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Somebody That I Used to Know

If you listen to the radio in the car, read Forbes magazine, watch Glee, or tweet, youâ€™ve heardâ€”or heard aboutâ€”the hit duet featuring Gotye and Kimbra. And you probably know what youâ€™re listening to, whereas up until about two weeks ago, I had no clue. No clue that I could nail down, anyway, because I existed in a pop culture void for the last four months, learning to live with a newborn baby. While in my void, the one predictable element was the opening melody of â€œSomebody That I Used to Knowâ€, which popped up on the radio every time I got in the car.

After four months of telling myself to remember the lyrics and look up the artist, I finally didâ€¦and had “A Moment”.

You know what Iâ€™m talking aboutâ€”the moment when youâ€™re reading a book by a favorite author and your favorite character from a previous book walks across the page. Or the moment when you hear a name on television and realize you roomed with that person your freshman year of college. Or when youâ€™re standing in the romance aisle of your favorite bookstore (oh, letâ€™s be honest, when youâ€™re browsing on your reader!) and you spy a gorgeous cover graced by large swirly font spelling out the name of that person you once chatted with on a writerâ€™s forum. That moment when youâ€™re connected by a shared past and, now, a shared present.

My Gotye moment hearkened back to an afternoon at my day job, almost a year ago, when one of my musician coworkers showed up at my desk, directed me to YouTube, and presented Gotye and Kimbraâ€™s â€œSomebody that I Used to Knowâ€. Like many things that happen in the day to day, my Gotye and Kimbra introduction fell off into the abyss of things that werenâ€™t important enough to stay in the forefront of my mind.

After my Eureeka! moment, I went back to the same coworker to tell him about my discovery. He sent me back to YouTube for what he referred to as â€œthe guitar gang bang,â€ otherwise known as Walk Off the Earthâ€™s cover of the Gotye and Kimbra hit.

And I had another Moment.

In my day to day life, I associate with musicians and writers. I love going out Friday nights to see my coworkersâ€™ bands play and I even more love being able to point random strangers at the stage while I say, â€œI know themâ€ or â€œI used to work with herâ€. In bookish conversations, I get a huge thrill out of being able to suggest Eden Bradley or Kate Pearce or Gwen Hayes while saying, â€œHere are her books, sheâ€™s a great personâ€.

Call me a name dropper if you want, but I think itâ€™s something more. I think itâ€™s the connectionâ€”the shared past and presentâ€”that makes the moment. And I think itâ€™s the kind of Moment that can make a personâ€™s entire day.

During my pop culture void, Gotye was one of my accidental constants but Romance Divas was my deliberate constant. The community kept me coming back and kept me grounded in a shared present, and if youâ€™re a writer reading this right now, I firmly believe the best thing you can do for yourself today is find yourself a community of writers to share withâ€”not only so you can one day say â€œI used to know that author,â€ but so somebody else can say the same of you.

EMILY RYAN-DAVIS is a multi-published author of romance. She blogs infrequently at, tweets almost as infrequently as @emilyryandavis, and peeks in on her community of writers several times a day. (Alright, several times an hour.)


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Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Liturgical Resource Site

I found another good liturgical resource site which I'll add to the sidebar.

I was also impressed by it's Liturgy Links page:

Liturgy Links

The other night a friend of mine (about a generation ahead of me) approached me after Mass, and we started talking about Halloween. We were noting how both of us grew up with the usual Halloween things and yet are Catholics today. While I certainly understand wanting to protect children from some of the absolutely crazy things in this world, I do sometimes find some rather extreme opinions on less serious things even among Catholics. For example, say "Harry Potter" and some will say you are one step away from practicing witchcraft.

I will admit that sometimes people can go a bit too far for Halloween in terms of decorating their house or dressing their daughters up like ..., anyway ...

I was told of a good post on the topic of Halloween among Catholics by Ma Beck. I found it rather balanced, and it does give an interesting perspective to celebrating Halloween. Ceremonial bow to Father Erik at Orthometer for pointing out the article.

Obligatory Hallowe'en Post

I prefer a good All Saint's party myself. I've seen some pretty good Saint costumes in previous years. Still, Ma Beck's post makes sense.

Roman Sacristan's cameo in the movie "Scream"
(which ended up being a deleted scene)

Whatever you do, don't answer the phone!

Update on Bloggers Choice Awards

OK, I just got the info from someone at the Bloggers Choice Awards themselves, when I asked about what was going on with everything appearing to be reset.
Thanks for reaching out to us. I am sorry for any confusion. The voting for 2007 has ended and the voting for 2008 has begun.
The winners will be revealed at PostieCon during a special BCA VIP Party at Tao Las Vegas on Nov. 10.
I hope this helps!
Happy Voting!

So, I guess start voting for me early!

Saturday, October 27, 2007

Please vote again.

Is this logo from Blogger's Choice Awards a true picture of cheaters running away with the trophy?

I don't know what is going on over at the Blogger's Choice Awards. It looks like the entire thing has been reset. Hardly any blogs have votes now, and when I logged in, it said my account had not voted for anything. I know they have had some problems with cheating in the past, but if they are having to do this, I am starting to take this contest much less seriously. Anyway, if you wouldn't mind, please vote for me ... again. This time it is OK to do so. You have to have an account, but if you've signed up before, then your account should still exist. Otherwise, it is free and easy to create an account. (And vote for the blogs in my sidebar as well).

Roman Sacristan page on Blogger's Choice Awards

Friday, October 26, 2007

All Soul's Plenary Indulgence

As a reminder, next week is the Commemoration of All Souls. In order to give this to you a bit earlier than last year, the link below has the requirements for obtaining a plenary indulgence (most appropriately for a soul in Purgatory) on All Souls Day. This will help you to get to Confession this Saturday (when most parishes have their Confessions) instead of putting it off until the last minute.
An even better idea would be to encourage your pastor or priest to make extra time for Confessions and to encourage this act. It's not merely a "devotion." If we truly care for our brethren in Purgatory, we should make an effort to help them in any way we can, and other than Mass, this is one of the best ways to help them obtain eternal rest. Feel free to copy the info from the link below.

Plenary Indulgence on All Souls

30th Sunday Per Annum - Comparison of Prayers

"The Pharisee and the Publican" by Gustave Dore

30th Sunday Per Annum (Ordinary Time)

Collect (Opening Prayer)

Official Latin from the 1969 & 2002 Roman Missals
Orémus. Omnípotens sempitérne Deus, da nobis fídei, spei et caritátis augméntum, et, ut mereámur ássequi quod promíttis, fac nos amáre quod praécipis.
Per Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum, Fílium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, per ómnia saécula sæculórum.

Official 1973 I.C.E.L. Translation (Used at Mass in English)
Let us pray. Almighty and ever-living God, strengthen our faith, hope, and love. May we do with loving hearts what you ask of us and come to share the life you promise.
We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

My Own Literal Translation
Let us pray. Almighty and Eternal God, give to us an increase in faith, hope, and charity, and, so that we may merit to attain that which You promise, make us to love that which You command.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son, Who lives and reigns with You, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever.

Prayer Over the Gifts

Official Latin from the 1969 & 2002 Roman Missals
Réspice, quaésumus, Dómine, múnera quæ tuæ offérimus maiestáti, ut, quod nostro servítio géritur, ad tuam glóriam pótius dirigátur.
Per Christum Dóminum nostrum.

Official 1973 I.C.E.L. Translation (Used at Mass in English)
Lord God of power and might, receive the gifts we offer and let our service give you glory.
Grant this through Christ our Lord.

My Own Literal Translation
Look upon these gifts, we beseech You, O Lord, which we offer to Your Majesty, so that, That Which is brought forth by our service, may above all be directed to Your Glory.
Through Christ our Lord.

Post-Communion Prayer

Official Latin from the 1969 & 2002 Roman Missals
Orémus. Perfíciant in nobis, Dómine, quaésumus, tua sacraménta quod cóntinent, ut, quæ nunc spécie gérimus, rerum veritáte capiámus.
Per Christum Dóminum nostrum.

Official 1973 I.C.E.L. Translation (Used at Mass in English)
Let us pray. Lord, bring to perfection within us the communion we share in this sacrament. May our celebration have an effect in our lives.
We ask this in the name of Jesus the Lord.

My Own Literal Translation
Let us pray. O Lord, we beseech You, may Your Sacraments perfect in us that which They contain, so that, we may truly grasp the things, which we now bring about in outward signs.
Through Christ our Lord.

Monday, October 22, 2007

Updated sidebar

I have been updating the sidebar. I have added some new blogs, some new sites, some sections for resources on both the ordinary form and the extra-ordinary form of Mass, as well as some Eastern rite Catholic religious Orders in the Men's Religious section.

Oh no! You'll have to go to Mass 2 days in a row!

As I was looking ahead at some preparations for work, I noticed that one of the few exceptions to my rule on whether you have to go to Mass will occur this year. I believe this will only be the case in the United States (or any other area where the Immaculate Conception is the patron of the region).

Sadly, as many of you know, with the liturgical reforms following Vatican II, options were allowed for local bishops' conferences to adapt some laws regarding holy days of obligation. Thus, I think all of the bishops' conferences in the English speaking world have now removed the obligation if the holy day of obligation falls on a Saturday or a Monday. Personally, I don't think this really benefits the faithful, but for whatever reason, the bishops allow it.

So, in general the rule goes: "you have to go to Mass on Sundays and holy days of obligation, but you never have to go to Mass two days in a row."

In the U.S.A. the only exceptions are Christmas and the feast of the Immaculate Conception, because Mary, under that title, is the patroness of the United States. The obligation for these is NEVER removed.

This year, the feast of the Immaculate Conception falls on a Saturday, and the obligation is NOT abrogated. This will be a bit confusing nowadays, because so many people regularly fulfill their Sunday obligation by going to the Sunday vigil Mass on Saturday (a quasi-liturgical abuse in my opinion, but that is for a different post). So, basically this will be like having two Sundays in a row, and you have the awkward confusion of what happens Saturday evening: is it still the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, or is it now the vigil of Sunday? Will priests have Saturday evening Mass of the Immaculate Conception, or will they have the Sunday Vigil Mass; another way of putting it: which day "trumps" the other? Technically a Solemnity trumps even Sunday. BUT a Sunday of Advent is a bit more "important" than a regular Sunday and I think it would even "bump" the Immaculate Conception if it fell on a Sunday in Advent (which I think happened back in 2002). So, it is just absolutely confusing. Even on a different topic, do you say Evening Prayer II of the Immaculate Conception, or do you pray Evening Prayer I of the 2nd Sunday of Advent? Usually the only way to find out is to get a hold of an ordo and see what it says. Unfortunately, I have not yet gotten our ordo for the new liturgical year (which begins with the beginning of Advent, December 2nd this year).

Off the top of my head I would say that the 2nd Sunday of Advent liturgically "trumps" the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception. (Just wait until Lent and Easter of 2008 when the early date of Easter bumps all sorts of things around: Saint Joseph gets "bumped" to the Saturday before Palm Sunday and the Annunciation gets "bumped" to the Monday after Easter Week).

Pastorally, I would say the safest thing would be to keep the usual Sunday (and Sunday Vigil) Masses the same. The problem is that often "pastoral" is used as an excuse to do something incorrectly. Rather than catechize or educate the faithful, pastors will be "pastoral" and just adapt something to what the uneducated faithful would think or do.

And just to throw out a quick rant: I think this is why the faithful are so ignorant and apathetic, because everything is made so easy for us that nowadays we Catholics really only have to make a minuscule effort to practice our faith. We really only think that we have to go to Mass on Sundays and (not even all of the) holy days of obligations and go to Communion once a year (and how many of the faithful even know this?). (Yes, I know there is much more to living the faith, but I just wonder how many "practicing" Catholics' only act of religion is going to Mass weekly and on Christmas and Easter.)

Many Catholics' reaction upon hearing they have to go to Mass on a day other than Sunday

Anyway, just giving you a heads up. You have been warned. LOL.

Friday, October 19, 2007

29th Sunday Per Annum - Comparison of Prayers

OK, so let's see if I can get these going again. I don't think I had any major changes this week from last year.

As always, you can do a search on this blog for "comparison of prayers" and find any comparison of prayers I've done since the beginning of the blog.

"Victory, O Lord" by John Everett Millais
(Israelites defeating Amelek)

29th Sunday "Per Annum" (Ordinary Time)

Collect (Opening Prayer)

Official Latin from the 1969 & 2002 Roman Missals
Orémus. Omnípotens sempitérne Deus, fac nos tibi semper et devótam gérere voluntátem, et maiestáti tuæ sincéro corde servíre.
Per Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum, Fílium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, per ómnia saécula sæculórum.

Official 1973 I.C.E.L. Translation (Used at Mass in English)
Let us pray. Almighty and ever-living God, our source of power and inspiration, give us strength and joy in serving you as followers of Christ,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

My Own Literal Translation
Let us pray. Almighty and Eternal God, make us to bear a will always devoted to You, and to serve Your Majesty with a sincere heart.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son, Who lives and reigns with You, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever.

Prayer Over the Gifts

Official Latin from the 1969 & 2002 Roman Missals
Tríbue nos, Dómine, quaésumus, donis tuis líbera mente servíre, ut, tua purificánte nos grátia, iísdem quibus famulámur mystériis emundémur.
Per Christum Dóminum nostrum.

Official 1973 I.C.E.L. Translation (Used at Mass in English)
Lord God, may the gifts we offer bring us your love and forgiveness and give us freedom to serve you with our lives.
We ask this in the name of Jesus the Lord.

My Own Literal Translation
Grant us by Your gifts, we beseech You, O Lord, to serve You with free minds, so that, purifying us by Your grace, we may be cleansed by these same Mysteries by Which we serve You.
Through Christ our Lord.

Post-Communion Prayer

Official Latin from the 1969 & 2002 Roman Missals
Orémus. Fac nos, quaésumus, Dómine, cæléstium rerum frequentatióne profícere, ut et temporálibus benefíciis adiuvémur, et erudiámur ætérnis.
Per Christum Dóminum nostrum.

Official 1973 I.C.E.L. Translation (Used at Mass in English)
Let us pray. Lord, may this eucharist help us to remain faithful. May it teach us the way to eternal life.
Grant this through Christ our Lord.

My Own Literal Translation
Let us pray. Make us, we beseech You, O Lord, to advance by the frequent use of these Heavenly Things, so that we may both be supported by temporal goods and be perfected by Eternal Ones.
Through Christ our Lord.

Thursday, October 18, 2007

Confirmations went well.

Confirmations went well. The bishop seems like a good man, although I really only got a brief chance to be introduced to him. (At least he didn't freak out when I kissed his ring, and he didn't get annoyed I called him "your excellency," so those are good signs.) I didn't really get to talk with him at any length because I was trying to take care of last minute altar boy organization. (I apologize to any altar boys who didn't get to serve, but Father wanted to keep the servers to a minimum so we could focus on the bishop.)

Overall things went pretty smoothly. I do regret that I was not able to get plans solidified earlier so that getting the deacon and servers prepared wasn't a last minute thing. Still, they all did a good job and any mistakes were not very noticable. Being a Master of Ceremonies is a challenge, especially when you have deacons and priests and bishops (oh my!). Still, just a bit more training and I think things would have been done with exsquisite precision and impressive ceremony (well, to try and impress God I mean).

But it went well, we got the candidates Confirmed and had Mass. Thank you for all your prayers. They certainly helped on that front. Now to try and take care of the bigger situations I am facing.

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

9/11 was a very surreal event for me. I was a novice Benedictine monk in Norcia, Italy. For me, the attacks happened in the afternoon. When I first heard the story from a friend, I thought he was just making up some joke. But he wasn't kidding. It was very sobering yet very upsetting. Since all of us in the monastery were from the U.S.A. we were all in a flurry of trying to find out more, wondering what was going on, and generally freaking out. Our Prior noticed this and sat us down in an impromptu chapter meeting, and very simply said one thing. He told us that a monk is not to panic when things get crazy, especially in situations like this where no amount of running around and gathering information will do any good. A monk is to just go to the foot of the Cross and remain there with our Lord. We left the impromptu chapter meeting rather sobered. He was exactly right.

Although I never went on to take vows, I am now a Benedictine novice oblate, and I have just remembered those words. The hard part is that it is much easier said than done. Although I can remember the words, when those times come it is very hard to just go to the foot of the Cross and remain there with our Lord. Yet how much solace that can give Him, to see us come to Him and willingly suffer with Him.

It seems right now is bordering on one of those times. Although I myself am not having the problem, a situation has arisen which has caused me to be in a flurry to find out more, wondering what is going on, and generally freaking out. There still may be a chance that I can help the situation, but it seems like it is becoming either more delicate or, without despairing, that the odds of a positive resolution are worse than I first thought. Spiritual battle can be very tough. The hard part is to see and accept that it is the Cross that actually gives me strength.

Another time, my Prior said something to me that I have found to be so true. He said, "there is no growth without suffering." Looking back over my life, I have found that to be so true. Maybe the suffering has been due to my own decisions, or maybe it has been because of others, but it is often in those times that I learned the most and gained wisdom. I hope that I am currently growing because this situation is causing me a great deal of internal suffering. In some sense, I guess all I can do right now is go to the foot of the Cross and remain there with our Lord.

Preparing for Confirmations

Confirmations are almost here and the new bishop is coming. I really want us to put our best foot forward and do all the ceremony attached to having a bishop at Mass, so we can give the bishop the respect his office deserves and also to show him that we care about doing liturgy right. As usual, the coordination of trying to get all the info I need and to get the people involved trained so they know what they are doing is probably going to end up being done at the last minute which always drives me absolutely nuts!

Oh how I need the Holy Spirit's help.

"Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Thy faithful, and endkindle in them the fire of Thy love. Send forth Thy Spirit and they shall be created, and Thou shalt renew the face of the earth."

EDIT - no, this post has nothing to do with the post above. Completely differnt situation.

Friday, October 12, 2007

Power of Intercessory Prayer

I would just like to say a thanks to all the readers who have included me in their prayers. I know that some of the difficulties I have had to face lately have been made more possible to deal with through your help.

I continue to ask for prayers as another big situation has popped up in my life. It's something I don't feel very prepared to deal with, so I am going to need quite a bit of Divine help.

So, thanks again for your prayers and please keep them up. When I pray for all my family and friends, I include my readers as well in that.

Thursday, October 11, 2007

Yet another book.

My reading list is a mess. I have an odd reading habit of reading about 5 or 6 books at once. This usually means it takes me forever to read a book all the way through.

Anyway, I just started reading a rather interesting book mentioned at least a few times over at The New Liturgical Movement. The book was written in 2003 and is available in pdf format courtesy of Church Music Association of America at the following link:

The Bugnini-Liturgy and the Reform of the Reform by Laszlo Dobszay.

I've gotten through the first three chapters (about 45 pages) and it is pretty interesting. From the title you can see that he analyzes the reform of the liturgy following Vatican II. It is a very honest critique, and he doesn't hold back any punches. However, I really like his approach to the book, and I think it gives a proper outlook to the liturgy:
"The critical approach to the "Bugnini Liturgy" presented here reflects neither disobedience toward higher authority nor a practical opposition to liturgical regulations. In everyday life, I am ready to accomodate myself to the currently valid liturgical prescriptions even though as an expert dealing with the liturgy, I consider them wrong or unsuccessful in many respects. Thus, my remarks are made in a spirit of service and not of contestation."

Dobszay's approach appears to be exactly the same attitude that Cardinal Ratzinger has in "Spirit of the Liturgy" ie an honest critique of the liturgy yet remaining faithful to the current liturgical laws. (It shouldn't be any suprise that he dedicated the book to Cardinal Ratzinger.)

Dobszay also uses the same "hermenutic of continuity" as Cardinal Ratzinger/Pope Benedict XVI when examining the current liturgy, looking at the new Mass not just vis-a-vis the Tridentine reform, but with the whole liturgical tradition of the Roman rite. And he is not scared to note that even in the Tridentine reform some things were not done in an ideal way.

It's a good and suprisingly engrossing read so far, and I hope to finish it. Supposedly it is going to be republished in book form soon. I'd really like to buy a copy when that happens.

UPDATE - The book is now available from CMAA at this site (at the bottom of the page):

Catholic Music Association of America Books

Tuesday, October 09, 2007

Shooting the Spirit of Vatican 2 with a shotgun.

Ha, ha, ha!

Ha, ha. Got the priest's panties in a wad over at the Spirit of Vatican 2 blog with my post on Saint Francis. They hate it when those of us who are more traditional are able to reclaim our Saints and our heritage! ROTFLOL!

The "motivational poster" of Saint Francis was made by Hummerbrecher at the now defunct anathema-sit blog, and lovingly preserved by the Catholic Caveman.

Yours truly has been "banned" by the Spirit of Vatican 2 blog for awhile now, so I'd say I'm not doing too bad!

Monday, October 08, 2007

Fr. Z. on Pope Saint Gregory on Pastors

Picture above the altar of Pope Saint Gregory the Great in the Basilica of Saint Peter, Rome, Italy

I've never really gotten into podcasts, probably because I have rarely enjoyed talk radio. However, I have started listening to Fr. Z's "PODCAzTs" and have found them to be very informative. This particular "PODCAzT" was extremely good. He starts with Pope Saint Gregory the Great talking about what qualities a pastor should have, especially focusing on bishops. However, Fr. Z points out that this can also apply to any man in a role of pastor, be they bishops, priests, or even the father of a family.

Gregory the Great on when pastors should SPEAK UP; priests and getting your way; voicemail feedback.

I always highly recommend Fr. Z's blog, but this is one post that stands out IMHO.

Friday, October 05, 2007

A Voice For My Generation

Wow! Talk about serendipty. I have known about Father Phillip Powell,OP's blog, and have always thought his homilies were good when I read them, but I happened to be looking at another blog that I had never heard of (thanks, Cathy_of_Alex!)and she had a link to this homily by Father Phillip:

Kids These Days: What they don't want from the Church

What he said articulated so well what my generation (I'm almost 35 years old) and apparently the current generation have felt all our lives, especially in relation to the Church ... or I should say many older members of the Church (the Church Herself has never preached the false teachings we've often been fed, just some of Her members).

Anyway, the post is a must read! It is what gives me hope when I see stupid articles like the one from the dinosaur Father Richard McBrien:

Pay no attention to the Pope

Guess, what Father McBrien? We know you are full of crap, and hardly anyone takes you seriously anymore!

Thursday, October 04, 2007

Saint Francis of Assisi was NOT a hippie!

I wanted to post something original this year, but, alas, work has crept up on me, and I need to get some things done. So, I'll just link to my post from last year. Seriously, do read the actual writings of Saint Francis, especially the letters mentioned in the post linked to here:

Saint Francis Was Not Politically Correct

Maybe I can get something better written later.

Wednesday, October 03, 2007

Happy Transitus of Saint Francis

Today, October 3rd, is the celebration of the Transitus of Saint Francis. It may seem odd that we celebrate his feast day on October 4th, but this is because Saint Francis died after sundown on October 3rd, which in medieval times was the beginning of the next day. (The same logic applies to how we have vigils for Solemnities and Sundays)

Here's some pictures from my recent trip to Assisi a few weeks ago.

(As always, you can click on the pictures to get a better view)

Saint Francis died in the valley below Assisi, just outside the little chapel of Santa Maria degli Angeli (Our Lady of the Angels). Actually, now, there is a huge basilica built around the chapel.

This picture couldn't have been planned, right when I got off the bus and was taking this picture, a Franciscan Friar was walking in the perfect place.

The original chapel of Santa Maria degli Angeli is inside the basilica under the dome.

Even the inside of the chapel has a rugged beauty to it.

Saint Francis himself said "Our Lady and the Angels frequent this place." Hence the message on the floor at the entrance of the little chapel.

Just behind the chapel and to the right is the little infirmary area where Saint Francis actually died. There is now a chapel inside the infirmary at the place where Saint Francis died.

"Qui mori S. Francesco 3 Ottobre 1226"
("Here Saint Francis died October 3rd, 1226")

On the outside of the infirmary is a beautiful painting of the death of Saint Francis called "The Transitus" by Domenico Bruschi.

I know the post is almost exactly the same as last year's, but I wanted to share some of the pictures I just took over there. I think they came out rather well given the lack of lighting. So, hope you enjoy them.

Sancte Francisce, ora pro nobis.

Prayer request for dadwithnoisykids and his family

Please pray for dadwithnoisykids and his family. This family is amazing not only in their openness to life, but also in their courage and faith in the midst of difficult times.

Mother Mary, Queen of Heaven and earth, pray for us.
Saint Therese of Lisieux, pray for us.
Saint Catherine of Siena, pray for us.

Tomb of Saint Catherine of Siena at Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Rome, Italy.
(click picture to embiggen)

So, what's the point of this blog?

Vigil Mass of the Feast of the Exultation of the Holy Cross at Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, September 13th, 2007, in Rome. Cardinal Bertone is the main celebrant, here during the Consecration (along with the relics of the True Cross on the altar)
(click picture to embiggen)

Over at The New Liturgical Movement, there have been some comments saying that with the motu proprio "Summorum Pontificum" the "reform of the reform" movement has become ignored and that everyone is focusing only on the extra-ordinary form of Mass now.

This got me to thinking a bit about that statement, and where myself and my own blog fit into that. In this blog's very first post, I said that I wanted to use this blog to share whatever liturgical knowledge I had. It was only after starting and seeing some of the excellent liturgical blogs out there (like The New Liturgical Movement and Fr. Z's What Does the Prayer Really Say) that I realized I had a lot to learn. However, having visted many monasteries and religious houses, having worked as a sacristan at a basilica in Italy and a few parishes here in the States, some of that experience, and the great wealth of information I have learned from studying liturgy over the years have begun to come together. A lot of what has been needed is a liturgical perspective that I first and foremost credit to Cardinal Ratzinger/Pope Benedict XVI. With his writings and especially with "Summorum Pontificum" it is as though he has opened a floodgate of liturgical discussion which I believe is beginning to produce great fruit. While I don't necessarily expect a major liturgical reform in my lifetime, I do think he has begun to lay the foundation for a true renewal of liturgical understanding, mostly from his hermenutic of continuity: of looking at the whole of the Church's Tradition.

One of the bad fruits of the "spirit of Vatican II," was that there was a mental rupture from the Church's Tradition in many of the faithful. I say mental rupture because there was not a doctrinal rupture on the Church's part, just an attitude amongst the faithful (even some leaders in the Church) where suddenly Vatican II was seen as a point at which anything before Vatican II is now obsolete, and only Vatican II and anything after that pertains to the Church in the modern world. What Pope Benedict has helped me to do is to break me of that mindset and to look at the whole of the Church's Tradition, and I don't just mean the Roman Church, I mean the entire Church, the Roman Rite, the Western Rites, the Eastern Rites and other Catholics around the world and throughout history.

So, where does this blog fit into all that? I don't think I'll ever be able to nail that down. But getting back to the initial question of the "reform of the reform" vis-a-vis the extra-ordinary form of the Mass that has been placed back on an equal standing with the ordinary form by "Summorum Pontificum," I can say that the motu proprio has actually put more "pressure" on the ordinary form to get it's act together. I don't mean that the Novus Ordo is to be changed to be more like the extra-ordinary form. That's something for the Church to do with an organized reform of the liturgy. "Vigilante liturgical reform" is not the answer to the problems in the Novus Ordo Mass. What I mean is to get the Novus Ordo back on track and to start getting it said as it is supposed to be said. We'll worry about actually reforming the ordinary use later. First we need to just get it said by the books.

I work in a normal diocesan parish, so the extra-ordinary form is something that may be able to be done on occasion, but since it is a parish, the ordinary form is what will be done the majority of the time. That's completely to be expected. "Summorum Pontificum" is not calling for the "Novus Ordo" to become the "Tridentine" or for the "Tridentine" to take over the "Novus Ordo. That's not what the Pope said at all. He merely made the "Tridentine" an easily accessable option for those who prefer it. In a typical parish, the ordinary form is still what will be celebrated as the norm. But hopefully the understanding that the "Tridentine" has to be said with such accuracy will influence those involved with the "Novus Ordo" to carry it out with the same accuracy according to its own instructions, rubrics, and ritual.

Thus, I would say that that is one of the goals of this blog: To help foster an understanding of the instructions, rubrics, and ritual of the Novus Ordo Mass ... even if I personally prefer the extra-ordinary ("Tridentine") form of the Mass. I do this because the extra-ordinary form of the Mass is not what has the problems. Those who want it respect it and say it as it is supposed to be said. The problem is in the chaos of the liturgical reforms of Vatican II, all sorts of things were introduced, especially a mindset that you can add anything to the Mass. I think this mindset is the first and greatest difficulty to get over. I have seen this in many, many priests formed after Vatican II, and I would say that even I have fallen into it myself in the past. Although I was always against goofy "liberal" changes, I had no problems with pius or reverent changes. But changes are changes. The Chruch gives instructions for each use and rite, and those are to be followed, not just because it is the law, but because it shows a unity with and obedience to the Church and a unity with that particular Tradition.

One of my first goals is that I would like to go through the 2002 General Instruction on the Roman Missal. The first time I read it, I was absolutely amazed that the Church actually gave such specific instructions on how the Novus Ordo Mass is supposed to be done. That document was what sort of woke me up to the fact that you can't just do whatever you want, you have to actually follow the books (suddenly Canon #846 Pt 1 made sense). Then I got ahold of the "Ceremonial of Bishops" and was amazed to see even more detailed instructions on the Mass. I suddenly saw that there is no real need for "creativity" (which is the same "creativity" that the Pope condemns in his accompanying letter to "Summorum Pontificum") because the actions of the modern liturgy are already laid out for the priest. Sure there might be a few more "options" in the Novus Ordo, but even those are specifically mentioned as options only for this or that particular part or situation in the Mass.

So, on your litany of things for which to pray for me, include that I can learn and understand better the liturgical understanding of not only the "Novus Ordo" and the "Tridentine" but also the bigger picture of the Church's liturical theology. I feel that this will be a difficult process, but one which will bear much fruit in the future.

Tuesday, October 02, 2007

I am a Benedictine Novice Lay Oblate.

Basilica (and Monastery) di San Benedetteo, Norcia, Italy

In all the chaos after getting back from my pilgrimage from Rome (exhaustion, allergies, doctors' appointments, procedures, work, etc.) I realized I forgot to mention that I became a Benedictine Novice Lay Oblate attached to the Monastery of Saint Benedict in Norcia, Italy (the brithplace of Saint Benedict and Saint Scholastica).

(I know what you may be thinking, "how can you forget about becoming an oblate?" Well, I didn't, I have been very excited about it, but it's just been THAT busy.)

A lay oblate is sort of like a "third order" Benedictine. It is a layman who promises to live his life in the spirit of the Rule of Saint Benedict, and I am obligated to say at least one of the canonical hours of the Divine Office each day. I chose this monastery because I used to be a novice monk there. Although after a year of discernment I realized that God was not calling me there, I do still love the Rule of Saint Benedict (I did my undergrad thesis on the Rule) and am still close with the community in Norcia.

The benefits are being able to participate in the spiritual merits of the monks and to be united to their community in a spiritual way. I pray that next year I can return to become a regular lay oblate which allows one to enter more fully into that oblation (with a promise of oblation that is renewed each year).

So, pray for my perseverance in this as well.

I'm back from the procedure.

Just a quick update. I am back from the procedure. The gastrointerologist found three areas in my colon that contain diverticula. In fact, last night, one of those areas flared up a bit. At least it gave him a definite place to look at when I told him about it this morning.

I am starting to see why they say to eat plenty of fiber and to avoid high amounts of saturated fats and sugars. Of course this is usually only learned the hard way, right?

Anyway, I think there may be some things they can do to fix the problem areas, I just hope it isn't anything drastic (I'm rather attached to my organs!) So, please keep that in your ever growing list of things to pray for the Roman Sacristan. (At least I am giving people a chance to do some spiritual works of mercy, right?)

I think the immediate worse part is that I am super hungry (having had to be "cleaned out" for the procedure) but with this flare-up, I have to be careful not to eat anything that could aggravate the sore area. (I think there is a line in the Rule of Saint Benedict that says a monk is "to love fasting.")

Asking for more prayers.

Well, please pray for me. Today I go in to have a procedure done so they can see what might be causing and what can be done to prevent the diverticulitis attacks I have been having over the last couple of years. Given I'm only 34, my gastrointerologist was concerned I had already had 3 attacks in only 2 years.

So, hopefully, they can find out what is going on, and that it will be something that is not going to require any drastic measures. I'll post any updates.

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Racked by cancer, Ulysses S. Grant must face the prospect of leaving his beloved wife penniless, unless he can bring to life the one thing of value he still commands: his memoirs.
“[An] exciting read . . . [Jeff] Shaara returns to the U.S. Civil War in this first book of a new trilogy. . . . This novel is meticulously researched and brings a vivid reality to the historical events depicted.”—Library Journal NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Spring 1862. The Confederate Army in the West teeters on the brink of collapse. General Albert Sidney Johnston is forced to abandon the critical city of Nashville and rally his troops in defense of the Memphis and Charleston Railroad. Hot on Johnston’s trail are two of the Union’s best generals: Ulysses Grant and Don Carlos Buell. If their combined forces can crush Johnston’s army and capture the railroad, the war in the West likely will be over. There’s just one problem: Johnston knows of the Union plans and is poised to launch an audacious surprise attack on Grant’s encampment—a small settlement in southwestern Tennessee anchored by a humble church named Shiloh. Drawing on meticulous research, Jeff Shaara dramatizes the key decisions of the commanders on both sides of the conflict—and brings to life the junior officers, conscripts, and enlisted men who gave their all for the cause. With stunning immediacy, Shaara takes us inside the maelstrom of Shiloh as no novelist has before. “Brilliant . . . riveting . . . a work to be embraced.”—Bookreporter Includes a preview of Jeff Shaara’s next Civil War novel, A Chain of Thunder.
Lost in another world and time, a regiment of Union soldiers find themselves part of a tactical retreat from the onslaught of the mysterious Merki hordes, reenacting the classic Russian retreats from the French and Germans. Original.
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Sunday, July 5, 2015

Scenes From Macy's July 4 Fireworks Celebration At Roosevelt Island Southpoint And FDR Four Freedoms Park - An Awesome Night

For the first time since 2008, Roosevelt Island residents and visitors watched the Macy's July 4 Fireworks from Southpoint Park and FDR Four Freedoms
and it was FANTASTIC.

Yet Another RI'er reports:
Quick recap: it was awesome. I was afraid that it would be mobbed but it was far from it. It seems that pretty much everybody squeezed into the FFP and hardly anybody stayed in SP even though the view was excellent no matter where you were.
Here's the the opening

and finale of the 2015 Macy's July 4 Fireworks celebration at FDR Four Freedoms Park.

Great job by the Roosevelt Island Operating Corp (RIOC) and FDR Four Freedoms Park - Thank You.

Will update with more pics later.

UPDATE 8:45 PM:  John Lee shows us 2015 July 4 fireworks seen from FDR Park with the Manhattan skyline in background

Image From John Lee

and Irina Hage has a view of fireworks from a Southtown Riverwalk building rooftop.

Images From Irina Hage

More 2015 July 4 Fireworks pictures from Roosevelt Island.
A photo posted by Joey (@joeychanco) on

A photo posted by Carolina. (@purinchun) on

Some were close enough to smell the Fireworks.
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A photo posted by Dana Vizcaino (@danavizcaino) on
Great job by the NYPD,

the US Coast Guard

and RIOC Public Safety Department keeping the event safe and secure.

One last look at the 2015 Macy's July 4 Fireworks Celebration from Roosevelt Island.

At the end of the Fireworks, the crowd exited Four Freedoms/Southpoint Park and headed home in a very orderly manner

passing the Cornell Tech construction site.

There was not much a a crowd at the subway station to leave Roosevelt Island.

After the fireworks, some went home and others watched Independence Day movie at Firefighters Field.
July 4 was done very well on Roosevelt Island this year.

Jean M. Shea said...

I wanted to go, but honestly was afraid of it being too crowded.. I should have gone.. thanks for the great photos.

CheshireKitty said...

It was fabulous - very well-organized, not crowded at all! I only got there a little after 8, and had no problem "claiming" a "front-row" spot a little to the left of the FDR sculpture right behind the roped off "room" area of the memorial as soon as the "room" was roped off at 8:30 pm - from that angle, not only were the 3 barges visible, but we could also see the synchronous fireworks going off from the double barge South of the Brooklyn Bridge in the distance above Manhattan! I must say, this for me was one of my all-time greatest July 4th Fireworks viewing experiences! You could actually not only clearly see everything, but weren't packed in at all - everyone was polite and orderly!


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So this weekend I took my 7 year-old niece out shopping for her birthday! It was so much fun. We went out for ice cream, and then headed off to H&M and Gap Kids.  I really wanted to go to Gap Kids because they had this Skirt that quite frankly, I want. I was really happy when she picked it up and had to have it. :) I’m totally living vicariously through her. Hope she doesn’t mind!

Then on the way home, she and I talked through what we were going to wear the next day at her party. She told me I had to wear my gold dress (check out this total look alike!). I was a little over dressed for the party, but so was my niece, so it all worked out. I still love playing dress up!


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Zach Dennis zdennis at mktec.com
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Berger, Daniel wrote:
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>>From: win32utils-devel-bounces at rubyforge.org
>>[mailto:win32utils-devel-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of
>>Nathaniel Talbott
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>>Subject: Re: [Win32utils-devel] Re: Open3.popen3 bug
>>On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 16:21:16 -0800 (PST), Daniel Berger
>><djberg96 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>I cannot duplicate this error with MS V++ 7.0 on
>>>Windows XP Pro, SP2.  Can you please provide more information,
>>>including your platform, SP number and compiler?
>>Sure. My platform is Windows XP Pro, SP2. Ruby is an older
>>version of the One-Click installer (ruby 1.8.2 (2004-06-29)
>>[i386-mswin32]). I'm using the open3.so binary from the 0.0.2
>>win32-utils installer.
>>It may be that I just need a Ruby upgrade, which is something
>>that I know I need to get around to eventually.
> Yes, I definitely recommend upgrading.  If nothing else, the Win32OLE
> library has some crucial bug fixes in the later release that I don't
> think are in your version.
> Please upgrade and let us know if that fixes the problem.

I get the same problem that Nathaniel Talbott described on my Windows
2000, SP4 box with ruby 1.8.2 (2004-12-25) [i386-mswin32].

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School Evacuated On Reports Teacher May Have Been Making Bombs

LIVINGSTON, Calif. (CBS13) — A Central California high school teacher was rearrested for possession of explosives after authorities evacuated the school to search her classroom.

After police interviewed students of 34-year-old Japhia Huhndorf, they found documents that indicated Huhndorf may have been in possession of chemicals not typically found in a chemistry class.

About 1,100 students were evacuated Tuesday while a bomb squad cleared the classroom, and authorities reportedly found nitroglycerin, an extremely unstable and volatile liquid.

A small amount of the substance was detonated by hazmat crews.

Federal investigators have now joined the case.

WATCH: Teacher Arrested For Giving Students Chloroform

Huhndorf was arrested Monday on suspicion of felony child endangerment for allegedly providing chloroform to students.

The chemical can cause feelings of euphoria, but in high levels can cause unconsciousness or even death.

Police said the teacher helped three male students at Livingston High School inhale the anesthetic at least three times over the past five months. They say it happened during after-school study hall sessions.

“The only thing we’ve been able to figure out is the teacher didn’t feel it was an issue. She thought it was okay for them to do that,” said Livingston Police Sgt. Ray Fong.

However, one of the teens who allegedly inhaled the chloroform told CBS13 his teacher is innocent.

“She’s paying the price for our stupidity, the cops are blowing it out of proportion,” said the teen.

He says Hundorph did not know and was not in the room when he tried the drug.

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  1. Concerned Citizen says:

    Just another crazy teacher….

    Hey CBS 13, I’m curious…..

    How come you have not covered the “Gift” scandal over at CalPERS?

    Looks like 49 people are under investigation.

  2. Lance Neufeld says:

    If you are waiting for CBS to grow a conscience and report real news rather than sensationalizing and spreading propaganda, don’t hold your breath. When will people realize that the press has an agenda and will not let the truth get in their way while attempting to acheive it? NBC and ABC are no better, by the way…

  3. my kids says:

    You all are off topic here!!!Why being worried about other things here,when our children are being molested,getting high or at risk of getting blown up!Wth is wrong with these people???

  4. spinout says:

    nitroglycerin is not a bomb.

  5. dontbelieve dontbelieveit says:

    Sure, the cops are blowing it out of proportion – never mind the teacher left them unattended when they were sniffing the chloroform – oh, and the nitroglycerin being around is no big deal either – what damage could that cause….. sarcasm intended

  6. Ed Garland says:

    She is a chemistry teacher. You would expect to find gun powder, dynamite and plastic explosives in her class. The union will get her off.

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TUOLUMNE COUNTY (CBS13) – A flash flood warning was issued for parts of Tuolumne County due to a crack in the Twain Harte Dam.

Water was reportedly seen leaking through cracks at the dam by an operator late Sunday morning.

The flash flood warning was issued for areas along Sullivan Creek, southwest of the town of Twain Harte. The warning was canceled after officials determined there was not an eminent threat of failure of the dam.

Steve Wasson and his family were enjoying the start of their vacation on a large rock next to the dam when they felt a violent shake.

“A fissure started moving from the back of the rock forward and we all started scrambling and screaming to get off the rock,” Wasson said.

Engineers from Sacramento have been called to the dam. The lake was full at about 143 acre-feet when the crack was first reported.

The water level in the lake is now being reduced by 10 feet to lower the lake below the leak, according to Tuolumne County officials. This means that about 2,000 gallons of water per minute is being let out from the lake.

“We have put a reverse 911, letting citizens know below this mark down the river to be aware of the increased water flow,” said Tuolumne County Sheriff Jim Mele.

The discharge is expected to be completed in about two days.

Authorities have closed Twain Harte Lake for the time being. No flooding is now expected, but authorities ask residents to avoid Twain Harte Creek and Sullivan Creek as stream levels will be above normal summer flows due to the discharge.

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For students, college is a time of transition including developmental challenges such as individuating from parents, forming intimate relationships, and establishing a career identity. Students often seek help from others for these concerns, as well as for situational difficulties, e.g. failing a course, losing a loved one, or roommate conflicts. Research shows however, that more severe mental health problems are being manifested among students than in the past. Faculty and staff, especially when in advising and coaching roles, are often the people to whom students first show their difficulties and a need for help through their classroom behaviors, academic performance, or personal disclosures. It is important for faculty and staff to be able to recognize the signs of distress that students show, to know the parameters of their roles as advisors, coaches, and mentors, and to effectively refer students to appropriate mental health resources when needed. Parents and friends, who know a student well, can also detect changes in a student’s behavior that indicate difficulties. Some guidelines and information are provided below to assist in this process of problem recognition and referral for help.

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Characteristics of Troubled Students

Problem behaviors may be manifest in the classroom, in advising sessions, in living areas, or during informal interactions, among other ways. Faculty and staff who have regular contact with students in these ways are in good positions to assist with early detection and referral. Parents may learn about some of these behaviors through email or phone calls home. Roommates and friends are the day-to-day observers of signs of distress and malfunctioning. It is very important for others to recognize the signs of distress in students. Some examples listed below show a range of problem behaviors that may be indicative of adjustment or mental health concerns.

  • Extremely poor academic performance, or a change from high to low grades
  • Excessive absences, especially if prior class attendance was good
  • Unusual or noticeably changed interaction patterns in the classroom
  • Depressed or apathetic mood, excessive activity or talkativeness, evidence of crying
  • Noticeable change in appearance and hygiene
  • Alcohol on the breath/problem drinking patterns
  • Inability to remain awake in class
  • Repeated attempts to obtain deadline extensions or postpone tests
  • Dependency
  • New or continuous behavior which disrupts your class or student interactions
  • Inappropriate or exaggerated emotional reactions to situations, including a lack of emotional response to stressful events
  • Seeking help from multiple other parties instead of counseling professionals.
  • Violent or other extremely disruptive behavior
  • Obvious loss of contact with reality
  • Disturbed speech or communication content
  • Suicidal or other self-destructive thoughts or actions
  • Homicidal threats
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Symptoms of specific psychological problems

  • Feelings of sadness, helplessness, hopelessness
  • Sleeping too much or too little
  • Weight gain or loss
  • Overeating or loss of appetite
  • Loss of interest in sex
  • Tearfulness
  • Withdrawal from others
  • Loss of interest in activities previously enjoyed
  • Decreased motivation
  • Alcohol or other drug abuse
  • Pessimism
  • Problems with concentration or memory
  • Thoughts of death

  • Constantly moving around or being fidgety
  • Not being able to relax
  • Nervousness
  • Physical sensations like heart pounding, feeling dizzy, can’t catch breath, and/or trembling
  • Feeling pressured
  • Excessive worry
  • Unable to make decisions
  • Problems sleeping
  • Difficulty concentrating

Alcohol abuse or dependence

  • Using alcohol to cope with difficulties
  • Drinking more often or larger amounts
  • Hiding drinking from others
  • Gulping drinks
  • Getting annoyed with others who comment on how much is used
  • Being uncomfortable when alcohol is not available
  • Feeling guilty about drinking
  • Unsuccessfully being able to cut back drinking
  • Drinking more than planned
  • Drinking in the morning
  • Memory loss, blackouts
  • Drinking to feel normal

  • Significant weight loss
  • Restricted/reduced food intake
  • Ritualistic eating patterns
  • Denies hunger
  • Perfectionistic
  • Excessive exercise
  • Distorted body image
  • Very self controlled
  • Does not reveal feelings

  • Frequently goes to the restroom after meals
  • Mood swings
  • Buys large quantities of food that disappear suddenly
  • Swelling around the jaw
  • Weight may be normal
  • Frequently eats large amounts but does not gain weight
  • Buys large amounts of food and eats it on the spur of the moment
  • Laxative or diuretic use

Thought disorders

  • Delusions
  • Hallucinations
  • Disorganized speech (e.g. incoherent, tangential)
  • Disorganized or catatonic behavior
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Similarities between Counseling and Advising/Coaching

Some helping roles on campus share certain facets.

  • Ongoing process with multiple contacts with student
  • Relationship is a key factor in helping
  • Focus of the work can be academic, career, or personal in nature
  • Goal oriented
  • Student development and success are core values
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It is important to recognize the differences among counseling, advising and coaching roles to ensure that the student is receiving the most appropriate service from the professional trained to provide it. Professional role boundaries and respecting areas of responsibility and competence are important in this respect. Some of the differences are described below.

  • Types of contacts: Counselors typically meet with students once per week for an hour with the directed focus of resolving particular issues. Advisors, coaches, and faculty may meet as needed with appointments lasting a varying amount of time.
  • Roles: Advisors, faculty and coaches may interact with their students in multiple roles, for example as a teacher, at a departmental picnic, as the advisor of a student organization, to name a few. This necessitates care in negotiating and clarifying parameters of those interactions with the best interests of the student and avoiding conflicts of interest in mind. In a counseling relationship, multiple relationships are less frequent since they can often interfere with objectivity in the counseling process.
  • Responsibility: Advisors, faculty and coaches may initiate contact with a student who has been identified as at-risk academically and therefore in need of service or may routinely initiate contact with students assigned as their responsibility. This places some of the responsibility for the interaction on the faculty or staff member and not just on the student. In a counseling relationship, it is the responsibility of the student to initiate the first contact and agree to the helping relationship, except in the case of emergencies.
  • Professional training: Counselors are professionally trained in the diagnosis and treatment of a range of student problems, including situational difficulties, developmental concerns and mental health problems. Some faculty and staff have excellent judgment, intuition and life experiences that may inform interactions with students around similar issues, but they are not professionally trained to address such issues.
  • Confidentiality: Counseling is predicated on the principle of confidentiality that is established by law and professional ethics and disclosure of information to third parties without the consent of the client is prohibited. Disclosure of information about students by faculty and staff to professionals within the University who have cause to know and are in professional positions to assist that student is acceptable.
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When to Refer

Whenever any of the signs of difficulties listed above are present and a student is not functioning at optimum level, a referral to the Counseling Center could be warranted. Often an empathic listener or a trusted mentor can provide the support, guidance, or perspective to sufficiently help a student through a difficult situation or time in life. Teachers, advisors, Student Affairs staff and university personnel in general, are dedicated to helping students learn, grow and succeed. There are times however, when the help of professionals trained to deal with psychological issues and problems is warranted. Faculty and staff should consider referring a student to Counseling Services in the following situations.

  • A student asks for help with a problem outside of your realm of expertise.
  • The student feels uncomfortable talking to you about the problems.
  • What you have done so far has not sufficiently helped reduce the problem.
  • The student’s behavior is disrupting others.
  • Helping the student could represent a conflict of interest or dual relationship and compromise your objectivity.
  • You are having a strong emotional reaction to the student’s situation, e.g. feeling overwhelmed, overly responsible, afraid, or tired.
  • You are extremely busy or stressed, or unwilling or unable to offer the necessary help.
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Some aspects of making an effective referral include helping the student see that there may be a problem, showing caring, and instilling a sense of hope and confidence in the remedy through counseling. Specific suggestions for referring are provided below:

  • Talk to the student in private.
  • Express concern, while being specific about particular troubling behaviors.
  • Listen empathically.
  • Remain neutral.
  • Suggest to the student that it would be helpful to talk to someone at the Counseling Center who is trained to address his/her concerns. Have the student call to schedule an appointment from your office, if he/she is willing.
  • Demystify and destigmatize counseling as necessary.
  • Call a counselor yourself to consult about the student’s circumstances.
  • Obtain emergency help via University Police if there is a threat of danger or harm.
  • Follow up with the student to find out if he/she kept the appointment. Don’t inquire about details of the session, rather just show an interest in knowing that the student is getting the help he or she needs.
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Poland: Jewish Gravestones from Poznań Found in Strzeszyńskie Lake
by Samuel D. Gruber

(ISJM) When I was involved in documenting Jewish cemeteries within the present-day boundaries of Poland in the early 1990s about two thirds of the approximately 1200 cemeteries identified had no visible gravestones, and several hundred mroe cemeteries only had a small number still in situ.  In most cases, matzavot  had been toppled during the Holocaust and often removed for use as paving stones by the Nazis to make more passable the many dirt (and mud) roads their mechanized army traversed.

But stones were used in a variety of ways.  In 1990, I was shown matzevot used to build a pigsty on a farm in the northeastern town of Krynki, and gravestones were also used to pave an area at a monastery in Kazimierz Dolny when it was used as a Gestapo headquarters.  In some case stones were hauled away whole.  Other stones were broken up.  Often Jews were forced to do the work of destroying the gravestones.

 Krynki, Poland. Jewish gravestones used a foundation for a pigsty. Photo: Samuel D. Gruber, 1990

 Krynki, Poland. Jewish gravestones used a foundation for a pigsty. Photo: Samuel D. Gruber, 1990

 Radom, Poland.  Cemetery monument made of recovered gravestones. Photo: FODZ.  Click here for more.

Those stones not removed by the Germans were either hauled often for building material by Poles in the post-War period (probably this is how matzevot from the cemetery of Wyszkow came to used as foundation stones for a local barn), or during the communist period, when many cemeteries were cleared for roads or buildings.  In the luckiest circumstances old stones knocked over just lay in place and were covered by a half century of vegetation, soil and sometimes trash.

Since 1990, more and more  Jewish gravestones,  though still only a tiny percentage of what's been lost, have been re-discovered and often moved, either back to cemeteries here they are often made into lapidary commemorative monuments, or to museums.  Those found in Radom in 2008 are a good example.  Most recently, as reported on the Virtual Shtetl website  matzevot identified as originating from the Głogowska Street cemetery in  Poznań were discovered by Joanna Członkowska, who spotted German and Hebrew inscriptions on stone slabs of a breakwater used to protect a meadow against flooding.  Ms Członkowska immediately notified the Museum of the History of Polish Jews which in turn notified  the Jewish Religious Community in Poznań, the Jewish Cemetery Rabbinical Commission and local media in Poznań.

 Strzeszyńskie Lake,  Poland.  Recently discovered Jewish gravestones:  Photo: Virtual Shtetl

According to Virtual Shtetl, the cemetery was established in 1803 and was severely damaged during WWII, when most tombstones were used to pave roads, including the Poznań-Berlin highway. Under Communist rule, the International Poznań Fair Complex was erected in the cemetery.  I do not know thew extent of excavation on the cemetery for the construction of the Fairgrounds and whether the actual burial were disturbed or if they remain underground and intact.  In only a few cases in Poland and elsewhere has post-Word War II construction been removed from known cemeteries.

Over the past several years, a number of tombstones have been found in various parts of Poznań. Some of them were included in the collection of stone monuments in an undeveloped area at the Jewish cemetery. Others were transported to and secured in the Martyrs’ Museum in Żabikowo.  It is not known where the recently discovered stones will be taken and whether their discovery will lead to more in other places around the lake.

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**Rule One:
If you pull into my driveway and honk you'd better be delivering a package, because you're sure not picking anything up.

**Rule Two:
You do not touch my daughter in front of me. You may glance at her, so long as you do not peer at anything below her neck. If you cannot keep your eyes or hands off of my daughter's body, I will remove them.

**Rule Three:
I am aware that it is considered fashionable for boys of your age to wear their trousers so loosely that they appear to be falling off their hips. Please don't take this as an insult, but you and all of your friends are complete idiots. Still, I want to be fair and open minded about this issue, so I propose this compromise: You may come to the door with your underwear showing and your pants ten sizes to big, and I will not object. However, in order to ensure that your clothes do not, in fact come off during the course of your date with my daughter, I will take my electric nail gun and fasten your trousers securely in place to your waist.

**Rule Four:
I'm sure you've been told that in today's world, sex without utilizing a "Barrier method" of some kind can kill you. Let me elaborate, when it comes to sex, I am the barrier, and I will kill you.

**Rule Five:
It is usually understood that in order for us to get to know each other, we should talk about sports, politics, and other issues of the day. Please do not do this. The only information I require from you is an indication of when you expect to have my daughter safely back at my house, and the only word I need from you on this subject is: "Early."

**Rule Six:
I have no doubt you are a popular fellow, with many opportunities to date other girls. This is fine with me as long as it is okay with my daughter. Otherwise, once you have gone out with my little girl, you will continue to date no one but her until she is finished with you. If you make her cry, I will make you cry.

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As you stand in my front hallway, waiting for my daughter to appear, and more than an hour goes by, do not sigh and fidget. If you want to be on time for the movie, you should not be dating. My daughter is putting on her makeup, a process than can take longer than painting the Golden Gate Bridge. Instead of just standing there, why don't you do something useful, like changing the oil in my car?

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MORAGA, Calif. - The Santa Clara University women's tennis team opened play today at the sixth annual Saint Mary's Invitational at the Gaels' Korth Tennis Center in Moraga.

Newcomers Kelly Leathers, Kimberly Daniel and Erika Barnes won their opening matches. Leathers earned a 6-0, 6-0 victory in the round of 128 before earning a three-set victory over ninth seed Gabi Ruiz of San Francisco in the Round of 64. Daniel and Barnes received first-round byes, and also both took three-set victories in the Round of 64. All three Broncos fell in the Round of 32.

Doubles action begins on Saturday, while sophomore Kristen Ruso will compete in the consolation singles draw as well.

The tournament is hosting 90 singles players and 40 doubles tandems from the following schools: Air Force, California, Stanford, Fresno State, Gonzaga, Pacific, Santa Clara, UC Davis, Sonoma State, Nevada, San Francisco, Sacramento State and San Jose State.

The Saint Mary's College Invitational is the second largest collegiate tennis event in Northern California. The Broncos will remain at the Invitational through Sunday and will conclude their fall season the following week at the ITA Regional Championship, hosted by Stanford, Oct. 24-26.

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Viktoria Hizo (UOP) def. Kelly Leathers (SCU) 7-5, 6-1
(9) Kate Harden (SMC) def. Erika Barnes (SCU) 6-2, 6-4

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Since 1987 the water use in Santa Clara has dropped significantly while population within the city continues to rise. It is evident that conservation has become a way of life in the City of Santa Clara. The graph below shows how the City has conserved water despite the population increase.

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A major way the City continues to control water demand, while still following through with its conservation goals, is through its strong Award-Winning Recycled Water Program which is a direct offset to the potable water demand in the City. The City of Santa Clara is proud to have accepted the 2014 Recycled Water Retailer of the Year award from the WateReuse Association.

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