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Here is a full listing of TV coverage for WYD on EWTN . It is now Thursday in Australia. The times posted here will be EDT and PDT. GMT is also posted. Note the numerous encores if you should miss an event. This is EWTN WYD Central . Lots of great information!

New Catholic also now cites Atonement Online and provides some further thoughts . I find it interesting that this story has broken so wide open today, the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, and that the brown scapular features in this Marian feast with regard to St. Simon Stock as Archbishop Myers made clear. From its earliest days, devotion to the Mother of God always has been an important part of English Catholic life. The tradition of the Holy Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, given to the universal Church through St. Simon Stock, derives from English soil. The famed medieval shrine to Our Lady of Walsingham and its tradition of pilgrimages is deeply rooted in English history and lives again today. The fervent devotion of England to Mary is exemplified poetically and beautifully in the concept of England as “Our Lady’s Dowry,” a devotion that tradition dates to King St. Edward the Confessor.

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Fr. Dwight Longenecker has been on top of this story from the start . In this post, he links to a fascinating story by Damian Thompson in the Telegraph.co.uk . The opening sentence of Mr. Thompson's story is the stunner: The Catholic Church will expand its provision of "Anglican Use" parishes in the United States in order to allow whole communities of traditionalist Anglicans into the Roman fold , a senior Catholic archbishop has announced. Please read both the blog post as well as Mr. Thompson's story in the Telegraph . If true, this has huge implications.

It must be that time of year when high school juniors and their parents are contemplating life after their senior year. I have had a number of visitors searching for Catholic colleges and "Newman" has appeared in the "search string." I think I can assist... The Cardinal Newman Society is an organization that works to strengthen and renew Catholic education. One of the features of this society is "The Newman Guide" -- a list of recommendations that is by particular criteria that the society sets. Here is the list they published for 2007 ; each year, the list may change according to their criteria. I hope this helps those who are seeking!

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I just finished reading another fine obituary of Mr. Tony Snow online in the local Catholic newspaper. It said all the right things and was syndicated by a major Catholic News outlet. However, as in the case of all the stories filed in the mainstream media, two words were seemingly missing from the story, " Catholic convert ." I thought perhaps it was me. I thought it was just my sensitivity. Thanks to the blogosphere, however, I found that that tiny electric tingle running down my spine was out there on the Catholic blogs and running awash. Others had noticed too: Raymond Arroyo for one . This blog post is one of many that have "caught the vibe ." I thought I'd share it. It is not all in my head. The agenda is very clear. Mr. Snow was a Christian AND a Catholic. He will receive a Requiem Mass in a Catholic Basilica tomorrow morning. May God have mercy on his soul and that of Mr. Russert. May their souls both rest in peace... Both were Catholics

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Mr. Palmo does a splendid story on Archbishop Burke and his return to his old home : the Eternal City. There is one paragraph that caught my eye, however: Widely believed to be one of Pope Benedict's top consultors in crafting the canonical aspects of Summorum Pontificum -- the pontiff's 2007 motu proprio granting wider permission for the celebration of the pre-Conciliar missal -- one untouched aspect in the significant buzz over the archbishop's transfer is the significant likelihood that, given his new base at the Vatican, his long ties to the communities attached to the "Old Rite," not to mention (much like the Signatura's docket) the issue's predominant concentration to the English-speaking world, the archbishop could just be named in due course to head the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei in succession to Colombian Cardinal Dario Castrillon Hoyos, who turned 79 in early July. As we shall see...Lord willing .

I must have missed this story when it first appeared but Fr. Dwight Longenecker didn't. He posted it as noted above . The story has since appeared on CNA News and on CN CathNews as well . It concerns three priests from Northern Ireland who were childhood friends and developed their singing talents. They are about to record an album of Catholic liturgical music.

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