A Wonderful Father's Day Weekend Gift

Congratulations to the eight (8) men who were ordained on Saturday, June 19th for the Archdiocese of Washington DC.

I have had the opportunity talk with both Fr. Briese and Fr. Colliou, both ordained in 2009 and both with very interesting life stories. If the men of the 2010 class are anything like the 2009, we are blessed in this Archdiocese.

You can read about them here.

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Now on a side note, if you would like to go see a movie for the entire family, Toy Story 3 is great. There is a great deal of humor for the kids, as a couple of touching moments, especially for mothers.

She Chose Obama over the Bishops...

Sister Carol Keehan, CEO and President of the Catholic Health Association (CHA) openly acted in favor of President Obama’s health care reform and in opposition to persistent requests from the bishops, said Cardinal Francis George, President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), during their spring meeting in St. Petersburg, Florida.

During the bishops' executive session held Tuesday morning to address the fallout of CHA’s support for the health care legislation despite the bishop's opposition, Cardinal George recounted the events that took place prior to President Obama's signing of the health care reform. The prelate then concluded his remarks by criticizing CHA and Sr. Keehan, saying they have created the dangerous precedent of a parallel magisterium to the bishops.

To read more, go to the Catholic News Agency.

Now, for those of you who supported her visit to Gonzaga, hopefully this will change your mind. It is my hope that she will no longer be allowed to speak in this Archdiocese.

It is time for our Archbishop to use the rod, as Pope Benedict has said, because whatever carrots he is using, simply does not seem to work.

Come follow me...

Even in death, he inspired.

Monsignor Thomas Wells will not be in the crowd Saturday at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception when his nephew, Deacon David Wells, is ordained as a Catholic priest.

A decade ago, Thomas Wells was stabbed to death in the rectory of Mother Seton Catholic Church in Germantown, a crime for which Robert Paul Lucas is serving a 42-year sentence. Lucas, 35, formerly of Clarksburg, said he stabbed Wells because the priest made sexual advances toward him.

David Wells, 27, of Bowie, said his uncle was proud of his Catholic faith, as is the rest of the Wells family.

"The first time I thought about the priesthood was around the time my uncle died," he said Thursday in a phone interview. "In his death as much as his life, he influenced me."

For more, read the Gazette.

CNVS and Chris Matthews - Pro-Abortionist and Pro-Gay Marriage

It seems that the Catholic Network of Volunteer Services (CNVS) will have as their special guest speaker Chris "I get a thrill up my leg" Matthews at their reception to honor BB&T Bank with the Bishop Joseph A. Francis Award.

According to their website:

Catholic Network of Volunteer Service (CNVS), established in 1963, is a non-profit membership organization of 200 domestic and international volunteer and lay mission programs. Currently, more than 10,000 volunteers and lay missioners serve in these programs throughout the U.S. and in 108 other countries.

At their website they announce that Chris Matthews will be the keynote speaker, but you know, they never mention that he is both pro-abortion and pro-gay marriage. Amazing how they missed these things, which are easily found in a search about him. But maybe it does not matter to them. Why would a Catholic group have as a keynote speaker, someone who views the killing of unborn children morally acceptable. Maybe Catholic is just simply a placeholder -- a holdout from earlier days.

Now,don't get me wrong. The objectives of the organization are good, but must they honor someone who stands in opposition to some key Catholic values?

So, if you decide to write to them, and I urge you to do so, be respectful and ask that they pull back their offer. I doubt that they will (they are located in Takoma Park -- that explains a lot).

Catholic Network of Volunteer Service (CNVS)
6930 Carroll Avenue, Suite 820Takoma Park, MD 20912-4423
USA Toll Free: 1-800-543-5046Phone: 301-270-0900Fax: 301-270-0901
Email: cnvsinfo@cnvs.org


Special thanks to our colleagues over at Restore DC Catholicism on this one.

A New Blog Addition

I haven't done this for a while and believe that it is high time to do so -- the addition of a blog to my list: Dymphna's Road.

Go over and enjoy her thoughts and musings.

For all the "Pro-Life Catholics" who supported ObamaCare...

House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH), in a meeting with President Obama and Congressional leaders at the White House today (June 10, 2010), asked President Obama to provide the American people with a progress report on the implementation of his Executive Order which purports to ban taxpayer-funding of abortions. Leader Boehner noted that in her recent “progress report” to Congress on the implementation of ObamaCare, Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius did not make any mention of efforts by the administration to implement the president’s Executive Order (EO).

Read more, go here.

I guess that is right in line with the Most Merciful, Lord Barack Obama's other promises. WORTHLESS.