The Pope's Apostolic Constitituion Anglicanorum Coetibus - The Need For Patience

Canterbury Tales has a good post on this at Interpretation of the Pope's Apostolic Constitituion Anglicanorum Coetibus.

He also brings up this point :

The ordinary will be appointed directly by the Pope and will be a member of the national conference of bishops--again nothing surprising there. It seems also that this ordinary, whether a bishop or not will be granted the ability to "pontificate" liturgically (in lay terms: vest and preside as if a bishop).I'm personally very excited to learn who the Holy Father will appoint to this new post in the United States. We should begin to pray for him, whomever he will be. I'm sure that the Holy Spirit is preparing him for this.

I am too!!! This will be a huge and important post. There are a lot minefield from with and outside the Catholic Church this person will have to navigate. He will have to be no nonsense but have a huge Pastoral flair and outlook.

The Catholic Key also has a good post from a Former Anglican Priest now Catholic in a Anglican Use Parish. See Anglicanorum Coetibus is Not Anglican First and Catholic When It Suits. THis is a very good read. He says in part:

Based on what I have been reading and hearing, at least some Anglicans who asked for union with Rome hoped unity with Rome might be something like what I described. Now, faced with the offer of an Anglican Ordinariate in the Catholic Church, Anglicans are faced with an invitation to be Catholic, and the reaction of some seems to be, "But I don't want to be Catholic! I don't want to convert!"
I hope my fellow Catholics will not be dismissive of such reactions. I think it is absolutely necessary for Anglicans to wrestle with real issues and express the emotions related to them. Newman's entry into the Catholic Church did not happen in one day. Nor did he just think himself through the process, although thinking was absolutely necessary. Newman helps us realize that we reason not only mentally, but physically, emotionally and socially as well. If we try to shut down the process and demand instant gratitude for a gracious offer, then we demean those for whom this is almost a life and death issue involving one's core identity.

The Congress Is COming to Louisiana- The CAJUN CONGRESS

This looks interesting. Go to their web site.

How Did Reporters Miss The Abortion Show Down Over Health Care

I am hitting on this again because I find it fasicnating. I think a good many people knew this was critical but the media barely mentioned it.

Get Religion has a good post on this at Can reporters count? Stupak can

Time Magazine Attack On Archbishop Burke- Ultimate Fail

Note to Time readers. If you want to read serious news and analysis as regarding religious stories don't read time. If you wish to read fairy tales keep reading Time Magazine.

Amy Sullivan has really outdone herself this time. Get Religion that examines secular religious reporting has a scathing review of what is a embarrassing piece. See Wish-fulfillment journalism.

It is pretty shocking that the main religious writer at Time while telling her readers that the Vatican was putting Burke out to pasture was able to miss the fact that the Pope elevated him to Congregations of Bishops which will have major long term impact. Or the fact that he is likely to be made a Cardinal. I mean this was all over the Internet.

A Computer Virus That Can Put You In Prison

This is frightning. See Internet Virus Frames Users For Child Porn

My Monthly I Like Senator Lindsey Graham Post

Actually the Pink Flamingo does it for me.

I don't always agree with Graham. For instance his stance on the Dubai Port Deal around 2006 drove me up the wall. I did not think it was very far sighted.

I am not to thrilled with perhaps some of his energy stances. Still on the whole he votes and supports issues I agree with 9o percent of the time. He also seems thoughtfu;

I realize that Senator Graham makes some conservtives mad because he calls out in perhaps not too diplomatic terms where some conservatives are going wrong as to tactics. But again there are many conservatives that are as bad as the Daily Kos crowd and will cannot tolerate any criticis,. WHICH IS A PROBLEM. If not him who? I mean we have seen as the recent New York Race how many conservatives did their best Godfather to Freddo impression (You are dead to me) to Newt.

Planned Parenthood Unsuccessful In Shutting Up Former Clinic Director

I figured they would lose this. Catholic Key has Former Planned Parenthood Director Scores Victory in Court

How Stupak and Pro-Lifers Got the Abortion Provison In Health Care Bill

Again it is something as the WSJ notes that the media that pays folks to follow this did not see the threat coming.

A Song For Catholic Liturgical Abuse Survivors

Oh how funny. American Catholic has more at Gather Us In?

Help I Need Someone That Knows Florida History and Genealogy

I have a little personal genealogy blog on the side.

I am in need of someone that took some Florida History class either in high school and college. In researching my ancestors and trying to pin them down .

In a will I discovered: " to treasurer of Heriot's Hospital in Edinburgh, North Britain; my mother's picture; seal with coat of arms; Emaranthia Richardson, wife of John Richardson of East Florida"

What exactly was East Florida thought of as during the time period of Spanish and British rule and lives of these possible ancestors of mine which was 1700 to 1760.

I also discovered this note that sadly does not give me the dates or names of these wonderful news papers mentioned



John Richardson, son of John Richardson "the elder," was born about 1699 and died in Orange County, SC in 1781. In 1729, he married in Orangeburg, S.C., the beautiful Amarenthia Smith, daughter of Thomas II and Sabana.

At the time of his marriage to Amarenthia Smith, John had a home and warehouses in St. Augustine, FL. South Carolina Newspaper notices record both his marriage and travels.

The last will and testament of George Seaman, published 1769 at Page 287 in Charleston District, SC Will Book RR 1767-1771, devises a legacy to Amarenthia Smith, wife of John Richardson, of East Florida.Two grandsons of John Richardson, Francis "Frank" Richardson m. Martha Gaulden and Henry Richardson m. Elizabeth (nee ?), settled in Wilkinson County, MS 1810-1815. Both Frank and Henry are sons of RWS Arthur Richardson and Hanna Mitchell (RWS pension record reflects he married Mrs. Hannah Mitchel ).

So was St Augustine considered East Florida?. What else was considered "East Florida"? It seems it would be WEST Florida but whatever. I know there was a English settlement there. Again the areas that were British and areas that were British and the time frames have me confused because I am not sure "Florida" as I see it on the map looked like the Florida then. Did Florida at that time for instance include parts fo Mississippi? I am know a lot about Spanish and French rule in Louisiana. Elsewhere not so much

Update-
Ok I now see . West Florida was the Louisiana Florida Parishes and much of Southern Mississippi and part of the panhandle. The rest was East Florida.

Still need help finding resources though for East Florida under Spanish rule (hopefully in English)

Update II-
I suppose the records couldbe after 1763 when I think the Brits took control. Was there a substantial English settlement there under Spanish rule?

Breaking News Cao Opponent Cedric Richmond Is a Hack

Is this the best he can do to sway those white uptown New Orleans liberals and moderates that think perhaps they could live with a CAO over him? Is he sensing that perhaps CAO might be getting gaining more black democrat voters? In other words is he sensing a Republican version of the moderate ,,pro-life , and Catholic Social Justice oriented popular former Congresswoman Lindy Boggs?

Joseph Cao's Opponents, Left With No Easy Avenue of Attack

Neither of the most prominent Democrats who seek the job of Rep. Joseph Cao (R., La.) — state representative Juan La Fonta or state representative Cedric Richmond — has anything about the congressman's health-care vote on his campaign web site. And what is left for a Democrat challenger to say? "I would have pushed the 'aye' button harder"?
Cao represents, by far, the most Democratic-leaning district currently represented by a Republican. By casting this vote, Cao has a chance — not a great chance, but a chance — of winning reelection by arguing that he always puts the interest of his district first, and is willing to defy the arm-twisting of every other GOP member.
Or, he could have left Nancy Pelosi with 219 votes, and guaranteed his defeat in 2010.
UPDATE: I'm informed Richmond did issue a statement, denouncing Cao for voting to block the bill on his previous procedural votes and noting that his yes vote came "after the bill had already received the two hundred and eighteen votes to secure a majority." Richmond pledges to "break from Congressman Cao's record of ineffectiveness and blind partisanship."
Yes, after Cao votes against the rest of the GOP, his rival denounces him for "blind partisanship."
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That procedural vote was of course the critical pro life amendment that passed. I guess we know who Richmond's allies are.

House Democrat Threatens Catholic Bishops- Hope and Change!!

Oh goodness. I am so waiting for this new style of bipartianship to kick in. From the Corner.

Woolsey's Threat Against the Bishops [John J. Pitney Jr.]

Representative Lynn Woolsey (D., Calif.), co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, attacks the bishops in a Politico op-ed: “I expect political hardball on any legislation as important as the health care bill. I just didn’t expect it from the United States Council [sic, it’s “Conference”] of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). Who elected them to Congress?” She claims that they “seemed to dictate the finer points” of the Stupak amendment, and “managed to bully members of Congress to vote for added restrictions on a perfectly legal surgical procedure.” She concludes: “The IRS is less restrictive about church involvement in efforts to influence legislation than it is about involvement in campaigns and elections. Given the political behavior of USCCB in this case, maybe it shouldn’t be.”

Of course, Representative Woolsey is not the first Democrat to object to legislative advocacy by the clergy. Here is another:

It is an attempt to establish a theocracy to take charge of our politics and our legislation. It is an attempt to make the legislative power of this country subordinate to the church. It is not only to unite Church and State, but it is to put the State in subordination to the dictates of the church.

That was Senator Stephen A. Douglas (D., Ill.), on March 14, 1854. He was talking about an anti-slavery petition.

— John J. Pitney Jr. is the Roy P. Crocker professor of government at Claremont McKenna College. With James Ceaser and Andrew Busch, he is co-author of Epic Journey: The 2008 Elections and American Politics

Obama Comes Out Against Pro-Life Amendment to Health Care Bill

Shocking I know. To bad Catholic Obama Hack Doug Kmiec is way over there as Ambassasdor to Malta. Perhaps he can take time from the beach and dinner parties to explain this to us.

Health Care Bill's Failure to Pay for Abortion Violates Catholic Social Justice

So says the loony toons at the New Republic.

What makes this article worse is it is written by someone that teaches at BOSTON COLLEGE!!!


One other aspect of this vote is sure to be subject to discussion as the health care bill reaches the Senate floor. The Stupak Amendment will not prohibit all insurance plans from paying for abortions, but will restrict those held by the less well off. In that sense, Stupak’s amendment violates the commitments to social justice and equality that have become so much part of the worldview of younger Catholics such as those I teach at Boston College. Stupak, a Catholic from Michigan, along with his allies among the U. S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, have taken a step likely to be perceived as blatantly unfair by those who constitute the future of their church. If this is Catholicism muscling its political power, it sure is a strange way to do so.

I really am concerned about what the hell is teaching up there.

NRO has thoughts on this article here

The article is flawed in many ways and one again wonders what this guy is teaching at Boston College. The sort of "us" versus them them in the article (Baptist with bad political motives versus good Catholics and Everyone versus the South) is tiresome. It ignores the fact of the reality of the huge Catholic migration to the south and sunbelt that has been going for decades where Catholics are much more socially and politically conservative.

So if have five minutes of your life to waste read it.

All New Republic has to do next is have the insufferable Damon Linker do a post on the pending Catholic Theocracy and they will be batting their usual 100.

The Increasing Influence of Archbishop Burke at the Vatican

American Catholic highlights a very interesting article. See Archbishop Burke’s appointment to the Congregation of Bishops

American Catholics That Stayed Loyal to King and Country-American Revolution

Here is a early American Catholic song that you might not know.

Each son of St. Patrick,each true-hearted fellow,Come join in our March,and bear Part in our Song;The Offer's no bad one,my Lads, let me tell you,So give us your Hand,and parade it along.At Yankey hereafterwe'll tickle a Trigger,For Clinton, God bless him,will give use the Van;Let's first shew our Vigour,on Beef and good Liquor,St. Patrick's the Word,and your fife to your Can.

The Harp of sweet Ireland has called us together,The Rights of our Kingand our Country to shield;We hope the Assistance of all who would ratherThan slave in a Trade,take the Chance of the Field;To such gallant Fellows,we give Invitations,Whether born on the Nore,Shannon, Liffey, or Ban,St. Patrick's the Word,and each Fist to the Can.-

"Irish Roots"

In American History we are not taught a lot about the Loyalists that stayedloyal to the Crown in the American Revolution. There were reason for this of course. The victors write history as they say. Also the treatment of Loyalist by us Patriots after the war was perhaps not our finest hour. Loyalisst were all over in the place and in significant numbers in the deep south.

The above song was sung by the Volunteers of Ireland that remained loyal to Crown.

I have highlighted Catholic American Patriots (or rebels from another point of view) on this blog. It is time to give these men the Loyalist (or Patriots from another point of view).

I think two good articles sort of give a overview of the situation. See this very good work Catholic Loyalists in the American Revolution A Sketch.

I think that article gives us a much more added significance to George Washington and his early effort to eliminated vulgar displays of anti Catholicism in the army and indeed his lifelong association with Catholics. Washington was bucking a trend that he found distasteful.

Also see this page on the Volunteers of Ireland.

I might try to touch on this later including the Catholic Loyalist troops from Maryland and Pennsylvania

Lets Hear It For Miss England Iraq Vet and Huge Hottie

MASSIVE BOW HERE :)

Mudville Gazatte has the great story at The (not-too) private life of Corporal Hodge

The Fall of The Berlin Wall Makes Me Feel Old

I have seen today on the whole most people don't see the significance.

For most of my youth I lived within miles of Barksdale Air force Base in Bossier City Louisiana . This is where the B- 52's were stationed with the the ultimate "bombs" on board. In other words for all my youth I had to fear being pretty much killed in minutes as it was a main target.

I can still recall the excitement my class at Louisiana Tech had the day the Wall came down. We got a glimpse we did not have to live that terror. Just a few years before that seemed like fantasy land.

We were truly blessed that day. Do people not too much younger than I realize the significance of that?

Bush and Obama - A Comparison Over the Weekend

Hmm this is interesting. NRO has Two Profiles in Class

New Yorks Times Makes Catholic Medal of Honor a Winner A Muslim

I guess the New York Times never has never thought of Middle East Christians and just assumed some things

So I Guess Pro-Life Republicans Are Really Pro-Life (Health Care Bill)

Though I still oppose the Health cre bill I am very glad that many of my fellow conservative Catholics are seeing the forest for the trees here.

From NRO which I agree with

Second-Guessing Stupak [Ramesh Ponnuru]

As John McCormack reports, a few conservatives have complained that Republicans shouldn't have voted for the Stupak amendment. Instead, goes the theory, they should have voted "present" in sufficient numbers to keep it from passing, thus forcing pro-life Democrats to vote against the underlying bill and potentially bringing it down. (Something like this view has been expressed on NRO too.) McCormack argues that this tactic would not have worked.

It would have had significant downsides. It would have created a serious problem among Republicans with many rank-and-file pro-lifers, who would have wondered why Republicans weren't voting for an important pro-life measure. Pro-life Democratic congressmen would have felt betrayed: All year Republicans had been egging them on to fight the abortion subsidies in the bill, only to desert them in the middle of the fight? Democrats would have gotten a new talking point: They would have said that the vote proved that Republican objections to the bill were phony, since Republicans weren't willing to support amendments to address those objections. Their charge that Republicans were merely playing political games to deny the Democrats a victory would look more credible. Press coverage about the Republicans' insincerity would have been brutal.

And all of these reactions—from pro-life voters, pro-life Democratic congressmen, partisan Democrats, and the press—would have been justified. Oh, and one more thing: The likelihood that we would end up with a bill with abortion subsidies in it would be much higher.
I wonder what the advocates of this tactic think pro-life groups should have done? Should they have refrained from urging congressmen to cast a pro-life vote on the most important abortion-policy question before the House this year in the interest of affecting the outcome of a bill that is outside their bailiwick? Pro-life groups sometimes get slammed as arms of the Republican party, but people who want to craft strategy for Republicans ought to keep in mind that there are actually a lot of people in the party who care about abortion.

Thankfully, almost all congressional Republicans did the right thing.
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Planned Parenthood Director Now Pro-Life On the Huckabee Show

Oh this is great. Creative Minority Report has Abby Johnson In Her Own Words

Congress Heard the Catholic Bishop's Roar on Health Care Bill

Get Religion has some good stories on this

See Abortion was the key to it all and Maybe the bishops really mattered

The abortion issue was hardly noticed till late in the game by the secular media and the impact it was happening. I think looking at the new the lst week they were still not up to steam

A LSU Fan Says Three Cheers For Notre Dame(Pro-Life Commercial Ran During Navy Game)

What a great day. Notre Dame loses to Navy (Sorry Notre Dame those BCS Bowl spots are tight) and they run a wonderful Pro-Ad during the Notre Dame/Navy Football game!! MORE PLEASE!!!!

Mirrors of Justice has Notre Dame's adult-stem-cell-research ad and initiative

Big News-Apostolic Constitution For Anglican Released By Vatican(Updated with Links)

Exciting stuff. Father Z has the initial rundown. I will update this post. See Apostolic Constitution: ANGLICANORUM COETIBUS

Updates
Sub Tuum has Some Very Initial thoughts on the Apostolic Constitution

Damon Thompson for the UK Telegraph has major links and commentary. Keep a eye on hinm the next few days.
See
Pope's historic offer creates an Anglican tradition within the Catholic Church
Apostolic Constitution: married ex-Anglican bishops may keep insignia of episcopal office
Apostolic Constitution: the full text
Apostolic Constitution: Vatican publishes the details

Great read here from the London Times- Pope: Married Bishops in all but Name

A blog to watch is Fathers at Standing on My Head. He is a former Church of England Priest now a Catholic Priest in South Carolina USA. I am sure he will have good dommentary.

DO not miss the improtant Vatican Commentary at the bottom Go here to the Vatican web site

Conservatives Don't Go After Congressman Cao Please

We really need to try to keep him in that seat. I will have some more thoughts on this and the particular situation he was in. Thankfully some conservatives are coming to his defense as to the Health Care bill.

Deal Hudson has Back Off Rep. Joseph Cao (R-LA)!

Also see Defending Cao at the American Spectator. That writer is not only a conservative he knows a lot about Louisiana. (This is excellent)

Update-

For those that want to target CAO that would be the height of stupidity. He is the best thng Republcians and conservatives can get in that district. I really don't care if he supports legislation to rename Bourbon Street to Pelosi Blvd!!!! Cao will be pivotal in the future and is not just a automatic vote for the Democrats. Which is a HUGE improvement

Updates

Get Religion has The conscience of Cao

Major Pro-life Victory in Health Care Bill

I will talk more about this later. American Catholic has The Good News and Pro-Life Republicans

Yes I will Have a Lot to Say on Yesterday's Political Events

.....regarding the health care bill. I took a day off form politics to enjoy the New Orelans Saints victory. So I am now catching up.

So LSU Lost To Bama. I can Handle a 10 and 2 Season

but getting there might be hard with the injuries we got yesterday. Charles Scott for goodness sake looks like he is out for the rest of the year with a broken collarbone.!! The good thing is from a LSU standpoint is that Louisiana Tech next week is about as injury hit as LSU at this point.

As the Picayune said this morning LSU's loss to Alabama was no disgrace

But perhaps losing because of a rather bad call stinks. For a nationwide overview of that

. Sporting News

quote:
Since Miles won't say anything, I will. This is beyond bad officiating. It's so undeniably awful, I'm beginning to believe conspiracy nuts who claim the SEC is protecting its heavyweight teams (Florida and Alabama) since, you know, every poor call in the last month has involved, uh, Florida and Alabama.


CBS Sportsline
quote:
It was that close, that wonderful and that great, except for one thing: How, exactly, do you paint a conspiracy theory? That's what they'll be screaming from here to Fayetteville and back in the SEC. Did LSU corner Patrick Peterson come down inbounds with an interception of a McElroy pass with 5:54 left in the game? Early returns say he did, despite a ruling on the field that the pass was incomplete and backed up by the video replay booth. From this viewpoint, supported by sideline witnesses and seemingly by replays, Peterson's left foot was in and Peterson himself says both feet. CBS television kept showing a divot inbounds that looked like it was created when the sophomore cornerback landed. If that's the case, you have to wonder how it can happen again. The SEC -- Suspend Everybody Conference -- has another flaming bag of poo on its porch.


CNNSI
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Instead, I have to write about the SEC officials. Again. Because when officials went to the video with 5:54 remaining in Alabama's 24-15 win to determine whether Peterson intercepted McElroy along the right sideline, the replay official didn't see what most impartial eyes watching at home saw: Peterson got his left foot down with possession. He may have even gotten his right foot down. Officials on the field ruled Patterson caught the ball out of bounds. After a few minutes, replay official Gerald Hodges upheld that call, even though numerous replays shown on the CBS telecast seemed to show Peterson getting that left foot down with possession. Later, LSU players would say Peterson's left shoe left an obvious gash in the grass. (After interviews, I even took a photo of said gash.)


Yahoo Sports
quote:
The referees disagreed. The replay official, Gerald Hodges, concurred despite what looked to most, including the CBS broadcast crew, that Peterson had made the pick. Regardless of dissent, Alabama kept possession of the ball and went in for a game-clinching field goal. With the 24-15 victory, the Tide improved to 9-0 and kept their SEC and BCS title hopes alive. And so, the latest episode of “This Week in SEC Officiating Controversies” began.


NCAA Fanhouse
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Dear Commissioner Mike Slive, I know this has been a rough month for you. What with everyone suggesting that the SEC officials want to see Florida and Alabama in the SEC championship game no matter what the actual game results might be. Furthermore, I know that generally speaking the SEC's issue has been with judgment calls, celebration penalties on A.J. Green, personal fouls on some Arkansas defensive players -- it's okay, no one knows anyone's name that plays for Arkansas other than Ryan Mallet, it will be our secret -- missed calls in favor of Florida against Mississippi State, allowing Terrence Cody, the largest man on earth who still resembles a girl, to play without his helmet on. But this latest move, ignoring a clear interception by LSU's Patrick Peterson, has me steaming mad. What's the point of instant replay if you're going to use it and still get the play wrong? That's why I'm making you an offer, I will work as instant replay reviewer for any televised SEC game. For free.

POpe Benedict Says Go LSU Tigers Beat Bama and the Evil Nick Saban

GEAUX TIGERS!!!