The Provincial Emails

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12366044Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:59:52 +0000The Provincial Emailshttp://terrenceberres.com/noreply@blogger.com (Terrence Berres)Blogger3056125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12366044.post-8538243091979051061Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +00002010-03-12T09:59:52.046-06:00Ouch dioceseA hundred sheep, but who's countingWe were invited to the recent Campanile Society dinner for selected donors to last year's Catholic Stewardship Appeal. That was even though my contribution was at an unlisted (Acedia?) level of giving.Archbishop Listecki later sent those of us who declined to attend a letter of thanks for our donation, and a pitch for this year's appeal. I need your help to ensure the Church's mission of teachinghttp://terrenceberres.com/2010/03/hundred-sheep-but-whos-counting.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Terrence Berres)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12366044.post-4831649348580566504Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +00002010-03-11T18:00:01.043-06:00Wee-weed the PeopleThe baleful fact is that the country suffers from a surfeit of democracy -- a gazillion interest groups, a gazillion blogs, a gazillion talk shows and all of them insisting on transparency so a gazillion eyes peer over the shoulders of politicians. --Richard Cohen I've said it before and I'll say it again, democracy simply doesn't work. --Kent Brockmanhttp://terrenceberres.com/2010/03/wee-weed-people.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Terrence Berres)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12366044.post-7197296787595176684Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +00002010-03-11T08:28:13.737-06:00Juan y Maria CatolicaDavid Lewellen reviewed last month's concert in the Early Music Now series: Ensemble Lipzodes makes Guatemalan music timeless. The performance at All Saints Cathedral showed that music written in the New World during the early days of colonization sounds similar to what the Old World was producing at the same time, which may be the most remarkable thing of all. Music written for isolated churcheshttp://terrenceberres.com/2010/03/juan-y-maria-catolica.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Terrence Berres)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12366044.post-471136101052328318Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +00002010-03-10T18:00:03.546-06:00Far Left behindsee more Epic Failshttp://terrenceberres.com/2010/03/far-left-behind.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Terrence Berres)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12366044.post-7254583793213691068Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +00002010-03-10T09:04:34.300-06:00ParishableOuch diocesePlay midsty for meWhen Adoremus Bulletin reported US Bishops Approve Missal Texts, there was this local angle. Bishop Richard Sklba, auxiliary bishop of Milwaukee and past president of CBA [The Catholic Biblical Association of America], also strongly objected to Liturgiam authenticam’s insistence on fidelity to the original text: “I’ve been very clear about my own conviction that the use of inclusive language http://terrenceberres.com/2010/03/play-midsty-for-me.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Terrence Berres)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12366044.post-1074947544703984131Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +00002010-03-09T06:00:04.042-06:00Saints be praisized!Joseph O'Leary on the controversy over pending liturgical changes. Why were the likes of Bishop Donald Trautman ridiculized...?http://terrenceberres.com/2010/03/saints-be-praisized.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Terrence Berres)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12366044.post-9197980572824726736Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +00002010-03-08T18:00:01.319-06:00Caught in the ActonThe Economist reported on two studies. Taken together, these results do indeed suggest that power tends to corrupt and to promote a hypocritical tendency to hold other people to a higher standard than oneself.That is, "Power corrupts, but it corrupts only those who think they deserve it".http://terrenceberres.com/2010/03/caught-in-acton.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Terrence Berres)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12366044.post-4847787254161352008Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +00002010-03-08T06:00:10.450-06:00Ouch dioceseAsk the ArchbishopMilwaukee Journal Sentinel religion writer Annysa Johnson and other local media will pose questions to Milwaukee Archbishop Jerome Listecki at a Newsmakers Luncheon March 9 at the Milwaukee Press Club. In an effort to represent the community, we'd like to know what you'd like us to ask the archbishop. Send your questions to Annysa...http://terrenceberres.com/2010/03/ask-archbishop.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Terrence Berres)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12366044.post-7813248663990913080Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:00:00 +00002010-03-05T17:03:19.012-06:00Ouch dioceseNot on the listThe Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that a Controversial bishop will be at Marquette on Thursday. Retired Catholic Bishop Thomas Gumbleton, who has been blocked from speaking at some churches, including Milwaukee's Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, because of his views on women's ordination and homosexuality, will speak on "Justice in the Church and Society" at Marquette University on http://terrenceberres.com/2010/03/not-on-list.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Terrence Berres)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12366044.post-8988728182703725283Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:00:00 +00002010-03-03T12:00:03.381-06:00From the ashesBerlin, Germany, February 17, 2010On our morning jog around the immediate neighborhood no buildings clearly date to before the war. Buildings are all several stories tall, immediately adjacent to each other. We pass a church, but it's almost indistinguishable from the buildings on either side.The hotel has a complimentary breakfast buffet. It's Ash Wednesday, so I avoid the bacon and sausage and http://terrenceberres.com/2010/03/from-ashes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Terrence Berres)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12366044.post-1631845455564073238Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +00002010-03-03T07:56:10.426-06:00Jet lag dayBerlin, Germany, February 16, 2010We've seen it recommeded that travelers should use their first day for light activities until as close as possible their usual bedtime in the new time zone. Shopping wins a 1-1 vote, and we set off by U-bahn (subway). (As visitors we find a city's subways the fastest and easiest to understand though least scenic way to get around.) An entrance for the nearest http://terrenceberres.com/2010/03/jet-lag-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Terrence Berres)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12366044.post-7457063801805801680Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +00002010-03-02T18:09:30.725-06:00Ich bin in BerlinBerlin, Germany, February 16, 2010 Off-season travel to Europe is a bargain, not entilrely surprising given what is off about the season. There were a couple of inches of snow on the ground. Berliners do not believe in clearing their sidewalks after it snows. Instead they shovel a path, and leave the rest of the snow to turn into a layer of ice on which they scatter gravel, I assume until spring.http://terrenceberres.com/2010/03/ich-bin-in-berlin.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Terrence Berres)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12366044.post-4784741140585898891Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:00:00 +00002010-03-02T13:12:10.803-06:00But no sproutsBrussels Airport, February 16, 2010Losing post title: If it's Tuesday, this must be Belgium.The passport check official greets us with "Ah, here come two Americans." The ensuing chit-chat includes him telling me that the origin of metal sleeve buttons, like those on my blazer, was military; soldiers used them to wipe their noses. (But see Wikipedia)One gift shop sold packages of what we call http://terrenceberres.com/2010/03/but-no-sprouts.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Terrence Berres)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12366044.post-8132616777972214835Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +00002010-03-02T10:12:52.761-06:00Lass' sie nach Berlin kommen.Now, where was I.Chicago O'Hare Airport, February 15, 2010Books in carry-on bag; check. Travel sport coat with books in pockets; check. Overcoat with books on pockets; check. Books include at least one set in our destination; Berlin Stories, by Christopher Isherwood, check.Among the departure delays there was one new ot us. Just after push-back a passenger tried a self-upgrade from Coach to http://terrenceberres.com/2010/02/lass-sie-nach-berlin-kommen.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Terrence Berres)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12366044.post-3909989358631552236Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:00:00 +00002010-03-01T09:32:46.812-06:00Blogger MaydayBlogger has announced that the small percentage of weblogs using its software but not hosted on its Blogspot servers will lose FTP support. The change has now been postponed to May 1, 2010.Since this blog is hosted elsewhere, I will have to decide whether to switch to other blogging software, move the blog to Blogspot, or discontinue it.Switching to, say, WordPress involves a conversion that http://terrenceberres.com/2010/02/blogger-mayday.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Terrence Berres)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12366044.post-5825591196969517371Sun, 14 Feb 2010 12:00:00 +00002010-02-23T15:06:03.952-06:00Sunday literary supplementBook travel: Dresden  A Fair Maiden, review by Todd VanDerWerff, of 'A Fair Maiden', by Joyce Carol Oates  Getting to Slaughterhouse Five in Dresden, Germany  Better to React Than to Act, by Tim Wogan (via Joe Carter at First Things)  Ring Lardner, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The New Republic, October 11, 1933  Joyce Carol Oates on Joyce Carol Oates, by Alexandra Alter, on 'A Widow's Memoir', by Joyce Carol Oates (via Arts & Letters Daily)  Money and Manners, by Christopher Caldwell, review of 'Manhattan Monologues', by Louis Auchincloss (via Joseph Bottum at First Things)  Walker Percy at Notre Dame: on receiving the Laetare http://terrenceberres.com/2010/02/old-macdonald.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Terrence Berres)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12366044.post-4865252325145469839Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:00:00 +00002010-02-05T06:00:02.643-06:00Hear Scott Hahn and Bryan MassingaleDr. Scott Hahn and Fr. Bryan Massingale are among presenters, though not together, at Lenten events on the Archdiocesan calendar. Go to both and offer one up. "Breaking the Yoke of Poverty and Racism: A Reflection in Light of God's Mercy" - Thursday, February 18, 2010, 7:00 p.m. at St. Margaret Mary Parish, Milwaukee A prayer service, led by Fr. Bryan Massingale, will reflect on the divisionshttp://terrenceberres.com/2010/02/hear-scott-hahn-and-bryan-massingale.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Terrence Berres)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12366044.post-7779060908783557546Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:00:00 +00002010-02-04T06:00:08.351-06:00ParishableOpen agenda, hidden minutesThe St. Al's website has been revised. It's a nice clean design by Faithwebsites; better than FWS's own site, I'd say. The Parish Council page has this description. The Parish Council is both the process and structure which enables parishioners to share more fully in the task of continuing the Church's work in the parish neighborhood. Its primary role is to call forth and affirm the gifts http://terrenceberres.com/2010/02/open-agenda-hidden-minutes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Terrence Berres)1