Amateur Choir

From B-Teamer Tim, the Lapped Catholic:

The best sounding Catholic amateurs you've ever heard are heading to Boston
and Canada on pilgrimage so if you live in the area you should definitely go
hear them and also help get the word out.

The Archdiocesan Boy Choir of Philadelphia sings sacred music throughout the
year in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia and travels on pilgrimage yearly to
places like Avila, Spain; Fatima, Portugal; Rome, Italy; and Washington,
D.C. to name a few. This year their pilgrimage will take them to the Divine
Mercy Shrine in Stockbridge, MA; the Mission Church in Boston, MA; the
Notre-Dame-du-Cap Shrine in Trois Rivieres, Quebec, Canada; and St. Joseph's
Oratory of Mount Royal in Montreal (Quebec) Canada.

Their schedule is as follows:

6/26
Divine Mercy Shrine, Stockbridge, MA
1:30 Rosary
2 PM Mass
3 PM Chaplet of the Divine Mercy
http://www.marian.org/directory_flash.html

6/27
Mission Church, Boston
12:10 PM Mass
http://themissionchurch.com/directions.htm

6/28
Notre-Dame-du-Cap Shrine
8 PM Mass followed by candlelight procession
http://www.sanctuaire-ndc.ca/

6/30
St. Joseph Oratory
4:30 PM Mass
http://www.saint-joseph.org/dynamic/section/home/index.asp?Language=En

The boys are amateurs because they don't get paid but they definitely sing
like professionals as they continue the tradition of chant and polyphony in
the Church. The boys sing in many different languages, including Latin,
French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Italian, Gaelic, and Greek. They are a
joy to hear whether they are singing Mass or performing a concert. Once you
hear them live you will be hooked. You can hear some snippets from three of
their five CDs on their web site: http://www.archboychoir.org. Feel free to
contact tcanny@comcast.net for more information about the choir and other
sources for their audio clips. And if you do attend let them know you heard
about them on the web.

By the way the boys are also singing the 11AM Mass tomorrow for the EWTN
25th Anniversary Family Celebration at the Liacouras Center in Philadelphia.
Admission is free so if you live in Philadelphia this may be your last time
to hear them until the fall. http://www.ewtn25.com/philadelphia.asp

If you live near these sites please attend and if you've got readers who
live near these sites please pass the word along. Thanks!

Chris: Amateur Catholic

Could you please add my blog to your blog roll?

The World...IMHO

http://theworldimho.blogspot.com

Email 2:

I also meant to thank you :o)

No problem, Chris. Welcome to the B-Team!

Jayne: Amateur Catholic

Howdy,

I would like to be a "B-Lister," and I'm starting to get a blister from
e-mailing my family and friends about my blog, "So Many Devotions...So
Little Time." To 'B' or not to 'B' - it's up to you.

Thanks,

Jayne

www.somanydevotions.blogspot.com/

"B-Lister"? I guess you really are an amateur, Jayne. You're in! Welcome to the B-Team!

Neil Barclay: Amateur Catholic

Every light-hearted group needs a Peter Grimes or a Gradgrind. I also wear funny long hats and dine with late rabbits (late in terms of time, not death).

I'm the sort who crawls (sic) out of bed in what is MY morning (3 PM) and stares at the nearest picture and says "Go ahead! Make my day!" Lost a lot of pictures that way.

They thought THAT was a bad day at Black Rock? Had I been there when Wojtyla rode through, the Tracy experience would have been a Monday School picnic in comparison.

He didn't ride through? Damn!

The picnic I mentioned was a lot more fun. You had to play hooky and bring beer.

Bio note:
I went through the sieve of the Novus Ordure (sic) to become a Catholic at the age of 50. That lasted five years, when I looked up from my seat on the "lector's" bench and saw the altar bimbo. Then I realized none of us were really Catholics. Next stop was a Maronite Rite. Distilled through the alembic of that Eastern set of tubes and vials I felt much more real – nearly full malt. Then somebody called a bishop started ordering the priest to add "whoopie" to the lectionary, where I was also a "lector", and certain females began invading the sanctuary, and by then I'd discovered a SSPX Mass (just twice a month) where I live (Salt Lake City), so have attended that ever since.

Now I'm informed that I'll need a conditional Confirmation. A Bishop comes here about once every ten years. Hey, I'm 68+ so I should live so long!

I'm terribly good lookin', though: see my gorgeous picture on gulagzek.blogspot.com – I'm the one under the hat. That's a real snake skin, by the way, which ought to tell you something.

Sign me up, pardner.

Welcome to the B-Team, Neil.

Lisa: Amateur Catholic

Howdy!

I just came across your cheerful site, and am askin' for membership. I offer the following lowly creds:

1) I just posted a photo of ... my running shoes. Yep, doesn't get much lamer than that.
2) I don't wear scads o' jewelry or know how to wire explosives to make the A-Team .
3) My favorite color is brown.
4) I'm a Secular Franciscan -- humility's part o' the rules. :-P
5) I'm so lame, I couldn't think of another point to make this a tidy 5-point list!

Thankee for your kind consideration!

Purrs 'n' pax,
Lisa, sfo =^..^=

My blog: www.franciscanfocus.com

Hey Lisa, welcome aboard!

Current Affairs: Amateur Catholic

A Spanish entry:

Hello:

I have a blog called Toasted Bread.

Would you consider joining me to your blogroll "Amateur Catholic"?

Just Amateur Amateur.

Thanks.

Too bad the Generalissimo is still dead, huh? Welcome to the B-Team!

Beth: Amateur Catholic

Rick,

Love the blog and I would love to be on the B-Team! Here are my
qualifications:

5. Love the Catholic life.
4. My blog on Catholic stuff here: http://verbosityvelocity.blogspot.com/
3. I live in St. Louis, which is one of the most Catholic places on earth,
maybe besides Vatican city.
2. I am a newbie (as my pastor likes to call me). I was received into the
Church on April 15, 2006 through the sacraments of baptism, confirmation,
and first communion (trifecta!).
1. I used to be agnostic, nearly atheist at one point, and yet somehow
found my way to Catholicism! Ta-da!!

Thanks for considering it and have a great day. Keep up the great work.

Beth Harris, St. Louis MO

It is amazing from what depths God will raise us. Welcome to Holy Mother Church and the B-Team!

Sister Amy Cavender: Amateur Catholic

Thought I'd apply to join the B-Team.

After a little blogging fiasco I discovered last night (much to my chagrin!), I think I qualify as an Amateur Amateur.

It seems I set up Blogger to moderate comments, but neglected to give it an email address where it could notify me that comments had been posted. Some of the comments I found last night were left six months ago...

The address for the blog is cruxmatter.blogspot.com.

Welcome aboard, Sister Amy. Be sure to pray for your fellow B-Teamers. It's like a rule or something for our religious members. ;)

Amateur Catholic Singles

A much-needed service in St. Blog's is about to be met: Introducing "Amateur Catholic Singles"!

Here's our first entry:

Cannonball Looking for Someone to Light Her Fire:

Find me a single Catholic man 30-45.

I KNOW someone who reads this has to have a brother, cousin, friend, co-worker, sixth cousin twiced removed on their wife's side... Not every man in my age group is married. I know this, I have to beleive this.

Spread the word... post this on your blog "Find the Cannonball a Man". You can start pouring in your offers to solekat205 at yahoo dot com [as well as any questions you may have for me].

After being [secularly] divorced [receiving appropriate annulment] for 2 years this month, I decided [with counsel from my priest] that I was ready to start dating again [I am free to marry with in the catholic church and my status is "single"] & I am imploring everyone's help.

Look at me, look how cute I am (I am the one not wearing a miter). Look how pious and devout I am standing there next to our Bishop... so obediant & faithful.

Funny, smart, orthodox , good husekeeper, lousy cook, and I love monthy python movies and sports. I am the whole package. Who wouldn't want me as their loving loyal wife?

She's definitely a cutey. Come on all you single fellas at St. Blog's! Drop a line to our little cannonball of fire.

"I read the news today, oh boy..."

• "Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I'm sixty-four?" Paul McCartney reached that point in his life yesterday. In light of the unfortunate breakup of his second marriage, a question that has lingered for nearly four decades has been answered. But at least he isn't losing his hair. He was my favorite Beatle, by the way. (Various)

• In Rochester, New York, a man tried to hold up an auto-parts store. Two employees managed to overpower him, and beat him with a metal pipe. The man pleaded guilty to robbery. Now he's suing the auto-parts store. (AP)

• In Tampa, Florida, two opposing attorneys could not seem to agree on various minutiae, such as a location for taking the sworn statement of a witness in an insurance case. A federal judge had enough of the delays, and ordered them to appear together to settle the matter once and for all with... a round of "rock, paper, scissors." (AP)

• A young girl from Plymouth, England boarding a plane was stopped, when it was discovered she was carrying a gun in her luggage. The model in question was a pink Bugs Bunny water pistol filled with candy. Despite her protests, the implement of destruction was registered at the airport firearms desk, tagged and packed separately. (Washington Post Express)

• A bookstore in Melbourne, Australia, attempted to enter the Guinness Book of World Records yesterday, through an effort to assemble the largest collection of unwanted copies of... Dan Brown's "The Da Vinci Code." (Washington Post Express)

(This sort of nonsense is a regular feature at man with black hat.)

Corpus Christi

Two years ago, on Corpus Christi Sunday, Sarah and I entered Holy Mother Church. It was an especially meaningful day for me to enter the Church because my decision to become Catholic had been guided by my belief in the Real Presence of Our Lord Jesus Christ in the Blessed Sacrament.

Today, once again Corpus Christi Sunday (as well as Father's Day), my little girl will also enter Holy Mother Church when she is baptized.

Please remember and pray for little Mary Virginia today on her "second birth"day.



NOTE: This post was intended for Pro Ecclesia, and I posted it here by mistake. How amateur of me.

Oh well, since it's already here, I'll leave it up.

Rich W.:Amateur Catholic

How do Ijoin the "B team?"

REW

www.eyehackerblog.com

You just did. Welcome aboard, Rich.

Chuck Mountel: Amateur Catholic

I'd like to join your list.

My site is http://www.chuckoblog.com

My name is Chuck Mountel.

If you need any more info, please let me know! :)

Welcome to the B-Team, Chuck.

Subject: Why you should say No

Dear Amateur Catholic,

Yes, it's true. You should say NO to my request to join your ranks. I'm amateur, so much that I get myself into trouble thinking I know too much (this is not restricted just to blogging - it is an aspect of my personality that often has my husband throwing up his hands, shaking his head, and I'm sure, using up the patience he has so much of). I post off-topic replies following my own train of thought, and I don't know how in the world to change things in this blog world (I believe martha, martha posted not so long ago about being html coding challenged, and I'm right there with her). I don't know if I even count as an amateur, because in a way I do make money off of my Catholicism - I'm our parish secretary here at a farm town in Ohio.

My Catholic blog is snoringscholar.blogspot.com. If you decide to grant me B-team status, I will say a novena for you all, because you just don't know what you're in for...

Blessings and THANK YOU for this wonderful work you're doing!
Sarah

Wonderful work? Yeah...that's the ticket! LOL Welcome to the B-Team, Sarah. I feel so much holier now having "helped" you by my work. :)

Jane of Art: Amateur Catholic

Dear amateurs,

I was perpetually a C student. I want a B already.
Anyway I can get it and I am Catholic.
Yes, that starts with C like cookie, I know.

Thank you for your consideration.

Jane-of-art
http://jane-of-art.blogspot.com/

Sorry about the delay, Jane. Welcome aboard!

Sister Marianne Lorraine: Amateur Catholic

Hi Rick and other Amateur Catholics,

Can I enroll my blog on your Amateur Catholic team? My qualifications
would be:

--30 years of religious life and I still feel like I'm just starting out
in the purgative way

--my favorite quote of Chesterton: "If something is worth doing, it's
worth doing badly."

--my poor blog gets neglected while I'm doing my real work

--I never took the time to learn the fancy things about posting
graphics, etc.


Thanks!

Sr Marianne Lorraine

http://thomasfortoday.blogspot.com

Welcome Sister Lorraine. Glad to have you numbered among us. Please remember us lowly B-Teamers in your prayers. :)

Catherine Garcia: Amateur Catholic

Hi there!

Well, I am certainly new to this! As to whether or not I am "what
you're looking for" remains to be seen. I do not write in an
intellectual style, as I have seen so many others here. More of a
"Court Jester for God" I guess I would define myself.

Humor is my style, I'm afraid. But I do so believe the Lord does
have a sense of humor. I guess what I am so poorly trying to say it
that I am interested in you and what you stand for.

Sincerely,

Catherine Garcia

http://traveled-by.blogspot.com/

Another application that was caught up in Amateurland. Welcome aboard, Catherine.

Jerry Wilson: Amateur Catholic

I do believe I qualify. Not only am I a devout, practicing Catholic who doesn't make a dime off of his church affiliation, I blog about... NASCAR. Can you be any more amateur than that?

http://www.diecast-dude.com/

Anyway, can I join pretty pretty please? Thanks.

-- Jerry Wilson

Sorry it took so long, Jerry. (Jerry initially applied over a month ago). Welcome to the B-Team, the car crash of Catholic blogging.