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Our Fair

by Fr. KA October 3, 2011 photography

We had a great fair this weekend. The best Parish Fair I’ve ever been to, as a matter of fact. (WIth all due respect to the many great Parish fairs I’ve been to!) It was a perfect confluence of weather events, televised sporting events, other civic events, all combined with the lousy economy so that [...]

Priestly Attire

by Fr. KA October 2, 2011 Weblog

Before ordination I’d heard and read that the ordinary uniform for clerics is the standard clerical attire; black slacks, black shirt with Roman collar / tabbed shirt. Yesterday I came across the Decree of Promulgation, which defines Priestly attire in the U.S Conference. On November 18, 1998, the Latin Rite de iure members etc., etc., [...]

Christianophobia

by Fr. KA September 30, 2011 Weblog

I was reading through Lisa Graas’s blog the other day and she had some excellent material regarding Christianophobia. While I’m of course aware of it, being a Catholic Priest, I was unaware it was being addressed and called what it is to such a large degree in the international community. I’m such a homebody at [...]

Silence and Word: the Path of Evangelization

by Fr. KA September 30, 2011 Weblog

An article over at VISnews, Silence and Word, the Path of Evngelization, contains the following: “The extraordinarily varied nature of the contribution of modern communications to society highlights the need for a value which, on first consideration, might seem to stand in contradistinction to it. Silence, in fact, is the central theme for the next [...]

Fair Eve

by Fr. KA September 29, 2011 Weblog

Whew! It’s amazing how much hard work has been going on around here. It’s almost all set for tomorrow night’s big opening of our Parish Fair. The kids kept very busy while everything was going on in the back field. And in general, everybody was kept pretty busy. Last night’s storm clouds and rain pushed [...]

Archbishop Hannan funeral arrangements | wwltv.com New Orleans

by Fr. KA September 29, 2011 Weblog

Thank God for WWL-TV, who’ve posted the arrangements for Arhcbishop Hannan’s funeral . Wake and funeral arrangements for Archbishop Philip Hannan: Monday, Oct. 3 – Hannan’s body will be received at 5 p.m. at Notre Dame Seminary, S. Carrollton Ave. Monday, Oct. 3 – Evening prayer service Monday for the priests of the Archdiocese Monday, [...]

In memoriam ~ Archbishop Philip M. Hannan (May 20, 1913 – September 29, 2011

by Fr. KA September 29, 2011 Weblog

Archbishop Hannan ‘The Archbishop” of New Orleans, passed away last night around 3:00 a.m. God rest him. The official obituary from the Archdiocese of New Orleans is here. More obits and articles here, here and here. And, here. The Archbishop, as he was fondly called even years after his retirement had arrive in New Orleans [...]

Cheniere Caminada

by Fr. KA September 28, 2011 Weblog

So I started looking around today for stories on the Great Hurricane of 1893 at Cheniere Caminada, a part of my interest in vanishing southern Louisiana. Here’s some of what I found: From the de rigeur Wikipedia Story: As a strengthening hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico, the Chenière Caminada Hurricane brought a strong storm [...]

Titulus Crucis

by Fr. KA September 28, 2011 Weblog

A friend recommended this link the other evening, it’s both hilarious and disturbing. While looking for it, I saw post entitled Titulus Crucis, from April 2011, and asked if that was it. It wsn’t, but tht’s a long story. Here’s the post: Prebyterian Theologian Wants to Replace the Cross with a Lactating Breast. See, it’s [...]

Grand Isle – notes from Mom

by Fr. KA September 28, 2011 Weblog

Working through the tons of paper and such left over from my parent’s estate has led to the finding of tons of papers and such (… I know, I know…) leftover, which I do’t really know what to do with. So, I though I’d post this here rather than just toss mom’s remembrance of Grand [...]

Halitosis and the Holy Mass

by Fr. KA September 27, 2011 Weblog

I’ve been meaning to write about this for some time now. It’s just that it’s such an awkward topic to address. But… here goes. Spread the word! Far and wide! You see, every Sunday at Mass, often even at daily Mass, someone, or usually several people, comes forward to receive the Eucharist in a state [...]

A Picture, a List, and a Conclusion

by Fr. KA September 25, 2011 Weblog

I came across this enormous, huge oak tree the other day at the recently reopened Camp Salmen. I wish someone were standing in the picture for perspective because, frankly, it’s ginormous. I’m working on a Camp Salmen post for some time this week. A Quick List Our Deacons preached this weekend, and I have to [...]

Blue Sky Dawning

by Fr. KA September 22, 2011 Weblog

Fresh on the heels of being complimented for having good photos on my website, I’m posting awful photos. I apologize. I tried! I framed. I snapped. I dodged and burned and filtered. I masked. I Gaussian blurred! Then I started all over again. Again and again. But I had used a different camera, and then [...]

Blessings and Irritations

by Fr. KA September 20, 2011 Weblog

Here at the long awaited Convocation for Priests there are lots of… well, there are lots of Priests. I think every Priest serving in the diocese is here. It’s a blessing to have everyone meeting together, and getting involved in discussions on Presbyteral unity. It’s positively inspiring. It’s not without it’s irritations however. I ran [...]

Music at St. Mary’s

by Fr. KA September 19, 2011 Weblog

I love this Pie Jesu, by Duruffle. This photo was taken after everything was done and right before I left. I realized I had left the lights on upstairs, and had to take another hike back up to the top. But, this morning I played the Duruffle Pie Jesu on this organ, which is about [...]

The Seven Sorrows of Mary

by Fr. KA September 15, 2011 Weblog

Today is the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows, or Mater Dolorosa. I have a particular devotion to our Lady under this title for various reasons, one of which is that my father’s family used to live in Mater Dolorosa Parish, in uptown New Orleans. I also played the organ there on weekends for three [...]

Kuler Schemes

by Fr. KA September 10, 2011 Weblog

Update – I’ve completely redesigned, tossed out and remodeled the site since writing this post. Say a quick prayer of thanksgiving if you missed out … As anyone who’s checked in here recently can tell you, I’ve clearly been trying to redesign my website. It hasn’t been pretty. But, short of hiring someone else to [...]

Double Wide

by Fr. KA September 9, 2011 Weblog

I love this. I don’t know why, I just think it’s great. Double Wide, Triple High … I hope it survived Tropical Storm Lee. It’s way down towards the End of the Road. One day soon, I’ll finish with that End of the Road series.

The Death of John XXIII

by Fr. KA September 1, 2011 Weblog

When I started this weblog, it was with every intention of posting reflections on the daily readings, and my weekend Homilies as articles. I was doing that as early as 2003 in an anonymous little blog called Back on the Soapbox. I only kept it during an internship that I was doing, and it eventually [...]

The World Ahaze

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by Fr. KA August 31, 2011 Weblog

So anyway, we’ve been having these huge Marsh Fires here the past few days, that have been burning like crazy and sending smoke billowing across the landscape like nobody’s business. It’s bananas. You can see the fires clearly in this stunningly over processed photo. Which brings up an excellent point about shooting during the middle [...]

Guest Bloggers

by Fr. KA August 29, 2011 Weblog

I’ve been pondering the subject of Guest Bloggers. Sarah Rienhard, over at the Catholic Writer’s Guild, makes some excellent points on Guest Blogging: Benefits of Guest Posting (whether or not you blog) 1. It gets you exposed to a different audience, or, if you’re not a blogger, to an online audience. 2. It’s a win-win, [...]

Towards the End of the Road

by Fr. KA August 27, 2011 Weblog

Way down the river, dow past Point a La Hache, lies this old house. The painting on the front reads “I’m back!“, and “Need Water“, “Need Food.” It was a long time before help came down that way, and a lot just never came back. Of course, even many who came back after Katrina, never [...]

The Ancient Route of St. Denis

by Fr. KA August 26, 2011 Weblog

A few years ago I found myself in Paris for several days. I went to as many Catholic sites as I could find, and that I could fit into my stay. One of those sites was St. Denis, the ancient necropolis of the royal family of France. I had read in a guidebook that one [...]

Louis, King of France

by Fr. KA August 25, 2011 Weblog

Two years ago I made a sacred pilgrimage to the tomb of St. Louis, King of France. It was fraught with both ignorance and wonder. I’m intent on writing about that, but I’ve become convinced that tonight my computer is possessed and needs a thorough healing. Either that or I’ve got too many image files [...]

Beloved Margaret Haughery of New Orleans

by Fr. KA August 22, 2011 Weblog

I’ve taken an interest in Margaret Huaghery. She was a humble woman of extremely humble origins who, through hard work and prayer built a small empire and dedicated her time and wealth to helping the poor and the orphaned. Margaret’s Birthplace has been preserved. There’s a Margaret Huaghery site. And there’s even a Catholic Encyclopedia [...]

The Queenship of Mary

by Fr. KA August 22, 2011 Weblog

Here are some thoughts and articles on the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a Memorial feast celebrated in the Church, yearly this day. “Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name him Jesus. He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High,* and [...]

Old Beginnings

by Fr. KA August 19, 2011 Weblog

Recently I was thinking about way back in the day when I started my blog. Here is my very first entry from August of 2002. I wrote under the name ‘David Greenleaf’: David since I was a musician and was thinking about King David; and Greenleaf since I love gardening. The blog template lost something [...]

Adventures in the Dictionary

by Fr. KA August 18, 2011 Weblog

Over the course of playing Scrabble on my phone, against the computer or others, I’ve been amazed at some of the words that show up. Especially against the computer with the parameters set to ‘difficult’. So, I like to look them up when I have a moment, and am a huge fan of both dictionary.com [...]

Martello Castle

by Fr. KA August 16, 2011 Weblog

The heat’s on, french fry, and as usual at this point in the summer, it’s managed to wear me down a bit. Here are some recent linx: I enjoy Fr. Jim’s blog, very inspiring; I’m perpetually behind, in keeping up with him, in posting my Homilies. Fr. Michael Berry, is on assignment at World Youth [...]

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