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For those who want a less Catholic parish…

I was sent this… For those who want a less Catholic parish.

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Sage advice. It might choke you up.

Ever the optimist, from my desire to improve my chess game I look at chess videos and books. I lately came upon a bit of advice from a somewhat eccentric writer of yesteryear named Franklin K. Young who tried to … Read More

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Tracer Bullet and the Smoke of Libville. Epilogue: The Message Under The Door

Continued from Episode 9 – HERE Two weeks later, the evening slouched in wearing the same cheap suit as the night before. Tracer Bullet stood in his office, blinds half-closed, watching fog slither in from the river. The neon lights … Read More

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Tracer Bullet and the Smoke of Libville. Episode 9: The Vespers of Betrayal

Continued from Episode 8 – HERE “That’d be Chester.” I stood with my back to the warped blinds, one hand in my coat, the other resting on the scuffed back up folder that contained every sorry truth we’d dug up … Read More

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Sunday 1 July in Detroit. The “Great Diminishment” has begun: A tongue in check suggestion.

This is pretty sad. One of the last parish TLMs in the Archdiocese of Detroit…for now….at Holy Family Church. pic.twitter.com/VY8D6WNl22 — Alex Begin (@AlexanderBegin) June 30, 2025 Even with the election of a new Pope, whose views are not yet … Read More

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Tracer Bullet and the Smoke of Libville. Episode 7: The Threshold of No Return

Continued from Episode 6 – HERE I pulled the Charger up into chancery lot just as the rain tapered from its sulky drizzle. The building loomed in the evening fug, concrete and glass stacked like a columbarium of forgotten ideals. … Read More

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Tracer Bullet and the Smoke of Libville. Episode 6: The Howl At The Moon

Continued from Episode 5 – HERE Episode 6: The Howl At The Moon In the rearview, the neon sign for the Alibi Bar shrank into a smear of blue and red. The rain finally sputtered out about the time I … Read More

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Tracer Bullet and the Smoke of Libville. Episode 5: The Booth at Alibi Bar

Continued from Episode 4 – HERE Episode 5: The Booth at Alibi Bar Rain polished the streets of Libville into a mirror that only reflected bad decisions, the kind that start with a smile and end with crime scene tape. … Read More

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Tracer Bullet and the Smoke of Libville. Episode 4: “Patchouli and Power Plays”

Continued from Episode 3 – HERE Episode 4: “Patchouli and Power Plays” Swamp Castle wasn’t a castle. It was a beige concrete retreat center squatting like a theological toad on the edge of a man-made pond, surrounded by reeds, mosquitoes, … Read More

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Tracer Bullet and the Smoke of Libville. Episode 3: St. Odilia and Lavender Liturgy

Continued from Episode 2 – HERE Episode 3: St. Odilia and Lavender Liturgy The drive to Point Blank was uneventful in the same way a minefield is calm if you don’t move. The road out of the city narrowed into cracked asphalt … Read More

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