http://www.ncregister.com/ The latest articles from the National Catholic Register en mhartog@circlemedia.com Copyright 2009 2009-07-4T18:37:54+00:00 http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/driven_to_distraction1/ http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/driven_to_distraction1/#When:17:37:54Z By Joseph Pronechen | How not to let a boisterous, noisy parish deafen your ears to the still, small voice of the Holy Spirit. | There you kneel, trying to pray quietly before Mass begins — and there go the folks directly behind you, cackling and chatting like ballpark patrons between innings. During the consecration of the Eucharist, the hum of … July 12-25, 2009 2009-07-4T17:37:54+00:00 http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/tv_picks_07.12.2009/ http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/tv_picks_07.12.2009/#When:17:30:46Z By Dan Engler | SUNDAY, JULY 12, 3 p.m., live U.S. Women’s Open Championship NBC The names of past U.S. Open champions such as “Babe” Didrikson Zaharias, Betsy Rawls and Meg Mallon will be echoing at Saucon Country Club in Bethlehem, Pa., during this final round. TUESDAYS, 10 p.m., live Threshold of Hope EWTN Jesuit Father Mitch Pacwa, a biblical scholar, … July 12-25, 2009 2009-07-4T17:30:46+00:00 http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/dvd_picks_passes_07.12.2009/ http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/dvd_picks_passes_07.12.2009/#When:17:26:58Z By Steven D. Greydanus | For All Mankind (1989) Peanuts 1960’s Collection (1965-1969) Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1944) Marking this month’s 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing, a number of Apollo-related documentaries have gotten new DVD releases lately. Among the best such documentaries is For All Mankind, originally released in 1989 for Apollo 11’s 20th anniversary, which … July 12-25, 2009 2009-07-4T17:26:58+00:00 http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/dvd_picks_passes_07.12.20091/ http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/dvd_picks_passes_07.12.20091/#When:17:25:59Z By Steven D. Greydanus | For All Mankind (1989) Peanuts 1960’s Collection (1965-1969) Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1944) Marking this month’s 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing, a number of Apollo-related documentaries have gotten new DVD releases lately. Among the best such documentaries is For All Mankind, originally released in 1989 for Apollo 11’s 20th anniversary, which … July 12-25, 2009 2009-07-4T17:25:59+00:00 http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/from_writing_jokes_to_sacred_songs/ http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/from_writing_jokes_to_sacred_songs/#When:17:20:42Z By ANTHONY FLOTT | In his job-hopping, soul-searching pre-seminary days, Father Bill Quinlivan was something of a funny man, penning a movie script, pitching a sitcom and schlepping jokes at $10 a pop to Joan Rivers (one of them delivered on “The Tonight Show”). Now he’s focusing on sacred music; his latest CD, which celebrates the priesthood, is apropos for the … July 12-25, 2009 2009-07-4T17:20:42+00:00 http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/feeding_the_sheep/ http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/feeding_the_sheep/#When:17:12:40Z By The Editors | Reflections on forthcoming Mass readings by Tom and April Hoopes. | We’ll look at two Sundays this week, since our next issue will be July 26. July 19 and July 26 are the 16th and 17th Sundays in Ordinary Time (Year B, Cycle 1). July 19 Readings Jeremiah 23:1-6; Psalm 23: 1-3, 3-4, 5, 6; Ephesians 2:13-18; … July 12-25, 2009 2009-07-4T17:12:40+00:00 http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/place_of_light/ http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/place_of_light/#When:17:08:46Z By Joseph Albino | English St. Odilia was martyred in Germany in the fourth century. But she is remembered on her feast day, July 18, and at the Shrine of St. Odilia in Minnesota. | While visiting Voyageurs National Park in the northern part of Minnesota, I made it a point on the way to visit the Shrine of St. Odilia … July 12-25, 2009 2009-07-4T17:08:46+00:00 http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/reader_recap5/ http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/reader_recap5/#When:17:03:52Z By The Editors | The Register recaps the books it has recommended over the past three months. | To Whom Shall We Go? Lessons From the Life of St. Peter By Archbishop Timothy Dolan Our Sunday Visitor, 2008 Death of a Pope By Piers Paul Read Ignatius, 2009 American Babylon By Father Richard John Neuhaus Basic, 2009 Jesus-Shock By Peter Kreeft … July 12-25, 2009 2009-07-4T17:03:52+00:00 http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/denvers_augustine_institute_spreads_message_through_dvd_courses/ http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/denvers_augustine_institute_spreads_message_through_dvd_courses/#When:17:00:37Z By Joseph Pronechen | People interested in furthering their theology studies have a new option — even if they can’t be physically present in the Augustine Institute’s classrooms in Denver. | DENVER — In Wichita, Kan., newly married Mary Kroupa wanted to earn a master’s degree in theological studies from the Augustine Institute in Denver, but relocating was impossible. Her friends … July 12-25, 2009 2009-07-4T17:00:37+00:00 http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/the_pope_and_the_president/ http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/the_pope_and_the_president/#When:16:54:09Z By Edward Pentin | The Knights of Columbus’ Supreme knight, Carl Anderson, weighs in on President Obama’s meeting with Pope Benedict July 10. | Carl Anderson heads the largest lay Catholic organization in the world. Anderson is supreme knight of the 1.75 million-member Knights of Columbus. He was also once a personal assistant to President Ronald Reagan and is a consultor … July 12-25, 2009 2009-07-4T16:54:09+00:00 http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/loss_in_translation/ http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/loss_in_translation/#When:14:23:31Z By JOAN FRAWLEY DESMOND | With the recent incomplete vote by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops on the translation of another part of the Mass, the Register considers the significance of the discussion. | WASHINGTON — Five proposed translations of liturgical texts failed to garner the votes required for approval during the U.S. bishops’ June meeting. But a poll of … July 12-25, 2009 2009-07-4T14:23:31+00:00 http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/work_in_progress/ http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/work_in_progress/#When:14:12:33Z By Nicole Callahan | Health-care reform has been moving through Congress, and bishops, Catholic medical experts and ethicists are following the developments. | Washington — At a press conference on June 23, President Obama insisted that comprehensive health-care reform is “not a luxury, but a necessity.” The president has said that he wants Congress to deliver health-care reform legislation to him … July 12-25, 2009 2009-07-4T14:12:33+00:00 http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/at_the_white_house/ http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/at_the_white_house/#When:17:56:37Z By Father Owen Kearns, LC | President Obama invited several members of the Catholic press to a conversation at the White House July 2 in preparation for his upcoming visit to Benedict XVI. The Register was represented by yours truly. More details can be found on our blog at NCRegister.com and in the next print edition of the Register. The 45-minute … July 12-25, 2009 2009-07-2T17:56:37+00:00 http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/letters_07.12.2009/ http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/letters_07.12.2009/#When:17:48:19Z By The Editors | Colleges and Abortion I am a recent Notre Dame alumna and I would like to express my concern regarding “Ten Catholic Colleges That Promote Abortion” (Register’s Daily Blog, June 16). I am a very conservative Catholic, and I am appalled that the university would recommend an internship with NOW (National Organization for Women). However, I don’t think … July 12-25, 2009 2009-07-2T17:48:19+00:00 http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/what_universities_do/ http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/what_universities_do/#When:17:46:49Z By The Editors | Dormitories are empty. Campuses are only partly busy, with summer events and special programs. Faculties are busy preparing for fall — or, truth be told, not so very busy. It’s the off-season at one of the most important places on earth: the university. Not that universities should be self-important about that. They’re among the most important places … July 12-25, 2009 2009-07-2T17:46:49+00:00