Walt is out of town. Ed.
Sunday, July 21, 2019
Wednesday, July 17, 2019
Seen on the Net, too good not to share
No comment necessary, just an invitation to send this to your liberal friends.
Further reading: "Wokeness at Warp Speed", by Mark Steyn, who's still out there fighting for free speech and common sense!
Monday, July 15, 2019
VIDEO: First Canadian Rosary Bowl to be held in Ottawa, August 22nd
Here's a heads-up for our Canadian Catholic readers! Keep the afternoon of Thursday, August 22nd clear for the first Rosary Bowl ever to be held in Canada, at TD Place in Ottawa.
What's a Rosary Bowl? And why is this one being held then and there? Dennis and Angelina Girard, founders of the Marian Devotional Movement, told LifeSite News that in 2017, the centenary of the Apparitions of Our Lady of Fatime, they vowed to restore devotion to the Rosary, following in the footstepts of Father Luc Desilets.
On Ascension eve in 1867, Fr Desilets went into the stone chapel at Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, and found, to his horror, a pig beside the altar munching on a rosary. As M Girard relates the story, the young parish priest "picked up the mangled rosary, shooed the pig out of the chapel and said, 'Men have dropped the rosary and the swine have picked it up.'" Five years after making a vow to restore devotion to the Rosary in his parish, and re-establish enrollment in the Confraternity of the Holy Rosary, he had enrolled 3000 souls, and the parish that was dead, with a pig chewing a rosary, became too small for the number of parishioners.
The Rosary Bowl is the public recitation of the Rosary. As well, there will be brief remarks by Most Rev. Terrence Prendergast, Archbishop of Ottawa, and Bishop Pierre-Olivier Tremblay of Trois-Rivières QC.
The site is the stadium formerly known as Lansdowne Park, now called TD place, the home stadium for the Canadian Football League's Ottawa Redblacks. That wasn't the original plan! When the Girards were organizing a five-day pilgrimage from Ottawa to the Marian shrine at Cap-de-la-Madeleine, home of the miraculous statue of Our Lady of the Cape, who also bears the title of Our Lady of the Rosary, they planned only that pilgrims would visit the stadium which was the site of the massive five-day 1947 Marian Congress, when Canada's bishops consecrated the country to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
The Girards envisioned pilgrims strolling the grounds and comparing it to a photo of the historic Congress, which was attended by more than 1.5 million pilgrims, and numerous prelates, including Francis Cardinal Spellman of New York and József Cardinal Mindszenty of Hungary. But then the VP of communications for TD Place suggested the Girards actually use the stadium. "I can give you the field for free between 2 and 3, on the feast of the Queenship of Mary," he told them.
"Can you imagine?" said M Girard. "We’ve got this hour window on the feast of the Queenship of Mary, where we're coming to pray the rosary. We are returning to the exact holy ground where our country was consecrated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary in 1947 and we're bringing a Pilgrim Statue of Our Lady of the Cape. And, of course, it's just a few weeks before the federal election as well, so we know Our Lady has orchestrated this, because we sure didn’t plan it."
"In the Catechism of the Catholic Church 1432," M Girard told LifeSite News, "you find out that conversion is first the work of God, and He does it by pouring grace on hardened hearts, so we need more grace. That's the idea, getting everybody to enroll, so you can unleash this torrent of grace upon the policy makers. And in a devotional sense, you can't beat a whole flock of people, the whole church, praying the Rosary together."
Click here for more information on the Rosary Bowl and the pilgrimage to Cap-de-la-Madeleine. And yes, we have a short (59-second) video. Here it is.
We encourage our readers -- not just Canadians but Americans and anyone who can get there -- to attend the Rosary Bowl (it's FREE) and other pilgrimage events. You will surely receive many graces for doing so, and it's just possible that your prayers may help Canada, which desperately needs conversion to turn away from the secular humanism espoused by its nominally Catholic prime minister, and turn back to God and the Christian values on which the country was built.
What's a Rosary Bowl? And why is this one being held then and there? Dennis and Angelina Girard, founders of the Marian Devotional Movement, told LifeSite News that in 2017, the centenary of the Apparitions of Our Lady of Fatime, they vowed to restore devotion to the Rosary, following in the footstepts of Father Luc Desilets. On Ascension eve in 1867, Fr Desilets went into the stone chapel at Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, and found, to his horror, a pig beside the altar munching on a rosary. As M Girard relates the story, the young parish priest "picked up the mangled rosary, shooed the pig out of the chapel and said, 'Men have dropped the rosary and the swine have picked it up.'" Five years after making a vow to restore devotion to the Rosary in his parish, and re-establish enrollment in the Confraternity of the Holy Rosary, he had enrolled 3000 souls, and the parish that was dead, with a pig chewing a rosary, became too small for the number of parishioners.
The Rosary Bowl is the public recitation of the Rosary. As well, there will be brief remarks by Most Rev. Terrence Prendergast, Archbishop of Ottawa, and Bishop Pierre-Olivier Tremblay of Trois-Rivières QC.
The site is the stadium formerly known as Lansdowne Park, now called TD place, the home stadium for the Canadian Football League's Ottawa Redblacks. That wasn't the original plan! When the Girards were organizing a five-day pilgrimage from Ottawa to the Marian shrine at Cap-de-la-Madeleine, home of the miraculous statue of Our Lady of the Cape, who also bears the title of Our Lady of the Rosary, they planned only that pilgrims would visit the stadium which was the site of the massive five-day 1947 Marian Congress, when Canada's bishops consecrated the country to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
The Girards envisioned pilgrims strolling the grounds and comparing it to a photo of the historic Congress, which was attended by more than 1.5 million pilgrims, and numerous prelates, including Francis Cardinal Spellman of New York and József Cardinal Mindszenty of Hungary. But then the VP of communications for TD Place suggested the Girards actually use the stadium. "I can give you the field for free between 2 and 3, on the feast of the Queenship of Mary," he told them.
"Can you imagine?" said M Girard. "We’ve got this hour window on the feast of the Queenship of Mary, where we're coming to pray the rosary. We are returning to the exact holy ground where our country was consecrated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary in 1947 and we're bringing a Pilgrim Statue of Our Lady of the Cape. And, of course, it's just a few weeks before the federal election as well, so we know Our Lady has orchestrated this, because we sure didn’t plan it."
"In the Catechism of the Catholic Church 1432," M Girard told LifeSite News, "you find out that conversion is first the work of God, and He does it by pouring grace on hardened hearts, so we need more grace. That's the idea, getting everybody to enroll, so you can unleash this torrent of grace upon the policy makers. And in a devotional sense, you can't beat a whole flock of people, the whole church, praying the Rosary together."
Click here for more information on the Rosary Bowl and the pilgrimage to Cap-de-la-Madeleine. And yes, we have a short (59-second) video. Here it is.
We encourage our readers -- not just Canadians but Americans and anyone who can get there -- to attend the Rosary Bowl (it's FREE) and other pilgrimage events. You will surely receive many graces for doing so, and it's just possible that your prayers may help Canada, which desperately needs conversion to turn away from the secular humanism espoused by its nominally Catholic prime minister, and turn back to God and the Christian values on which the country was built.
Sunday, July 14, 2019
VIDEO: Venerable Fulton J. Sheen interviewed by Wm. F. Buckley Jr.
We have a long (53:20) and serious video for you, suitable for a Sunday when one should spend at least some time reflecting on higher matters. This is Episode 186 of Firing Line with William F. Buckley, Jr., recorded on 6 January 1970. Mr. Buckley's guest is Archbishop Fulton J.Sheen, whose earthly remains have recently been returned to the Diocese of Peoria and whose cause for beatification is now proceeding. Although the interview is almost half a century old, it still provides many insights which are relevant to a world which has become much worse in the intervening years.
Saturday, July 13, 2019
How Canuck lamestream media "whitewash" news of black crime
There was another shooting in northwest Toronto last night. Gangbangers are a real menace in certain parts of "Toronto the Good", which is fast becoming a world-class city, like, errr, Chicago. 95% of the time, the victims are black and so are the perps. Everyone who watches the local newscasts knows it -- just watch the videos of bodies, alive and dead, being wheeled away from the scene on gurneys -- but the (((controlled media))) are deliberately colour-blind on that point.
Particularly reluctant to admit that black crime is a serious problem in the "Greater Toronto Area" is Canada's state-owned broadcaster, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and its flagship TV station, CBLT. Here's a screen grab of how CBC News reported last night's "incident".
Contrast the last sentence of the text with Inspector Knacker's tweet, immediately below. Notice the missing word in the CBC's suspect description? You might think "independent" media would be a little more honest and realistic, but now that they are to receive some C$650,000,000 from the Liberal government because, as everyone knows, the media are struggling financially, they are being even more circumspect than the CBC. The CBC's biggest rival, CTV, didn't give any suspect information at all!
Further reading: "'Project Kraken' proves Greater Toronto a really multicultural city", WWW 29/6/19.
Particularly reluctant to admit that black crime is a serious problem in the "Greater Toronto Area" is Canada's state-owned broadcaster, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and its flagship TV station, CBLT. Here's a screen grab of how CBC News reported last night's "incident".
Contrast the last sentence of the text with Inspector Knacker's tweet, immediately below. Notice the missing word in the CBC's suspect description? You might think "independent" media would be a little more honest and realistic, but now that they are to receive some C$650,000,000 from the Liberal government because, as everyone knows, the media are struggling financially, they are being even more circumspect than the CBC. The CBC's biggest rival, CTV, didn't give any suspect information at all!
Further reading: "'Project Kraken' proves Greater Toronto a really multicultural city", WWW 29/6/19.
Friday, July 12, 2019
July 13th: Nathan Bedford Forrest Day! Huzzah!
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee has proclaimed Saturday, July 13th, as Nathan Bedford Forrest Day in Tennessee, a day of observation to honor the former Confederate general and early Ku Klux Klan leader.State law, still on the books despite the efforts of the usual suspects, requires the Tennessee governor to issue proclamations for six separate days of special observance. Three of those days, including Forrest Day, pertain to personages and events in the history of the Confederate States of America, of late remembrance. January 19th is Robert E. Lee Day, honouring the commander of the Confederate Army. June 3rd is Confederate Decoration Day, otherwise known as Confederate Memorial Day, also the birthday of President Jefferson Davis.
To kind of even things up, the statute instructs the governor to proclaim those three days of special observation along with Abraham Lincoln Day (February 12th), Andrew Jackson Day (March 15th) and Veterans Day (November 11th). The law invites the people of Tennessee "to observe the days in schools, churches, and other suitable places with appropriate ceremonies expressive of the public sentiment befitting the anniversary of such dates."
In the Forrest proclamation, identical to the one issued each year by former Governor Bill Haslam, Lieutenant-General Forrest is described as a "recognized military figure in American history and a native Tennessean." The text goes on to say that the Governor encourages "all citizens to join (him) in this worthy observance."
Canuck Muslim journalist among dead in Somalia car bombing
Somalia is a failed state, a place where Muslims have been killing other Muslims for decades, fighting for control of what is essentially a shithole. But, according to the liberals and apologists for the Islamists, things are getting better. Peace could break out at any time!
That was the message Hodan Naleyeh, a Muslim immigrant to Canada and former journalist, wanted to get out to the world. So, back home she went. Sadly, she didn't get to do a lot of reporting, as she was killed after a car bomb exploded today at a hotel in Somalia's port city of Kismyass. [Kismayu! Ed.]
The Somali Journalists Syndicate said in a statement it had confirmed Ms Naleyeh was one of two journalists among the dead. "Mohamed Omar Sahal, SBC TV correspondent based in Kismayu and Hodan Naleyeh, female TV journalist and founder of Integration TV (are) both among (those) killed," said Abdalle Ahmed Mumin, the syndicate's secretary general.
The SJS statement went on to say that Ms Naleyeh had recently returned to Somalia after living in Canada for years "to help showcase Somalia’s peaceful transformation." -30- [= end of story. Ed.]
That was the message Hodan Naleyeh, a Muslim immigrant to Canada and former journalist, wanted to get out to the world. So, back home she went. Sadly, she didn't get to do a lot of reporting, as she was killed after a car bomb exploded today at a hotel in Somalia's port city of Kismyass. [Kismayu! Ed.]
The Somali Journalists Syndicate said in a statement it had confirmed Ms Naleyeh was one of two journalists among the dead. "Mohamed Omar Sahal, SBC TV correspondent based in Kismayu and Hodan Naleyeh, female TV journalist and founder of Integration TV (are) both among (those) killed," said Abdalle Ahmed Mumin, the syndicate's secretary general.
The SJS statement went on to say that Ms Naleyeh had recently returned to Somalia after living in Canada for years "to help showcase Somalia’s peaceful transformation." -30- [= end of story. Ed.]
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