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Saturday, February 24, 2007

Contra Resurrectionem Iesu: James Cameron and the Continued Attack on Christianity

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It seems that James Cameron has found something bigger than the Titanic: apparently, he's found the REAL tomb of Jesus, from which He w...
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Ne Obliviscaris: Alma Shippy and the Racial Integration that Nobody Noticed

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I just came across this wonderful story on CNN.com about a young man in 1952 named Alma Shippy, who became the first black man ever to atte...
Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Advenerunt nobis dies poenitentiae ad redimenda peccata, ad salvandas animas

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In diem cinerum Anno Domini MMVII Today, we begin again our annual journey of fasting and prayer, to prepare ourselves for the ultimate ...
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Sunday, February 18, 2007

Harrius Potter et Camera Secretorum

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That's right - they've done it again. After the smash-hit success of Harrius Potter et Philosophi Lapis (Peter Needham's brilli...
Friday, February 16, 2007

Pro Vita: "The Grassroots Aboriton War"

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TIME Magazine's cover story this week explores the "new face of an old movement: kind, calm, nonjudgmental, a special-forces soldi...
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Thursday, February 15, 2007

DaH ll. 663-854: I must myself to God ordain

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The maiden responds to her parents' pleas, offering both practical and theological arguments to support her decision to sacrifice hersel...
Sunday, February 04, 2007

Unitas Hominum: A "Racist Myth"?

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The TRUTH movement at Boston College (formed last semester in response to growing racial tensions on campus) has just released their Februa...
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Thursday, February 01, 2007

Harrius Figulus et Sacra Mortis

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J.K. Rowling announced today that the seventh and final book in the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows , will be rel...
Saturday, January 27, 2007

De Sacra Liturgia

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My friend, Donato , passed this blog post on to me, and I would like to share it with you, becuase it hits the nail on the head--it is exac...
Friday, January 19, 2007

Cursus pro Vita

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As many of you know, I will in Washington, D.C. this weekend to attend the Students for Life Conference at Catholic University and to take p...
Sunday, January 14, 2007

DaH ll. 543-662: Thou wilt yet to us both bequest...

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After waking her parents with her tears, the girl is scolded by them, but she will not be silenced. Her impassioned plea, however, is met wi...
Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Der arme Heinrich, ll. 459-542

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After Heinrich's lament to the farmer and his wife, the daughter reacts (more tears). I f you are interested, the full Middle High Germa...
Saturday, January 06, 2007

Der arme Heinrich, ll. 349-458

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This next batch has some tear-jerking, at least on Heinrich's part. I f you are interested, the full Middle High German text can be foun...
Tuesday, January 02, 2007

Der arme Heinrich, ll. 233-348

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Now that the semester is over and I'm on break, I've had plenty of time to catch up on the translation, so the installments will be ...
Wednesday, December 06, 2006

De Nomine Festi Nativitatis Domini: Christi Missa

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In three short weeks, that day will come again when little children will excitedly clamber out of their beds on Christmas Day, the sugar can...
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Monday, December 04, 2006

In Tempore Adventus Domini: Preparing for the Christ Mass

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The Christmas decorations went up fast this year; in fact, the Christmas wreath on the Dustbowl corner of McElroy was hung before Thanksgivi...
Tuesday, November 28, 2006

De sancta sexualitate

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When I read today Kara Jesella's article on CNN.com's Health section on the female orgasm ( "The Big O: Fireworks? Or is your s...
Sunday, November 26, 2006

Der arme Heinrich, ll. 163-232

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Here is the next installment of my translation of this poem. I f you are interested, the full Middle High German text can be found here , an...
Saturday, November 11, 2006

Der arme Heinrich, ll. 133-62

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Here is the next batch of lines from my continuing efforts to translate this poem. An introduction, together with the first 132 lines, may b...
Monday, November 06, 2006

Congratulations to The Boston College Observer

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At the annual Editors' Conference of the Collegiate Network over the weekend, The Boston College Observer (whose Catholic Issues Edito...
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Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Quid est exemplar Iesuiticum?

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Jesuit values and Catholic doctrine are one and the same: they are inextricably linked, and to attempt to separate them is to destroy both. ...
Friday, October 27, 2006

Der arme Heinrich, ll. 1-132

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As some of you may know, for my Senior Thesis I am writing an English verse translation of the late 12 th -century German didactic poem Der ...
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