My summer plans include working in my Parish, a trip to Fatima and Santiago, reading a lot, and whatever else might come up.

The Diocese of Youngstown is still awaiting a new Bishop. Hopefully the Congregation of Bishops in Rome and the Holy Father is using this time to choose a good, holy, orthodox Bishop to lead the Church of Youngstown. I imagine that American Appointments have to be coming up any day now, so, hopefully then.

Happy Easter!

Happy Birthday to the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI.

We are still waiting on a new Bishop. I think we will know soon, but that is just my presumption.

The trip to Alabama was good. Nothing big to report really.

Just waiting on Easter now. After that, only a few weeks left.

Well, that is all that my mind can handle for now. God Bless.

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It is also that time of year for Mid Terms. How exciting. Granted a very beyond on my reading, I hope I can pull through and do well on my exams. I am not worried about any of them except my Philosophy ones, which just so happen to be the most important ones. Grrrreat!

Nothing else is really going on. Just studying and helping others recover.

This weekend is our Mid Term Break, and this year a few of us are going to be traveling down to Alabama to EWTN and the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament. I have a friend who entered the Franciscan Missionaries of the Eternal Word last year, so it will be nice to visit with him. This will be my second trip to Alabama. I am also looking forward to Easter Break in just a short month, I can't wait to go home. I love Holy Week. Since Easter is a little later this month, only three weeks after Easter Summer Break begins. How time is flying, 3 years almost complete.

DOY is still waiting on a Bishop, it will be a year in just three weeks or so. I hope that Pope Benedict will appoint a Bishop soon, maybe we can have a Bishop-Elect by Easter.

Pax et Bonum.

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http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/03/02/D8G3J3J00.html

Those are my two cents on Lent this year...

Lavdavtvr Jesvs Christvs in Aeternvm...

Something that he said had a very profound effect on me. He rightly pointed out that in the name of the Christianity (Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox, etc), it is estimated by leading historians that about 5 Million people have perished in a two thousand year history (at the hands of Christians). Whereas, in the name of Atheism, in the name of Nationalism, in the name of Communism, over 200 Million people have perished (and this is just over the past 100 years). Stalin and Mao (two of the biggest promoters of Atheism in history) alone together killed 130 Million. Those 5 Million who perished at the hands of Christians is terrible, and by no means should be trivialized. The facts speak for themselves however. In 2000 years, through war, the inquisition, and anything else 5 Million were killed. In 100 to 150 years, over 200 Million were killed (from Communists, the French Revolution [which in the name of Freedom had executed 15,000 Frenchmen], Two World Wars, the Holocaust, etc etc etc). So this myth that you can't be Christian because of how terrible the religion is in bunk. If you can't be Christian for that reason, then you can't be an Atheist, you can't be a Communist, you can't be an American or a European or an Asian, you can't be anything. Well, that is my two cents on that.

So, it is a busy time here again.I probably will not be getting much work done on the next few weekends.

In other news, the Diocese of Youngstown is still awaiting a Bishop. So, not much news on the home front.

Here is the latest Countdown:
1 year 95 (459) Days till Graduation.
95 Days till Summer Vacation.
60 Days till Easter Vacation.
30 Days till Spring Break.

I am surprised at how fast time is moving. It will all be over before I know. I am looking forward to Easter this year, and for Spring Break I will probably go down to EWTN. I am also looking forward to Summer Vacation. Of course graduation is always in the back of my head.

I have noticed that in the past week two Priests have been killed in areas hostile to the Catholic Church. New Martyrs for Christ I assume.

Well, this is my update for now...

The Holy Father has released his first Encyclical Letter, so that is pretty exciting. I am glad he wrote about what he wrote about (Love), he is acctually just continueing a theme of John-Paul II. I have yet to read it, but I hope to do that this weekend. It is all printed out and waiting for me to start highlighting away.

Other then all that, nothing really going on. I better get back to studying...