August 16, 2011 - Archdiocese of Baltimore

August 16, 2011

Archbishop’s words on marriage a tonic

Three cheers for Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, for reminding Governor O’Malley that Maryland is not New York (CR, Aug. 11). He should have also included California when talking about the definition of marriage. Since the dawn of time, regardless of what name is given to the union of man and woman, it is has meant...

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August 16, 2011

All together now: ‘I love my cross, I love my beads’

A song from the “Manual of Select Catholic Hymns and Devotions.” (CR Staff/George P. Matysek Jr.) They just don’t write hymns like the ones I recently stumbled across in an old Catholic songbook at the recently closed St. Michael Church, Fells Point. Published in 1925, the yellowed and crumbling “Manual of Select Catholic Hymns and...

George P. Matysek Jr.Blog, The Narthex

August 16, 2011

World Youth Day 2 recap…

Madrid- I’m working on more video clips and a photo album. Let’s just say the hotel internet fees aren’tt worth all the Euros! Wait, I think they’re knocking at my door. They’re so worth it. So, the clips are uploading to Youtube now and hopefully they’ll be embedded while Americans back home in Maryland are...

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August 16, 2011

Madrid, Day 2- audio and video!

The young people are off on their own this morning (with chaperones, don’t worry mom and dad!), exploring this magical city of Madrid. We’re going to gather back here at the hotel at 6 p.m. our time so we can get ready for the opening Mass. You see World Youth Day signs everywhere here, so...

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