Back

Well, I’m finally back from my adventure in Poland. I’ll do a series of posts regarding each day’s experiences, but today I’m unpacking, and heading to a Mass in the afternoon, and possibly…. PRINCE CASPIAN!!! lol

Here is a link to my Picasa Album. Over 5 hours of video, less than 20 pictures. 16mb SD card.

Who needs frilly shirts?!  I have an idea that Fr. Angelo will enjoy this skit.

I have a bunch of ‘Slask’ souveniers.

Poland

“I, uh, I h-have things to do.” [fidgets with the Ring behind his back. Whispers] “I’ve put this off for far too long.”

“I regret to announce — this is The End. I am going now. I bid you all a very fond farewell.”

[whispers to everyone]

“Goodbye.”

So begins one of my adventures! Off to Poland, the land of wonderous ancient history, beautiful countryside, and Catholic Heritage! I will be leaving from Boston Airport Monday Evening, and will be arriving back in time for the Theatrical Release of The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. A total of ten days, (May 5th - May 15th.) I am entrusting the running of this blog to both the most (mostly…has a couple not so illustrated areas ) Illustrious Marceg and to the fair (or is it fear her? ) Miss Angela Rose. Which means that there may be a delay in posts, comments, and the like. I’ll be glad to strike a bargain with all of you: Remember me in your prayers, and I’ll remember you in mine! We have plans for visting several of the shrines while we are visting Poland; namely Maximilian Kolbe’s City of the Immaculate, the Shrine of Divine Mercy, and Our Lady of Chestahowa. So I’ll offer some special prayers for your intentions. I’ll be bringing my Camcorder and a digital camera, so I will be sure to take some photos of the shrines and such for a special ‘Summary’ post when I return.

The reason for my departure? A certain Priest friend of my family, a Fr. Leon Kachel, has a grand-nephew who is being ordained a priest next week. Fr. Kachel’s eyesight is failing him (Keep him in your prayers,) and so he asked my father to go along as sort of a guide.  (No, not like Smeagol…) lol My mom thought it would be a great experience for me to go; so there I am! En route to Poland with a little pocket dictionary. (Debating on whether or not to bring that Frodo Lives pin… )  But I picked up an adapter so I can recharge my batteries, since I plan on taking some pics and videos of the shrines and locations.

‘It’s a dangerous business Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.’”

Caspian Major Spoiler

OMG, OMG!!!!  It’s true! Watch this trailer, tell me…  Who is kissing?  (Sounds weird, but yeah…)  HOLLYWOOD HAS RUINED CASPIAN!!! CURSE THEM!! WE HATESSS THEM!!!!!!! *cough* :D  But yeah.  Apparently there is a romance between Susan and Caspian.

Prayer Intentions

If anyone would like to submit any prayer intentions for me to offer on my trip to Poland (I’ll be going to some of the shrines,) you can email them to me at:

• CatholicDiscussionAdmin@gmail.com

I’ll post more about my trip and everything over the weekend. But I just wanted to get this in before it’s too late. Ave Maria!

~Paul

Becoming Darcy

This is for our current work: Impressions.

Ha, yes. We could actually make a film to replace that of Becoming Jane! I would like to run over a few bits on my role as one of the most famous literary characters of Jane Austen’s works, Mr. Darcy. First of all, my choosing of him as my role isn’t for his popularity, or to gain the spotlight, but rather so I can take his character into my hands, and mold him into something fun. Yes, fun! One of the things I disliked about Pride and Prejudice, is the fact that Austen doesn’t give much insight to Darcy’s character, aside from what we see through Elizabeth’s eyes. So I was thinking, “Why can’t we deviate with that? Build our own Mr. Darcy, with the respect of exploring the areas not mentioned in the book?” It can be done… Namely, I have the frilly shirt, tight pants, and boots, working on an English accent, and have read the book, so in exploring his character, I want to portray Darcy undergoing his ‘change.’ From proud to amiable… Though it would be humorous to have Darcy trying to get his mind off of Elizabeth by taking up certain activities:

Plucking a rubber band on his wrist whenever he thinks of Elizabeth. “Elizabeth, ow… Elizabeth, ow….” lol

Trying to Fence her out of his mind.
Sticking his face in a bucket of cold water.

But in the end, he would succumb as he does in the book. lol We really see a deeper picture of Mr. Darcy towards the end of the book, when he becomes amiable, affectionate, and quite…interesting. So I hope to wind back, and fill in the missing gaps. Portraying the pride he takes in his name in a positive sense, though make him have his flaws…

A Weekend in Review

Well, we had a wonderfully splendid weekend this past week. Starting with the classic annual Lord of the Rings Marathon at Cinemaworld in Lincoln, and ending with Friar Joseph’s class at the Friary on Sunday. The Marathon was great! (In my opinion…) lol Aside from the constant sound of Goblin laughter from the back row, and the constant instigation of clapping from my brother. ( And Angela.) Concerning the clapping, you ought to use moderation, so that people will actually ‘clap along.’ I myself clapped when Gandalf bopped Denethor on the head with his staff, and the entire audience joined in with me. (Though for some reason they didn’t clap when Frodo told Sam to go home, or when Frodo got stung by Shelob and Sam thought he was dead…) *cough* But all in all, it was a great time remembering those annoying Youtube parodies and reciting the lines before the actors said them on the screen. (Including the Elvish!) But all in all it was great day!

Sunday was just as interesting, with Cenacle Sunday at the Friary. We had the usual hour break between Mass and lunch, in which I received my new precious ‘Frodo Lives.’ pin. (sooo awesome… Thanks Angela!) We later head down to the garage out back for Rosary, a talk on humility (I’m humble and proud of it! ) and to work on the Trebuchet. As you can see on the right, we’re getting pretty far with the design and stand, but we are encountering some difficulties in regards to lining the basis. Hopefully we won’t have too much trouble in fixing it up, and we’ll be able to get it finished before Marc ends up leaving this year. (Ha, rushed schedule. Don’t leave us Marc! *sniff* )

The Effects of Rock and Roll

They’re is at it again!  I just love this Episode of Get Smart when the evil organization of K.A.O.S. plans on brainwashing America with their Rock and Roll Band.  The sacred cows!

Civil War Fun

Ha! This one’s for Amanda! (Lady Rose)

“Gunna Burn Mah Boots! Stepped On Yankee Soil!”

Guilty of Heresy?

This is something which caught my eye a while back. The Gabriel Project. The Gabriel Project is a Catholic Organization devoted to helping mothers who are dealing with Pregnancies, in an attempt to provide an alternate route for the mothers than abortion. By all means, this type of idea and project are perfectly in sound harmony with Catholic Teaching, as they are exercising Christian Charity towards our neighbors. But taking a close look at their advertisement pamphlet, I cannot help but notice something which is actually… Heretical? Judge for yourself! (Click the image to open the larger version.)

“Rejoice! Fear not!” were his words of encouragement and hope delivered to the Madonna in announcement of her unexpected pregnancy.”

Ok. What is wrong here? “Were the words of encouragement and hope delivered to the Madonna in announcement of her unexpected pregnancy.” Isn’t Holy Scripture quite clear on the fact that the Angel Gabriel appeared to Our Lady, accouncing, ” Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found grace with God.” (Douay-Rheims Bible.) Did the angel appear and say “Fear not, for you are with child?” NO! Read the rest of the paragraph from Scripture:

Behold thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and shalt bring forth a son; and thou shalt call his name Jesus. 32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the most High; and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of David his father; and he shall reign in the house of Jacob for ever. 33 And of his kingdom there shall be no end. 34 And Mary said to the angel: How shall this be done, because I know not man? 35 And the angel answering, said to her: The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the most High shall overshadow thee. And therefore also the Holy which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. 36 And behold thy cousin Elizabeth, she also hath conceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her that is called barren: 37 Because no word shall be impossible with God. 38 And Mary said: Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it done to me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.

Clearly someone at the Gabriel Project decided to twist things around, as this states nothing about an unexpected Pregnancy. Rather, the angel foretold of the things which were to come, and Our Lady gave her humble consent for them to be so. If she had not consented, Christ would not have come into this world.So my question resides in why the Diocese of Providence hasn’t made any move to ask them to change the title… Unless they’re heretics as well… Does silence indeed give consent?