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Category Archives: Just Too Cool
Be The Maquis! TRADIVOX – Catechism Restoration Project
I am daily bombarded with “Please promote my book!”, “We need to raise funds to replace our convent’s roof.”, “A seminarian needs to pay off debts.”, “Advertise our liturgy conference!”… to which I haven’t been invited. Folks, as much as … Read More
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What would 13th c. sacred chant sound like in Hagia Sophia? Find out!
I received various notes about a brief clip on NPR about the making of a recording of Byzantine chant in a virtual, digital, recreation of the interior Hagia Sophia. Somehow they were able to recreate a virtual interior of Hagia … Read More
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VIDEO: Building a new, traditional monastery in France!
I bring to your attention a lovely video about the new Benedictine monastery that is to be built for an international, English-speaking monastic community in the Diocese of Fréjus-Toulon, France. They use the Traditional Rites! This is a very good … Read More
Happy Bissextilis! (No, it’s not a Jesuit holiday.)
It is a Leap Year Day. In Latin this is bissextilis, and has nothing to do with prominent Jesuits and their abetters. When there isn’t a 29 February, the saints are observed on 28 February. For this intercalary day in the … Read More
Forty years ago… USSR v US at Lake Placid
I’ve been lately in a place where a lot of miracles were worked. However, today I also remember the so-called “Miracle on Ice”. Forty years ago… can it be that long?… the US ice hockey team beat the Russians. I … Read More
JUST TOO COOL: All 12 Raphael Tapestries back in the Sistine Chapel
For your Just Too Cool file. For the first time in centuries all 12 tapestries commission by Leo X and designed by Raphael are back in the Sistine Chapel where they belong. For a week only. The 12 tapestries were … Read More
Card. Zen, Cops, and a Cappa Magna
As you know, the great Card. Zen is in NYC now for a great meeting and Mass. We will hear all about it. How I wish I could have been there. That said, I just received a great photo from … Read More
Something to warm up the heart a little
I had to share this for your Just Too Cool file. At Task & Purpose… STOCKTON, Calif. (Reuters) – William White, a 104-year-old U.S. Marine veteran who earned a Purple Heart in World War Two, is celebrating Valentine’s Day this … Read More
JUST TOO COOL: Judean date trees grown from 2000 year old seeds
Also for your Just Too Cool file, sent by a friend. From Science Alert: A Long-Lost Legendary Roman Fruit Tree Has Been Grown From 2,000-Year-Old Seeds Scientists have cultivated plants from date palm seeds that languished in ancient ruins and … Read More
Air Force Bases to change names: SPACE FORCE BASE!
For your Just Too Cool file. From Florida Today… Air Force: Space Coast bases will change names to reflect Space Force The Space Coast’s two Air Force bases will soon change names to reflect their connections to the military’s newly … Read More
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