September Feast Days

Here are some important days in the Church this month that I will write on more when they arrive. These following feastdays are celebrated in both the 1969 and the 1962 Calendars.

September 7th Begin Our Lady of Sorrows Novena
September 8th - The Birth of the Virgin Mary
September 15th- Our Lady of Sorrows
September 21st- St. Matthew

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Hurricane Katrina: How to help

As of 9:46 Eastern Time $825,465 has been raised through blogs with the top with the Red Cross receiving most: $160,246 followed by Catholic Charities $92,101. I am amazed by the generosity out there.

Update: $843,015 as of 12:28 Eastern Time.
Update: $ 967,947 as of 6:56 Eastern Time.
Update: $1,021,655 as of 9:21 Eastern Time.

I'm amazed with the generosity. God Bless

The Truth Laid Bear is a site that lists all bloggers that are blogging for Katrina. If you can donate please do so by clicking on the side icon, and please log your contribution on Truth Laid Bear (you can be anonymous) to see how effective blogging for Katrina is.

Here are some other pages of interest:

Instapundit's roundup page
TTLB Katrina Relief page

If you can help though, please donate to these people. They have lost everything. And please log your contribution too. I recommend Catholic Charities (visit them through the icon on the top of this post. I also recommend the Humane Society of the US for the animals affected by this disaster).

God Bless

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EWTN Rosary for Hurricane Katrina Victims

EWTN just had another special Rosary for hurricane victims as well as for those who have died and are stranded. Please say a Rosary for the victims and those that are aiding the rescue effort. EWTN also has a prayer on their website for victims.

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John Roberts Nominated to US Supreme Court

I just read on Yahoo as well as on another blog that Nominee John Roberts has been renominated to succeed Supreme Court Justice William Rehnquist as Chief Justice. Now we still need someone to fill the place of Sandra Day O'Connor. I can only imagine the intense questions to follow in the judicial nomination process.

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Rosary: Sanctity of Life Day

I encourage everyone to pledge to say a rosary or prayers at the Blue Army of Our Lady of Fatima site. The Day for these prayers will be Sunday, Oct. 2, 2005, but anyone can participate just by praying in their own home.

From the site:

"Join us as we put into practice Our Lady of Fatima's message. Encourage your family, loved ones, friends and groups to say the Rosary with us on Sunday October 2, 2005 in the fight to preserve the sanctity of life from conception to natural death. Register your pledge now.

"In registering your pledge, you will be remembered in Holy Mass at the Blue Army National Shrine of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Washington, NJ and in Fatima, Portugal. Your name will be placed in Fatima at the site where the Apparitions took place. (Emphasis mine)

"Please encourage your Catholic and Non-Catholic friends, family and loved ones, to register their pledge. With your help, heaven will smile as it receives 100,000,000 prayers for the sanctity of life."

Image Source: Blue Army

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St. Blog's Parish hall is Closing Down

St. Blog's Parish Hall, which hosts a message board and a great, huge list of Catholic blogs is closing down. The message board will close down within two weeks and if the list of Catholic Blogs does not find a new server it will also close down in around three months.

This site always helped me into finding other great blogs and I'm saddened to hear it is closing down.

Update: It will remain!

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Katrina Relief Update

I'm amazed. So far the Truth Laid Bear has collected $716,054 in relief for Katrina victims. This blog has had two contributions as of Sunday at 10:26 Eastern Time. Thanks go especially to Mike who contributed through this blog. All of your generosity is so much appreciated. These people lost everything, and it's great to see people uniting to make a difference.

If you have not already donated please do so by clicking on the picture and logging your contribution.

Here's some contributions so far:

Walmart: $1 million each to the Salvation Army and Red Cross
BASF: $1 million
Hy-Vee: $100,000
Tyson Foods: Up to $1 million in food and finicial aid
Major League Baseball: $2 million, will donate $1 for every item purchased at MLB.com
Atlanta Braves: Will donate $1 for every ticket sold in the month of Sept. Braves Foundation will donate a minimum of $100,000
US Tenis Assoication: $500,000 from US Open proceeds through Red Cross
Atlanta Falcons: Raised $60,000 through silent auction
Various NBA teams pledging to the relief aid
NBA: $2 million
SEC: $1 million
Venezula: $1 million
Sri Lanka: $25,000 via Red Cross
Qatar: $100 million
Over 50 countries in varying amounts
The Knights of Columbus (a male Catholic organization) has donated $40,000 to immediate relief aid and our Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, has offered his prayers and condolences.

This is a very short list. A list has been made and is being updated with new developments on the International Response to Hurricane Katrina over at Wikipedia. See that list for much more!

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Supreme Court Justice Rehnquist Dies

Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist died tonight at his home in Arlington, VA of thyroid cancer, which he has been fighting for nearly one year. He was 80 years old. This opens a space on the United States Supreme Court Court. And since Sandra Day O'Connor already has announced her retirement, there will be two available positions on the nation's highest court.

Please say a prayer for William Rehnquist's soul and pray for the long process of selecting another Court Justice. He was not Catholic but Lutheran.

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Update on Katrina Relief Efforts

This weekend I will be blogging for Hurricane Katrina aid relief. The most recent news I found is that President Bush has ordered 7,000 active duty forces to the Gulf and that is great news. As of now the Coast Guard has rescued 9,500 people, but the world is still stunned with the chaos out of the Hurricane's aftermath.

Let us unite as "One Nation, Under God" and work to helping these people. If you have not donated to Catholic Charities yet please do so. Anything, even a $1, will make a difference.

I will post more on Katrina Relief as time goes on.

Update: Nearly half of the priests in the Archdiocese of New Orleans are missing. Pray for them!

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Katrina Aid Package

It's just so horrible down there from what I see on television. I certainly am praying for those people.

President Bush today viewed the area and said the response was "not acceptable". Congress also passed a $10.5 million relief package, which the President immediately signed. It is certain to be one of many such packages to come.

Please keep these people in your prayers. To donate see Catholic Charities. These people also desperately need our prayers. Please say a decade of the Rosary (An "Our Father" and ten "Hail Marys" now for them).

Image Source: In the Public Domain (Wikipedia)

April 2006 Update: As of April 2006, the Bush Administration has sought $105 billion for repairs and reconstruction in the hurricane-damaged region (1)

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