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by David February 19, 2013

Not getting your fill of of flicks and Catholicism around these parts? Not to worry, there’s plenty more showing around the blogosphere right now.
First up is… well, to be honest, it’s more of ME! While I will continue as…

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Illuminated Manuscript of King David, Painted by Me

by David Clayton February 15, 2013

I have just completed this painting of King David. It is based on the image that is in the Westminster Psalter, which dates from about 1200AD. The original is an illuminated manuscript, this is painted in egg tempera on high…

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Singing the Psalms with Victoria

by David Clayton February 14, 2013

And thinking about her in the week of her birthday
Not long ago I wrote an article in which I suggested ways of developing the cultural sensibilities of children, here. I have many blessings in my life and one is…

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DOUBLE FEATURE: VOYAGE TO THE PREHISTORIC PLANET & VOYAGE TO THE PLANET OF PREHISTORIC WOMEN

by David February 14, 2013

ST. AUGUSTINE ON VENUS
A Guest Review by Xena Catolica
In the world of B-Movies, few films have suffered a weirder fate than the 1962 “Planet of Storms”, by the Leningrad Popular Science Film Studio.…

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Ash Wednesday Cat

by Cari Donaldson February 13, 2013

 
Ken tried telling me last night that he was going to the evening Mass today because wearing his ashes to work  would be contrary to the Scripture reading for Ash Wednesday.
Nice try, buddy.  You avoided the morning Mass…

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COMING ATTRACTIONS: VOYAGE TO THE PREHISTORIC PLANET & VOYAGE TO THE PLANET OF PREHISTORIC WOMEN

by David February 13, 2013

Well, today may be a day of fasting, but coming up tomorrow we have a real Valentine’s Day treat for everyone. After years of badgering, one of our most frequent commenters has finally consented to take a shot at reviewing…

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PULP CATHOLICISM

by David February 13, 2013

Some Catholic pop culture for those of you out there not yet counting gray hairs. The Flying Nun was an actual TV sitcom starring future Academy Award winner Sally Field (yes, The Amazing Spider-Man’s Aunt May). It was a modest…

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Is the Free Economy Really Free?

by David Clayton February 12, 2013

Harry Veryser’s It Didn’t Have to Be This Way: Why Boom and Bust is Unnecessary and How the Austrian School of Economics Breaks the Cycle (Culture of Enterprise)
I recently posted  an article about Fr Robert Sirico’s book in which…

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Meatless weekdays all Lent Long

by Daria Sockey February 12, 2013

For the past few years, inspired by other families who do this, we have served meatless meals all though lent, Monday thru Friday. This has worked well for the whole family as a penance.
But especially for the cook. Me.…

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GARGOYLES

by David February 11, 2013

THE PLOT
“Incorporating themes from horror films of both the ’50s and the ’70s, this suspenseful TV movie stars Cornel Wilde and Jennifer Salt as an archaeologist and his daughter, who discover a strange skull on display at a roadside…

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