Showing posts with label Canada. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Canada. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Catholic News-Wednesday, January 28, 2009 A.D.
CVSTOS FIDEI WEDNESDAY EDITION
Evening Update
Mark Shea's 'Change' He Can Believe In - Tito Edwards, The American Catholic
On Finding Christ In The Church - Mark Shea, Inside Catholic
"The Second Vatican Council Will Not Be Negotiable" - Rorate Cæli
Elie Wiesel Attacks Pope Over “Holocaust Bishop” - Fr. Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?
A Brief Consideration of Lifting the Excommunications - Shawn Tribe, New Lit Mov
The Vatican Could Learn From Hamas - Matthew Archbold, Creative Minority Report
Yes Virginia, There Is Clericalism - Mark Shea, Catholic Exchange
Canuck Brownshirts On The March - Mark Shea, Catholic And Enjoying It!
Israel’s Chief Rabbinate Severs Ties With Vatican - Fr. Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?
Bonus Opinion, Analysis, and News:
Defining a "Stimulus Package" - John Henry, The American Catholic
Why The Original SSPX Excommunications Were Valid - Dr. Edward Peters, ITLOTL
The Great Divide - Donald R. McClarey, The American Catholic
Notable Opinion, Analysis, and News:
The Angelic Doctor - Donald R. McClarey, The American Catholic
Some Churches Save Souls, Some Save Lives - Matthew Archbold, Crtv Mnrty Rprt
A Tale Of Two Bishops - Marc A. Thiessen, Inside Catholic
(Biretta Tip: Mark Shea)
Monday, June 9, 2008
Catholic News-Monday Evening (6-9-2008 AD)
CVSTOS FIDEI EVENING EDITION
Retreats - Ironic Catholic, Stuff Catholics Like
Obama's Catholic Advisory Council Dissolved? - Jay Anderson, Pr Eccls
Obama the Enlightened - Margaret Cabaniss, Inside Blog
No Freedom of Religion in Canada - Jeff Miller, Curt Jester
Religious Foes Billboards by Secularists - Electa Draper, Denver Post
Pastoral Punt - Larry D, Acts of the Apostasy
"Positive Representations of Queer Lives" - California Catholic Daily
Bonus Commentary:
Kathryn J. Lopez: "Catholics for Obama?" - Jay Anderson, Pr Eccls
The Wife John McCain Callously Left Behind - Sharon Churcher, Mail
Obama Makes Promise to Planned Parenthood - Jennifer Mesko, CL
Latin (Mass) Lovers - Valerie Shmalz, National Catholic Register
Bonus News:
Envoy Says Orthodox-Catholic Unity Unlikely - Interfax
Religious Commentary:
Southern Baptists in Decline? - Ed Stoddard, FaithWorld
Secular Commentary:
Five Minutes that Saved France - Conrad Black, National Post
(Biretta Tips: National Catholic Register & Lucianne)
Thursday, January 17, 2008
More Catholic News-Thursday (1-17-2008 AD)
CVSTOS FIDEI AFTERNOON EDITION
First Temple Seal Found In Jerusalem - Etgar Lefkovits, JPost
Michelangelo's David To Be Moved - Malcom Moore, Telegraph
Fallout From Pope's Cancelled Speech - Fr. Z, WDTPRS
...Papal Inquisition by the Wall Street Journal...
Number Of Abortions Lowest In Decades - Jay Anderson, Pr Eccls
Things To Know About Abortion/Coercion - Jean Heimann, Cth Fr
Culture Of Divorce, Culture Of Death - Anthony Esolen, InsdCthlc
Kafka's Canada - David Warren, Ottawa Citizen
Europe’s Philosophy Of Failure - Stefan Theil, FrontPageMag
St. Anthony The Great - Argent By The Tiber
Liberal Fascism Explained - Amanda Busse, Accuracy In Media
Hatemongering On The Left - Arthur C. Brooks, Wall Street Jrnl
Last Three Catholic News Postings:
For Thursday Morning-Jan. 17, click here.
For Wednesday, January 16, click here.
For Tuesday, January 15, click here.
(Biretta Tip: Lucianne)
Friday, January 12, 2007
Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes Church (downtown Toronto)
Our Lady of Lourdes Church in downtown Toronto is snuggled in between large condominium buildings near the heart of the city. There is some construction around that will further put this treasure of a church hidden away even better (or for worse). The view from the outside doesn't give it much justice depending in what direction you are walking towards it. For instance if you park on Earl Place (formerly Earl Street) it doesn't look like much, in fact if you are not on Sherbourne Street walking towards it, you would never notice it was there. Unless of course your condo faced this beautiful, but a little run-down, church. I approached this church driving on Jarvis and I missed it several times looking for Earl Place. Not until I decided to drive well below the speed limit and examined every square inch, or rather, centimeter (it is Canada after all) was I able to locate this gem.
I've been attending the daily noon Mass each day because it is the only noon Mass in the Greater Toronto Area, or GTA as Torontans(?) or locals refer to their great city. I forget the name of the priests that celebrate the Mass at noon, but they are reverential and orthodox as far as I could tell. A deacon or what seems to be another priest assists in the the celebration.
The exterior of Our Lady of Lourdes Church has a nice miniature, relative to St. Peter's, copula and beautiful Roman style pillars out front. There is a recreation of the apparition of Mary in Lourdes of a statue on the exterior of the church as well.
The interior of the church seems like any other traditional Catholic church with a chancel, transept, and nave forming the sanctuary (the chancel forms. The nave of course has pews with kneelers in them. The ambo is located on the lectern side and the gospel side is vacant. The narthex is nonexistent since the main entrance is actually behind the altar with side entrances filtering from the front. To the left of the gospel side is the sacristy. The tabernacle is directly behind the altar, but facing the opposite direction, meaning you can walk around the alter and pray towards the tabernacle and the nave, with a small wall separating the two. 
To the left of the transept is a beautiful recreation, again, of the apparition of Mary in Lourdes for adoration. On the opposite side are an array of saints for adoration.
To learn more about Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Toronto click here.
To learn more about Lourdes, click here.
To learn more about Our Lady, the Blessed Virgin Mary, click here.
For my Canadian adventure click here.
For my last review of a Catholic church click here.
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
My Canadian Adventure
I’ve been up here in Canada on a work assignment for several months and it has been a fun adventure to say the least. I've got to say that Kathy Shaidle has it good up here in Toronto. Beyond learning and adding new business skills to my résumé I’ve met a lot of great people, visited many beautiful areas, and have had wonderful (and not so wonderful) experiences of the country; Some of the not-so-wonderful experiences is to remember to use your credit card when renting a vehicle in Canada, they don’t use debit cards up here. I’ve come away with some wisdom that I would like to share with my avid readers if you were ever to travel up north.
1. Don’t respond to a French-speaking Canadian Customs Agent with ‘No hablá español’.
2. Don’t refer to a Canadian Customs Agent as a ‘Canuck’ (or a Canucki for that matter).
3. Don’t explain to the Canadian Customs Agent what the ‘F’ in N.A.F.T.A. is defined as when they ask you to pay for a ‘work visa’ in order to ‘work freely in Canada’. They’ll take offense to that.
4. Don’t refer to Canadian money as ‘pesos’. Especially when asking “how many Canadian pesos will it be for the free work visa”.
5. Don’t ask the RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police), when they’re interrogating you for your ‘F’ explanation, “where is your horse”.
6. Don’t take pictures of Canadian Airport Police as they intimidate passengers that are complaining about a flight that was cancelled after it was delayed for 13 ½ hours at midnight on Christmas Eve. Apparently it’s illegal to take photographs of them beating up on passengers at the gate.
7. Don’t refer to Indian food such as Chicken Curry wrapped in Nan bread as a “very spicy chicken burrito”.
8. Don’t ask the Sikh luggage security personal at the airport to “stop yapping and start checking my baggage”; they just might throw their turban at you.
9. Remember to check to see if you are carrying cash-money BEFORE ordering coffee and donuts at Tim Horton’s.
10. And lastly, remember when ordering ‘Canadian beer’ in Canada, they just call it ‘beer’.
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