Haha, thanks to my cousin for sharing pictures of this work of art!
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Italian Catholics Picket Parade, Jealous of Irish Catholic History of Oppression"
New York, NY: In a potentially ugly scene, a handful of Italian Catholics picketed the New York City St. Patrick's Day parade earlier today.Ironic Catholic
Those picketing numbered around 30, bearing various placards and signs stating "The Irish get all the good parades," "Viva Italia," "St. Maria Goretti can beat up St. Paddy anyday," and "The end is near" (although the person holding the last sign apparently joined the picketers for good company).
"I know the Irish were oppressed for centuries by the British, and the potato famine was forced starvation and all that. Hell, I even read most of Angela's Ashes. But my heritage doesn't get a holiday to get blasted every year. How's that for injustice?" argued Salvatore Blanco, who identified himself as "head protester and proud Italian Catholic."
A few of the picketers engaged in some trash talk, shouting at passersby, "We got better food and wine! We got ART, baby! We got opera! What do you people have--corned beef? "Thistle and Shamrock"?"
Most parade watchers avoided the protest, but an unidentified observer shook his head in disgust. "It's their right to protest, but for the love of all that is good, St. Patrick? I mean, it isn't like the Italians didn't wrap up the Papacy for a few hundred years. I call this holiday getting even," he mused. "It's kind of the American way."
At one point, the picketers attempted a counter-march, but were blocked by two million revelers in Irish green. They settled for huddling in a tight circle, singing from The Barber of Seville and sharing Chianti.
Ironic Catholic: Cool Things To Give Up During Lent
The Ironic CatholicAsh Wednesday is only a week away--so forget giving up chocolate, sugar, and caffeine. Get your "rightly ordered loves" on and choose one of these for your six week fast
- All apps (includes that cool confession app. Buck up and use the parish flyer, wimps)
- Wii. Or Glee. Or any one syllable word ending in "eeeeee".
- Depraved indifference
- Thiamin
- Using wheels (cars, bikes, buses, office chairs, pizza cutters)
- Wearing colors
- Brushing your hair (hint: may want to shave it off first)
- Rosary beads (say the rosary with your fingers)
- Hand lotion (if you have seriously dry skin, use Vaseline petroleum jelly...it works)
- Being "cool" (aka hawt, awesome, epic, groovy, neat, a first class panderer to the latest cultural craze, getting your Lenten observance ideas from a Catholic humor blog....)
Clearly I could never give up #10.
Friday Photo: Father Wild lookalikes
Rev. Robert A. Wild, S.J., is famous for his gold sweater vest, black coat and Roman collar — a sight familiar to any regular Marquette game-goer. And so he was dressed to the delight of cheering Marquetters on Feb. 19 for Father Wild Celebration Night at the Bradley Center. This time, the stands were filled with his trademark game-day look. Fans were also given Father Wild bobbleheads.
I think it's pretty funny. Female's wearing the collar, a little disturbing, but hey, it is Marquette. Better than burning popes in effigy over contraception or something.
It's going to be cold. Dress for the weather!
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts has billboards up all around promoting its Titian exhibition. Somebody in Long Lake, near Wayzata, noting the nude portrayed in the ad, and the weather outside this month, decided to clothe the model and add an observation from her:
HT Stella Borealis
10 best answers for theology students stumped in class
OK, theology students out there. Your teacher asks you difficult theology questions? Do you never know how to answer? Tired of not knowing what the heck to say? These ten answers should get you out of any given Christian theology question. Use with abandon and confidence.The Ironic Catholic
10. Get thee behind me, Satan! (p.s. may have to drop course afterward)
9. Professor, I was practicing lectio divina on the text, and the material was so rich, I didn't get past the first paragraph.
8. But why do I need to answer such things when all is vanity? Do you want me to contribute to that?
7. In all respect, professor, I don't see why I have to answer when Thomas Aquinas more or less aced it for all eternity.
6. Um, if you could just give me a minute--I'm figuring out the numerology embedded in your question before I answer. Could be a sign, you know.
5. (On a slip of paper to be handed to the professor) I just had a vision that has rendered me speechless. I expect to be able to talk again when my wife gives birth to our miracle child and prophet. I trust you'll understand. Thanks.
4. "The only solution is love." (Dorothy Day)
3. Jesus is the reason for the season, the rizzle for the sizzle, the tension for the question. (snaps fingers at end, dances out of the room)
2. The paschal mystery. It always goes back to the paschal mystery.
1. (with solemn intonation) Well, you know, ...God.
Even bishops make postseason wagers
A month of mandatory bed rest after back surgery has not stopped Catholic Bishop David Zubik from doing his part for the Steelers. He has made a bet with Archbishop Edwin O'Brien of Baltimore, in which the prelate in the city of the losing team will make a personal donation to Catholic Charities in the victor's city and wear the sweatshirt of the winning team for the remainder of that team's season.
Archbishop O'Brien proposed the charitable donation -- which will come out of their own pockets, not diocesan coffers. But Bishop Zubik, a veteran NFL bishop who previously led the Green Bay diocese, thought that was wussy.
"I said, 'We have to make this a little tougher,' " he said, and proposed wearing the other team's sweatshirt.
Bishop Zubik also loves the Penguins, but is not willing to make the same deal if Pittsburgh faces the New Jersey Devils in those playoffs.
"I never want to make a pact with the Devil," he said.
Monday Funny
That made me think about the actual certificate. Remember when Catholic marriage certificates looked like this?
I don't. But I sure wish I could find one as beautiful as the above. The certificate we received was maybe from Office Max, I'm not sure...
84 square miles surrounded by reality
Yours truly was also recently out dining in Madison (otherwise known as "84 square miles surrounded by reality") and the lawyer I was eating with started chatting with the waitress, and mentioned that I was still relatively new to the area. Conversation follows:Holy Whapping
Waitress: Madison's a great place to make friends. It's very laid-back and liberal.
Me: I'm neither laid back nor liberal, I'm afraid.
Baroque Obama
This was emailed to me so I don't know where the original was from but too funny not to pass on.
In case you needed a laugh today
The others just didn’t appreciate his Three Stooges references.Curly « AwkwardFamilyPhotos.com 08/8/2010
This site just cracks me up.
The venerable ecclesiastical office of dog whipper
The post on dogs receiving communion apparently sparked some discussion in the house. Fr. Robert dropped me a note saying that Br. Adam had shown him the post and that he thought what I said didn't go over the line, but that I shouldn't forget that dogs in church were quite common in the day and that one of the things that shocked Muslims about Christian churches was that dogs ran free in them. He sent a link with more background, which touches more on Protestants and dogs in church, but the material was very interesting.SubTuum
You might also be interested in the Wikipedia article on the venerable ecclesiastical office of Dog Whipper.
WikipediaA dog whipper was a church official charged with removing unruly dogs from a church or church grounds during services.
In some areas of Europe during the 16th to 19th centuries it was not uncommon for household dogs to accompany - or at least follow - their owners to church services. If these animals became disruptive it was the job of the dog whipper to remove them from the church, allowing the service to continue in peace.
Dog whippers were usually provided with a whip (hence the title) or a pair of large wooden tongs with which to remove the animals. They were generally paid for their services, and records of payments to the local dog whipper exist in old parish account books in many English churches. In some areas a portion of village land was made available for the use of the dog whipper, the small park named 'Dog Acre' in Birchington-on-Sea is the remnant of such a grant.
Some villages employed dog whippers in a more general capacity, dealing with stray and disruptive dogs throughout the village. In this sense dog whippers were precursors of modern animal control officers.
Dog whippers became less common from the late 18th century onwards, presumably because animals were increasingly unwelcome at church services. One of the last recorded dog whippers was one John Pickard, who was appointed to Exeter Cathedral in 1856. A small room in the cathedral is still known as the Dog Whipper's Flat.
A dog whipper's whip survives in the parish church of St Anne at Baslow in Derbyshire and a dog whipper's pew is preserved in St. Margaret's Church in Wrenbury, Cheshire. A notable carving of a dog whipper removing a dog with his whip can be seen in the Great Church of St. Bavo in Haarlem.
With the advent of animal shelters, this job became obsolete.
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