seems the answer to many prayers that have been sent up along Interstate 44. Within his

Prayer for Priests

2008-01-23T18:32:00.000-06:00

Almighty God, look upon the face of Him who is the eternal High Priest, and have compassion on Your priests in today's world. Remember that they are but weak and frail human beings. Stir up in them the grace of their vocation. Keep them close to You lest the enemy prevail against them, so that they may never do anything in the slightest degree unworthy of their sublime vocation. O Jesus, I

Any Guesses Which Church This Belfry Belongs To?

2008-01-23T18:31:00.001-06:00

Out with the New--In with the Old

2008-01-22T21:50:00.001-06:00

The Washington Post reports about a large new church in Gainesville, VA, that is nearing completion. An excerpt: Parishioners in western Prince William County will celebrate the opening next month of Holy Trinity Catholic Church, an $18 million, 80,000-square-foot spiritual home and community center for thousands of people in the Gainesville area. With large stained-glass windows and an

Re: Scapulars

2008-01-21T21:02:00.000-06:00

Whenever I hold my one-year old daughter (which is often), she likes to reach her little fingers under my collar and find my scapular. Then she pulls a strand of it out somehow and keeps pulling. To what end? None. But she is stronger than she looks and I think I will be going through more scapulars than usual until she gets bored with this game. She gives no sign that she will move on from

Make a Guess

2008-01-19T16:32:00.001-06:00

To which parish in the diocese of Kansas City-Saint Joseph do this tabernacle and window belong? Tell KCC readers in the combox.

Two Items from The New York Times

2008-01-19T11:06:00.000-06:00

Two Catholic-related items in today's New York Times caught my eye. The first was an article about the election of the new leader of the Society of Jesus, the Jesuits. The article contained this morsel: The 468-year history of the Jesuit order has often included stormy relations with the Vatican. Benedict's predecessor, Pope John Paul, believed the order had become too independent, leftist

So There I Was . . .

2008-01-16T21:25:00.000-06:00

So there I was standing in Terminal A of Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C. If you fly to D.C. at all, you already know that this terminal is the poor relation of Terminals B and C. Terminal A is the poster child of dated 1970's architecture that resembles, somehow simultaneously, a disco and a prison (not that I am that familiar with either). Like discos and prisons, Terminal A is

A Quick and Worthy Prayer

2008-01-14T22:04:00.000-06:00

Prayer to Prevent One Mortal Sin O Mary, Immaculate Mother of Jesus, we beseech thee, offer to the Eternal Father the Precious Blood of Thy Divine Son, to prevent at least one mortal sin from being committed somewhere in the world today. Amen.

MLK Jr. Day Festivities at Visitation Parish (KCMO)

2008-01-14T21:33:00.000-06:00

As noted on KCC before, Visitation parish has been hailed as a great acoustic space in The Kansas City Star. Now, we learn from the Star that a Martin Luther King, Jr., rememberence was held there on Sunday. The photograph above, taken from the Star story, shows that some find the parish a fine dance hall as well as a great acoustic space. Who knew?

TLM News from Near and Far

2008-01-12T22:23:00.000-06:00

News came this week that the traditional Latin Mass will soon be regularly celebrated in two cities in the southern part of Missouri: Stockton and Springfield. More can be learned at a new blog, Missouri Latin Mass Community, set up to promote the TLM in the Diocese of Springfield and Cape Girardeau. This development has been in the works for decades. KCC will have more news about this soon.

Our Lady of Clear Creek Monastery

2008-01-12T08:47:00.000-06:00

Our Lady of Clear Creek Monastery (Benedictine, traditional Latin Mass) is featured in an article in The Tulsa World today. The focus of the article is how they are constructing a monastery and community that will survive a 1,000 years. That's looking ahead. An excerpt: HULBERT -- A vision born 35 years ago on the campus of the University of Kansas and nurtured in a monastery in France

Consecration Bells versus Tambourines

2008-01-12T08:34:00.000-06:00

I have no crystal ball, of course. But my observations of the present and a fleeting glance to the recent past tell me that the following (taken from The Cleveland Plain Dealer) is not true. The usual reasons apply.There are a lot of differences between the late Sunday afternoon Mass at St. Ambrose Catholic Church and the regular morning Masses throughout the Cleveland Catholic

Holy Is Thy Name

2008-01-12T08:26:00.000-06:00

From the Litany of the Holy Name, the devotion to which January is dedicated. Jesus, splendor of the Father, Jesus, brightness of eternal light. Jesus, King of glory. Jesus, sun of justice. Jesus, Son of the Virgin Mary. Jesus, most amiable. Jesus, most admirable. Jesus, the mighty God. Jesus, Father of the world to come. Jesus, angel of great counsel. Jesus, most powerful. Jesus, most

Catholics Rethink Quinceañera Craze

2008-01-12T08:15:00.000-06:00

The Washington Post has a story devoted to a rite of passage common among Hispanic young women. An excerpt: DENVER -- On the day she is to become a woman, Monica Reyes sits in front of the church for Mass. Her white dress -- sewn in her mother's Mexican home town -- spills over her chair like an oversized lampshade. The priest urges her to live as a daughter of God. Her parents give her a

You Have to Admit, Satan Is a Clever Son of a . . .

2008-01-10T21:35:00.000-06:00

Who knew Satan was one to have fun with puns. See this news story from The Denver Post: LAS VEGAS—You could sum up the state of TV at the International Consumer Electronics Show this way: New delivery methods will let people watch pretty much anything, anytime, on gorgeous flat-panel displays. At the adjoining Adult Entertainment Expo, which opened here Wednesday, the message is: We KNOW one

Over in Saint Louis

2008-01-08T22:17:00.000-06:00

The Timman at Saint Louis Catholic has the news about how 2008 is going to start out pretty darn interesting on that end of I-70.

Prayer of Saint Gertrude the Great to Our Lady

2008-01-08T22:00:00.000-06:00

Most chaste Virgin Mary, by the spotless purity with which you prepared for the Son of God a dwelling of delight in your virginal womb, I beg of you to intercede for me that I may be cleansed from every stain. Most humble Virgin Mary, by that most profound humility by which you deserved to be raised high above all the choirs of angels and saints, I beg of you to intercede for me that all my

Shows What I Know . . .

2008-01-08T20:31:00.000-06:00

If you asked me if the country of Kazakhstan had a Catholic bishop assigned to it, I would probably respond, "No." I would be wrong. For not only does the country have a bishop, it even has an auxiliary bishop. Shows what I know. If you asked me to guess the last name of the auxiliary bishop of Kazakhstan, I would look up at the ceiling for a few seconds and then shrug my shoulders and say

January--Month of the Holy Name of Jesus

2008-01-07T08:50:00.001-06:00

Holy Mother Church dedicates each month to a particular devotion. January is dedicated to the Most Holy Name of Jesus. Go here for a Litany of the Holy Name. What a great offering to make during this month.

The Hermeneutic of Closed Parishes

2008-01-07T08:28:00.002-06:00

An article in a Quebec (that's in Canada, ya knooooow) newspaper talks about the closing of parishes there. Let's take a look. An excerpt: In nearly six decades playing the organ at her Quebec parish, Colette McCarthy witnessed historic changes in the Roman Catholic liturgy, as celebrations switched from Latin to French and mixed choirs were introduced But the most