Monthly Archives: July 2003

Faith-Based Initiative

Posted on July 7, 2003 by David Ancell

Here is an interesting op-ed on faith-based initiatives and how federal funding shouldn’t stop them from requiring people to share their faith in order to be hired. After all, it wouldn’t be a faith-based initiative if they were required to … Continue reading →

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Back in Memphis

Posted on July 6, 2003 by David Ancell

I have safely arrived back in Memphis. Thanks be to God. Oh, and Happy Blogiversary to me. It is now one year from the date of my first post. Well, I must be off in just a few minutes.

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Don’t Update Your Faith

Posted on July 5, 2003 by David Ancell

You may remember the post about Catholic Update over a week ago. Well, I just went to Mass at my home parish, and included with the bulletin was, you guessed it, this Catholic Update on the GIRM. It wasn’t anywhere … Continue reading →

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Nonsense Detector of a Teenager

Posted on July 5, 2003 by David Ancell

Here I am blogging from my dad’s computer in Sikeston, Missouri. We went out for 4th of July instead of the usual cookout because my parents didn’t know if their home renovation would be finished or not. My 14-year-old cousin … Continue reading →

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Anyone Disliked by McBrien Can’t Be Too Bad

Posted on July 4, 2003 by David Ancell

Dom Bettinelli has a good point here. If Fr. Richard McBrien expresses dismay that a bishop is unquestionably loyal to the Holy Father, then that’s all the more reason to believe he will be a good bishop. Let’s pray that … Continue reading →

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The So-Called Duty of Secularism

Posted on July 4, 2003 by David Ancell

This article from Catholic World News just makes me wretch to think about it. Basically, the French President Jacques Chirac has decided that all people of France have a duty to work towards secularism, and any aspect of a religion … Continue reading →

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Happy Blogiversary to Me

Posted on July 4, 2003 by David Ancell

In case I miss it, Sunday is the first anniversary of my blog. On July 6, 2002, I posted this post to Blogger. Fortunately, I am now on much-better Moveable Type.

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Happy 4th of July

Posted on July 4, 2003 by David Ancell

I’m going to my parents’ house for the weekend, but I may still blog from my dad’s computer.

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Nothing to Say Required

Posted on July 3, 2003 by David Ancell

I think that this op-ed by Maureen Dowd is proof that one need not have something to say in order to write for a major newspaper. Well, I will have Ms. Dowd and others know that, as a resident of … Continue reading →

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Anatomy of a B.S. Detector

Posted on July 2, 2003 by David Ancell

I know the link isn’t working as of this writing, but when it does, you need to see this post on “liturgical dancing” by Fr. Rob Johansen. He mentions that we should put all liturgical innovations to the “15 Year … Continue reading →

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