Wednesday, November 30, 2005

Franco book

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A reader of my post last week seeking recommendations on a Franco book reports that he knows of no fair-to-sympathetic books on Franco, but ...
Monday, November 28, 2005

John Paul the Great

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I read the phrase again somewhere, for the first time in a several weeks. The more I read about St. Leo the Great, who, as a temporal ruler...
Sunday, November 27, 2005

St. John Fisher

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I just finished reading E.E. Reynolds' biography of St. John Cardinal Fisher, Bishop of Rochester. I've always loved St. John Fishe...
Saturday, November 26, 2005

Bishop Hogan High School

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When I was at the Convent of the Benedictines of Perpetual Adoration the other day, I took a couple of pictures of Bishop Hogan High School,...
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Friday, November 25, 2005

Benedictine Convent of Perpetual Adoration, Kansas City, Missouri

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Dedicated in 1948, the convent of the Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration was purchased by the Society of St. Pius X and now houses ...
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Thursday, November 24, 2005

Loretto Academy, Kansas City, Missouri

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Family obligations have prevented me from continuing my exploring or doing further research into closed Kansas City, Missouri Catholic churc...
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Reviewing the Baltimore Book of Prayers

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In reviewing the Baltimore Book of Prayers, following the rite for the Churching of Women. I came across the prayer of thanksgiving after ch...
Wednesday, November 23, 2005

Searches for Churches: I need your help, Kansas City!

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The remaining closed churches that I plan to visit sometime this weekend include the following: Benedictine Convent on 63rd Street (now own...
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Tuesday, November 22, 2005

Homosexuals in the Seminaries

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Even before I read the document, I knew it had to be a generally positive one. At a reported five pages or so, there couldn't be too mu...
Monday, November 21, 2005

Annunciation Church, Kansas City, Missouri

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The reader who tipped me off to St. Francis Seraph also suggested I drive by Annunciation Church at 31st and Benton. This church, dedicatd i...
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Franco

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Over at De Civitate Dei , Rick Lugari has posted a nice tribute to General Franco. I'm not much up on 20th Century Spanish politics, bu...
Sunday, November 20, 2005

Holy Trinity, Kansas City, Missouri

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In the Lykins Neighborhood east of downtown (at East 9th Terrace and Norton) sits The Rock of Kansas City: Reclaiming Christ's Kingdom ...
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Our Lady of the Curmudgeons, Kansas City, Missouri

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The Curmudgeon children and I built our own church yesterday. We weren't able to do it in Mel Gibson style, without a budget, with limit...
Saturday, November 19, 2005

St. Francis Seraph, Kansas City, Missouri

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Tucked into the North Bottoms area (off Front Street) in Kansas City, Missouri, in the midst of an industrial area, between two railyards, i...
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Thursday, November 17, 2005

The Conflict

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While Mrs. Curmudgeon was recuperating from the birth of the latest little Curmudgeon, we ordered and watched The Conflict, a 78-minute made...
Wednesday, November 16, 2005

And what ABOUT France?

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OK, time for me to be curmudgeonly. Folks have been going on and on about the violence in France--primarily the fact that nobody in the mai...

Old St. Patrick's, Kansas City, Missouri (updated Nov 16)

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I was saving this one for last, but due to recent events in my family, I haven't gotten out for further research, or further pictures. ...
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Tuesday, November 15, 2005

Bishop Sheridan and His Man

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The Colorado Springs Gazette reports that Peter Howard, a chancery spokesman of some sort for the Bishop of Colorado Springs, Michael Sheri...
Friday, November 11, 2005

Brief Hiatus

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Positive developments in the Curmudgeon household, but such that my attention will be diverted from the blog for about a week. See you then...
Tuesday, November 08, 2005

St. Vincent de Paul, Kansas City, Missouri

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From the two saddest cases I know of--Holy Name and Blessed Sacrament, to one with some hope: St. Vincent de Paul at Flora & Linwood (...
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