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While recently reading through the Catechism in one year as a part of the Year of Faith (Day 185 to be precise), I ran across a quote from St. Monica regarding the handling of her mortal remains after her approaching…

CUTAWAYS: THE THREE AMIGOS

by David on March 26, 2013 · 0 comments

Day 162 of reading through the Catechism in one year as a part of the Year of Faith has rolled around, and this little nugget popped up. “God speaks to man through the visible creation. The material cosmos is so…

Well, Christmastime is almost over. We’ll have to wait another year for all the decorations and candy canes and radio stations incessantly playing secular Christmas carols. For some reason though, despite the fact that it never once mentions the baby…

Ah, Christmastime. No matter what circumstances we find ourselves in, we always try to make this time of year as pleasant as humanly possible for our children don’t we? Why, I bet if the zombie apocalypse were to ever actually…

THE TWELVE CLIPS OF CHRISTMAS: DAY 2–THE INSECT’S CHRISTMAS

by David December 27, 2012

Well, as fate (or good planning) would have it, Day 77 of reading through the Catechism in one year as a part of the Year of Faith recounts a familiar tale. “Jesus was born in a humble stable, into a…

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CUTAWAYS – PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD’S END

by David November 9, 2012

You might remember that the last time we brought up reading through the Catechism in one year as a part of the Year of Faith, we tossed around the idea that while we Catholics use a number of formulas in…

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THE B-LIST: MOVIES TO GIVE YOUR CHILDREN NIGHTMARES (OR THE GIGGLES, YOU NEVER CAN TELL WITH KIDS)

by David October 16, 2012

It’s that time of year again where Christian parents try to find some scary movies to share with their kids on Halloween that won’t compromise their youngsters moral development or traumatize them into needing years of therapy. Over at the…

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A STRANGE (AND POWERFUL) LOVE: OR HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE NEW EVANGELIZATION

by David October 11, 2012

“Of course, the whole point of a Doomsday Machine is lost, if you KEEP it a SECRET! Why didn’t you tell the world, EH?” – Dr. Strangelove

As noted in the my last post, The B-Movie Catechism will be participating…

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NOW SHOWING: THE YEAR OF FAITH

by David October 11, 2012

I’m sure everyone will remember this conversation from Beetlejuice:
Barbara: I hate this. Just… can you give me the basics?
Adam: Well, this book isn’t arranged that way. What do you wanna know?
Barbara: Well, why did you disappear when…

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Photos of Bodnant Garden in North Wales

by David Clayton August 24, 2012

Last week I wrote about Bodysgallen, a country house in the Conway Valley in North Wales. Here are some photos of somewhere I visited on the same day further inland on the same river valley. It is Bodnant Garden. The…

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