Devastating news

I am sure you have all heard the news about Cyclone Nargis and what has happened in Myanmar, let us keep all people involved and harmed by this disaster in our prayers. The death toll may exceed 100,000!

We will be using some of this weekends collection for relief, but if you want to go ahead you can go to CRS and donate now. To see some of the damage go here and see the interactive image of the devastation. Again pray for the guidance of the Holy Spirit for the people in Myanmar and the people trying to help.

Photos from Charleston

These three are my three favorite photos from Charleston. I took a whole bunch more of them which you can see below. Enjoy

Friday FAILures

And more...Enjoy

Mindteaser

Ok now I have a prize to offer for the first correct answer, a T-Mobile day pass for your surfing pleasure next time you are out and about. Here is the question...

Bob and Judy have five children. Half of them are boys. How is this possible?

Answer: The other half are also boys.

Jon S. our winner, see me at Mass and I will give you your winnings. Also do check the answers as we had an internet celebrity give an answer.

This looks like some fun

Feet and their people

For quite some time now I have taken photos of peoples feet and calves...not sure why but always gets people laughing and it is something to talk about. There are always two photos in the series: 1. The feet and calves and 2. The people they belong to. Here is my latest photo, I will post more as I get them and some from the past as well. Enjoy

Oklahoma City Galier First Communion

My nephew Tony at this First Communion

Tony, Fr. Jack Feehily, and another child from St. Andrew in Moore, the parish in which I was Baptized, Confirmed, and received my First Reconciliation and First Communion.

The Galier clan, looks good don't they?

Donna & Tony and their first communicant.

Bouncy thing

Look at all the kids* enjoying the bouncy slide...

The kids* sure are having fun...

One kid* almost flattens another...







*Yes I count myself as one of the kids!

Pie Eating Contest, more photos

Deacon Bill wanted some water, and he got it!

I needed some air.

nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom

Done and stuffed

Hankins & First Communion

A little angel...

Dad and older brother...

Deacon Jim gets in the photo...

The whole family aglow!

Wilson Children First Communion

A set of the Wilson twins from St. Matthew at the First Communion party.

As an aside you can tell this little fella looks like Napoleon and when I asked him about looking like Napoleon another kid says to me..."he doesn't look anything like Napoleon!" Just goes to show you when you say one thing people do not always understand what you intend. I meant Napoleon and he thought Napoleon , not the same.

Names on the prayer list

A frequent reader Doug Scholl's father, Willard Scholl, has been placed on the list. Also you will remember John Paul Rosamond from this post and the posts from Salt Lake City, has also been placed on the list. Doug's dad is in hospice care now and John Paul is having a major surgery today, so please keep them both in your prayers. If you have a name you want on the list here let me know. Peace

UPDATE: Kelly Rosamond has a post up about John Paul's surgery he is doing well, but can still use your prayers. Peace

One martini, two martini...

Done with meetings and now relaxing at lunch, more later...peace

Sung stuck in my head...

Just take a listen to this group, more after the video...

The group is called Libera (here and here) and they are a boy choir from London. I cannot seem to get their music out of my head, so I thought I would share their music with you, then I won't be the only one with their songs on repeat within my noggin. Enjoy

Meeting day 2

I am telling you we are having all sorts of fun here today. Know that your dutiful blogger will be here to let you know how much fun we are having listening talk titled: "De Accommodata Renovatione Vitae Religiosae in the USA: Forty Years and Counting" and "Challenges for the Proper Administration of temporal goods in the Light of Changing Circumstances" Don't you wish you were here as well??? Here are some photos...peace!

Fr. Paul "skinny paul" Hachey and Fr. Jeremiah J. McCarthy, taking a stretch during a break.

The room at break time.

A shot of the room ready to go for our second session.

I think this guy needs to prioritize things a bit better???

Away for a few days

(image from CLSA)

I am in Charleston SC for the Canon Law Society of America, Easter Regional Canonist Society meeting, sounds like fun huh? Okay I have to admit it does not sound as much fun but it is still quite interesting. We have an all star line up of presenters. Here are two big names...Msgr. Fred C. Easton, JCL and Fr. Fancis G. Morrissey, OMI, JCD, PhD. So I am in a meeting now, well on a bit of a break and will be home on Wednesday. It promises to be a great meeting, hopefully I will have some photos later. Peace

Picnic & Ministry Fair 2008

It was a blast and everyone seemed to have had a great time. Thanks to all who made this a wonderful event. Here are the photos.



...and no I did not win the pie eating contest.

Day off and other stuff

I went to Everybody's Pizza with Fr's Bryan and Michael, it was great, but a bit too much food.

Remember this post? Well looks like Gwinnett County uses those same guys as well...who know?

And the photo below says it all...Fr. Bryan is a Genuine Honda Accessory.

New clock

One more before I get to sleep. When I was in Florida I got this clock, that projects time on the ceiling, as a gift. It is awesome...g'night

Lucky

These should be helpful

I think some of this info will come in helpful for my journey to Japan.



I hope I don't have to use any of the very deeps bows...

What is God saying here?

What do you think God might be wanting me to know in this image? You know how much I enjoy Taco Bell, especially since they have been making good strides in employment issues. But maybe God is trying to tell me something...any thoughts? Click image for larger image.

(Photo from .nutter's photostream)

OMG, this guy is lucky!

Just watch this...

Um....

Not nearly as spectacular as (this) but still nice to see.

Friday FAILures

First of a few or many, depends on what I can find. Enjoy the FAIL!

Song stuck in your head

Ever get a song stuck in your head?
No: Really? come on of course you do
Yes: Then watch this, but watch out...might get something stuck in your head again.

Cold water?

People think water in the baptismal font is too cold, what if we did something like this? Eeeeekkk!

Boom-er-rang

This is just too cool not to share with you. Zero G boomerang! Enjoy

BTW, if you notice a bit more Japan stuff, it is because that is where I am doing my retreat this year and need to get my reading and language skill a bit more honed in. More info on my Japan journey soon. Peace

National Day of Prayer

Today is the Nation Day of Prayer. You can learn more about it here. Over at Vox Nova you know those nova-ites have some good stuff up as well. Below you will find a video produced by two of the nova-ites. Enjoy

Bulletin & Insert for 5MAY08

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Read this doc on Scribd: Ascension Of the Lord (7th Sunday Insert

One more and I am off to bed

This is just too cute, I had to share it. G'night!

Cool photos

Head over to the Daily Mail for a unique set of photos...really cool!

Mindteaser

OK here is another one for you to think about...let's see who is first with the correct answer.

Bob was bragging about the ranch he had purchase, when Carlos commented that it was probably just a "dinky little" two horse farm. Bob thrust out his chest and replied, "My ranch, I'll have you know, has all horses but two, all cows but two, and all sheep but two." How many animals does Bob own?

UPDATE: The answer is Bob has three animals, see the comments for a good explanation. John Graham was our winner. ACG (my brother) came in with an early guess, which was not correct, Mark S. and John S. had correct answers but were too late. Congratulations John.

Dog day

As some of you know, we are a dog friendly office here at St. Matthew. I am sure it was Fr. Jim Miceli at St. Mary in Rome that helped me enjoy dogs as an indispensable part of any parish office. The Georgia Bulletin did an article in 2005 about the joy of priest and their pets...they did not get me on that one (my feelings are not hurt...really, MY FEELINGS ARE NOT HURT IN ANY WAY!!!). Anyway, today was a busy dog day here at the parish, five of our four legged family members were here. Rosie, Molly, Bernie, Hudson & Rocky. Here are the photos...enjoy!

Found camera

I could not find my camera for the past few days. I had told you over here that I would post some photos from the Braves game I went to last week. Well since I could not find my camera...no photos. Well I prayed to St. Anthony of Padua (patron of lost articles) and he came through. So without any further ado, here are the photos from the Braves game. Enjoy

Another First Communion photo

What an angel? And doesn't Grace look holy as well?

First Communion photos

We had our First Communion for the children last weekend. It was a wonderful Mass, the children looked so cute and it was a very special time for our Parish Family. I have been sent some photos from different families, here are a few. If you have photos of the First Communion and would like them posted, just send them to me and I will put them up. Peace

What a beautiful class.

Family members await their First Communicants.

And here they come, looking o' so Holy!

Wilson even got a Kiki cake for his party...lucky guy. FWIW, the cake was AWESOME!

Fr. Vic rulz the Wii tennis tournament, even while seated (dang, he is really good!) Jamie is also quite an accomplished Wii Sport champion. Even in real life Jamie is quite a sport champion, notice the medal she won in Volleyball earlier that day!

Trippy time

(photo from VWS photostream)

This is just too cool. Click on image to see a huge version...awesome. This is a panoramic view of Dundas Square in Toronto. Just too cool.