Friday, July 27, 2012

A Beautiful Morning in Brackettville, Texas 78832.


UTEP's Summer Semester II comes to a close!

Enjoy your break, everyone! :)


¡Ora, UTEP!


¡Ora, MEChA!


¡Adelante, DESTINO!

Thursday, July 26, 2012

"Catholic Vacation Bible School, you say??!!" :)

In Brackettville, Texas 78832?


A still - developing part of the Third World?

You bet!


After, of course!  Our Baptist Brothers and Sisters finish theirs!


Saint Mary Magdalene's Bulletin Announcement: 

"Vacation Bible School

"Will be held July 30 - August 3, from 9 am - 12 noon for children ages 4 years of age an up, including children who will be in 6th grade during the school year 2011 - 2012

All are invited to come and participate in a week filled with fun and exciting activities.

We are asking for anyone who would like to volunteer or make any donations to please contact Alex Rosas, DRE @ 563 - 3088..."

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Snippets from Today's Catholic. Friday, June 26, 2012.

No time for complacency despite significant advances, Notzon says ...

In Atlanta, San Antonio resident Mr. Al Notzon III of the American Catholic Church's National Review Board (NRB)...

... crunches some priestly sex - abuse stats from the past 10 years, from 2002 - 2012.

"They found that [up to] 2004 [some] 4,392 clerics had allegations made against them and an additional 1,723 clerics have had credible allegations made against them since then..." 

Way to go, Señor! :)

July 26. Feast Day of Saint Joachim and Saint Anne.

July 30. Feast Day of Saint Peter Chrysologus.

July 31. Feast Day of Saint Ignatius of Loyola.


Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Southwest Texas, U.S.A.

Brackettville 78832.

Saint Mary Magdalene's Catholic Church.

Whimsical exchange between yours truly and our new pastor, Fr. Antonio Moreno after last yesterday's 5:30 p.m. Mass.

Me: "Father.. that CCD supply wish list you just told us about that's in  the bulletin insert, supposing we just give a $100.00 cash?"

Father (Doesn't so much as bat an eyelash!) "Oh, I'm sure that will  be just fine!" :)


Good man, Father Moreno!  He knows about us lazy 'ole fellows, 'cause it's one heck of a lot easier to hit the ATM machine for 5 $20.00s then wait in line at either Walmart or $$General$$ -- you bet! :)

Monday, July 23, 2012

Just ask Corporal Christopher Ahrens!

"I Don't Need Luck!"


TFP's Crusade magazine. July / August 2012.


"In 2010, Cpl. Christopher Ahrens received two - head shots  while fighting in Marjah province of Afghanistan.

"Fortunately, the bullets passed through his thick Kevlar helmet without causing serious injury.

"When interviewed about the encounter, Cpl. Ahrens folded back the camouflaged cloth cover of his helmet to expose the holes where the bullets had entered and exited.

"He then turned it upside down to display a holy card of Saint Michael the Archangel killing Satan and said, I don't need luck.." 

Humm ... guess it's too much to expect that he had a red - headed Marine sergeant (E - 5) grandfather named something like Don Ahrens serving alongside yours truly as a Weapon's Platoon M - 60 machine gun section leader in Hotel Company 2/27 in South Vietnam's Ha Dong Bridge out post way back in 1968, huh? :)

Southwest Texas, U.S.A.

Brackettville, 78832.


Saint Mary Magdalene's Catholic Parish Church.

Saturday's 5:30 p.m. Mass well - served!

Saturday. July 21, 2012. 5:30 p.m. Mass. TEAM Ms. Britney Castilla.

Way to go, Ms. Britney Castilla! :)

Friday, July 20, 2012

¡Viva ESPANA!

A tough modern - day Medieval Warrior - Bishop!

Right out of El poema del mio Cid!

His Excellency   Juan Antonio Reig Pla of Alcala de Henares??

He openly  confronts rabidly aggressive homosexual attackers!

 TFP's Crusade magazine July / August 2012 has this news brief:

 "Hellish Homosexuality


"Homosexual groups are seeking the prosecution of Spanish Bishop Juan Antonio Reig Pla of Alcala de Henares after he called the homosexual lifestyle pure hell and recommended professional help for those who suffer from same - sex attraction.


"Instead of retreating, the Spanish bishop published testimonies sent to him by former homosexuals who agreed with him and explained why..."

Thursday, July 19, 2012

Congratulations to B.H.S. / CCD Personality Ms. Selina Gerardo.

She did the readings - again! - for the 11:00 a.m. Sunday Mass, July 15, 2012.

Saint Mary Magdalene's Catholic Church.

Brackettville, Texas 78832.

'Way to go, Selina!

Sí se puede! En un rato no más en español, también. :)

July 18. Feast Day of Saint Camillus de Lellis.


July 20. Feast Day of Saint Apollinaris.


July 21. Feast Day of Saint Lawrence of Brindisi.


July 23. Feast Day of Saint Bridget.


July 24. Feast Day of Saint Sharbel Makhluf.


July 25. Feast Day of Saint James.

Monday, July 16, 2012

Saturday Night's 5:30 p.m. Mass well -served.


Saint Mary Magdalene's Catholic Church


Brackettville, Texas 78832.

Saturday, July 15, 2012. 5:30 p.m. English Mass. TEAM: Mr. Justin Hidalgo and Ms. Britney Castilla.


Fr. Clay Hunt officiated with zero deacon, and zero choir

Three (3) otherwise respectable "Extraordinary Ministers" were politely sent packing at Holy Communion time! 

Wow! 

To re - live 1962, again!


And as we told both your moms: "Justin and  Britney, did a great job!"
 
And, too, you witnessed and participated in - history - in - the - making! :)

July 16. Feast Day of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

July, 2012 -- it's  time to take $$Financial$$ stock re projected contributions to "favorite funds!"

Plus side:

KCL Friends: $1,400 so far this year.

Mens & Womens ACTS Catholic Revival Retreats: $500.00 so far + another $560.00 by this November.

Negative side:


Medicare Monthly deduction: $99.99 -- starting this month.


Possible attorney fees to regain my 4th Amendment rights to "mind my own business at the KCL -- free from constant KCL employee male on male physical stalking and unwanted verbal harassment..."


Because the "perp" made his first overt pass on his own married latina supervisor sometime back -- and apparently got away with it -- he figures he can make moves on anyone else, too.


Example: in her case, it was a note asking her to "be friends" and that he'd left her some paintings and that she was free to pick any she pleased.


Example: in my most recent case, Monday, July 2, 2012, in the Frittir Room -- in the presence of numerous witnesses -- he forced himself into my personal space and bragged of  how he'd been watching what in the pornography trade used to be called a "snuff flick."


In this case a woman was cutting the head off a man with a small knife, while he was still alive...

Bear in mind  this KCL employee has unrestricted supervision over children on both Saturdays & Sundays...:(

Basically, in spite of a cultivated glib and cheerful personality, this man has a very controlling, jealous and manipulative personality -- one, moreover, utterly without concern for others....

An almost classic profile of a habitual predator.

In any case:

I promptly made my concerns known to Kinney County Commissioner Mr. Dennis Dodson --- in writing only! -- and to KCL Director, Mrs. Sarah Terrazas in both writing and oral briefing, Thursday July 5, 2012.


In her case I was careful to assure her I wasn't "gay bashing" nor "homophobic" but -- in so many words! -- I didn't like other men coming on to me sexually -- that this situation had to stop.

Immediately!

Because as a matter of fact the majority of gay males I've known have been law - abiding individuals; it is the ones like we're dealing with here  that give the gay community as a whole an undeserved bad name..

Think about it! :)
 

Congratulations to former KCL 2010 B.H.S. Summer Intern Ms. Sahara Rodriguez!

Because this summer she's  the only college sophomore among 50 Junior and Senior college interns from all over America "at Avnet, Inc. one of the world's largest trans - national electronics distributors of electronics parts, .. etc..."

Way to go, Sahara!


Tip of the 'ole cachucha to the Kinney County Post.  Thursday, July 5, 2012.

Good 'ole Sun - blasted Southwest Texas, U.S.A. 78832.

Another Rain Shower: 1 whole inch! 

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Benton R. White's fine Texas biography of Fountain Goodlet Oxsheer, The Forgotten Cattle King.

In 1901 he purchased a Mexican ranch 60 miles west of Ciudad Chihuahua, Hacienda Sainapuchic.

He  appointed his son F.G., Jr. as the new Superintendent, until the ranch was sold in 1909.

Which it was on the advice and counsel  of Junior's silent partners,  and therein hangs a tale.

"F.G., Jr. was only twenty years old when his father put him in charge of Sainapuchic.

"Even in Chihuahua City men heard of him and were impressed..."

Enter Silent Partner #1!

"Abraham González, for instance, a cattle broker and political leader, soon counted F.G., Jr. among his friends.

"The time would come when the Oxsheers would need a friend like Abraham González..."

Enter Silent Partner #2

"Another associate of F.G., Jr's was a wily figure named Doroteo Arango, better known as Pancho Villa.

"His father never knew the details, but F.G., Jr. was in touch with Villa within a year after arriving in Mexico.

"The two could have met through Abraham González or peons at

Sainapuchic ...

"However it happened, Villa and F.G., Jr. quickly recognized that each had something to offer the other...

"It was a daring little game, and dangerous.

"If authorities discovered what was happening, the Oxsheers were finished in Mexico; F.G., Jr. would be jailed.

"But if he sided against Villa, Sainapuchic  would be destroyed.

"It took someone with audacity to pull it off.

"If his father had known what was going on, he probably would have sold the ranch and yanked his son out of the country..."

TO BE CONTINUED! :)

Monday, July 09, 2012

From Sunday, May 6, 2012 to Sunday, July 8, 2012:


Southwest Texas summer squash season has pretty much come and gone...

Overall?  



A pretty good year! :)

As Father Antonio Moreno solidifies his hold, latest  Church Bulletin is scrubbed free from references to CHARISMATICS & RCIA too!


Saint Mary Magdalene's Catholic Church.


Brackettville, Texas 78832.


Way to go, Padre! :)

 

Southwest Texas, U.S.A

Saint Mary Magdalene's in Brackettville, Texas 78832.

Incoming pastor, Fr. Antonio Moreno, offers his first Mass Saturday, w/a good Altar Server Team.

Saturday. July 7, 2012. 5:30 p.m. Mass. TEAM  Ms. Jackie Pacheco


Way to go, Jackie! :)

Friday, July 06, 2012

Hey UTEP!

¡Hey Familia!


Summer Semester II is well on the way!


Good luck, and good air conditioning everyone!

¡Ora, UTEP!


¡Ora, MEChA!


¡Adelante, DESTINO!

July 9. Feast Day of Saint Augustine Zhao Rong and companions.

July 11. Feast Day of Saint Benedict.

July 13. Feast Day of Saint Henry.

July 14. Feast Day of Blessed Kateri Tekawitha.

Likewise known as: The Lily of the Mohawks....

Thursday, July 05, 2012

At last! 3/4 of a inch of rain fell in Brackettville, Texas  U.S.A. 78832.

Tuesday, July 03, 2012

Preliminary Winners & Losers:

As incoming pastor Father Antonio O. Moreno

takes  control at St. MM's!

And casually slam dunks us all into Combat Mode I -- locked and loaded!

Two(2) examples from his first bulletin insert:

Sunday 1 pm. Mass at our old mission church of Saint Blaise / San Blas in Spofford "is no more!"

Looks the same with next Fall's CCD Sunday classes.

Father Moreno has cut the time between the 1st & 2nd. Sunday Masses, leaving our CCD teachers to twist in the wind -- at least for now!

Plus, St. MM's itself seems to have been degraded into a sort of mission status -- like such places as Leakey & Rock Springs...

Last Sunday's Altar Server's BBQ Hamburger fundraiser seems to have been a great success!

Saint Mary Magdalene's Catholic Church in Brackettville, Texas 78832.

Way to go, great people! :)

The Latin Mass magazine's Susie Lloyd!

www.keepthefaith.org

What is the Pope's butler up to? :)

www.insidethevatican.com

"Your karma cannot run over my dogma!"

www.catholic.com/magazine

"Issues that are part of the HHS mandate"

Denise Bossert in Today's Catholic. Friday, June 29, 2012.

www.catholicbygrace.blogspot.com

Monday, July 02, 2012

July 3. Feast Day of Saint Thomas.


July 4. Feast Day of Saint Elizabeth of Portugal.

Independence Day U.S.A.

July 5. Feast Day of Saint Anthony Mary Zaccaria.

July 6. Feast Day of Saint Maria Goretti.

The legendary Martha Fernández - Sardina.

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