tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post5851660477971037504..comments2023-07-31T10:39:53.182-05:00Comments on The Blog of the American Chesterton Society: Important News about accomodations for ChesterCon07Nancy C. Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06169395014931291729noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-12664558715825633592007-04-25T22:35:00.001-05:002007-04-25T22:35:00.001-05:00oops that should read "was" instead of "as".oops that should read "was" instead of "as".love2learnmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10548471887979257624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-78674631250685747082007-04-25T22:35:00.000-05:002007-04-25T22:35:00.000-05:00Totally random tibdit - Dr. T, did you know that B...Totally random tibdit - Dr. T, did you know that Bishop Loras, before he came to the U.S., as a classmate of St. John Vianney?love2learnmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10548471887979257624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-18015891330745411122007-04-25T20:36:00.000-05:002007-04-25T20:36:00.000-05:00Curious to think that a word now bearing a derogat...<I>Curious to think that a word now bearing a derogatory sense once was a term of exaltation.</I><BR/><BR/>Sort of like "Christian."chestertonianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18182959509678265514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-25949875811201726452007-04-25T13:58:00.000-05:002007-04-25T13:58:00.000-05:00Also: that should read "ARCHdiocese"... sorry. Tha...Also: that should read "ARCHdiocese"... sorry. <BR/><BR/>That web site is very interesting and useful. It brings out the hierarchical structure of the Church, from which we get the famous (or infamous) hierarchical file structures so common in computers these days...<BR/><BR/>"The tree of Man's defeat has become the Tree of victory" (see the Preface for the Holy Cross)...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-62229864966861494942007-04-25T13:52:00.000-05:002007-04-25T13:52:00.000-05:00Chris: anytime I can be of service.Mark: I can gua...Chris: anytime I can be of service.<BR/><BR/>Mark: I can guarantee. You will NOT be disappointed. ChesterCon is a foretaste of the "Inn at the End of the World" - ask anyone who has been to one.<BR/><BR/>But in both cases, the trick is to get there.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Dr. T.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-51620021312969523432007-04-25T13:17:00.000-05:002007-04-25T13:17:00.000-05:00Thanks, Dr. Thursday!Thanks, Dr. Thursday!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-43202823608164784082007-04-25T08:31:00.000-05:002007-04-25T08:31:00.000-05:00Chris: Like Binz where we eat and Grace where we h...Chris: Like <I>Binz</I> where we eat and <I>Grace</I> where we have stayed, <I>Cretin</I> was a bishop of the New Ulm Diocese.<BR/><BR/>See <A HREF="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dstpa.html" REL="nofollow">here</A> for more; Loome has an interesting-looking book for sale called <I>The Church Founders of the Northwest</I> by M. Hoffmann subtitled "Loras and Cretin and other Captains of Christ".<BR/><BR/>Incidentally, I looked up the word "cretin"; apparently it came from a French dialect word meaning "Christian", and once meant any human person. Curious to think that a word now bearing a derogatory sense once was a term of exaltation.<BR/><BR/>--Dr. ThursdayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-35279437441952453352007-04-25T00:02:00.000-05:002007-04-25T00:02:00.000-05:00Considering this is my first conference, I can't b...Considering this is my first conference, I can't be disappointed. <BR/><BR/>I'm imagining the dorms from my college days (60's era utilitarian) - All I'll need is a room and a bed. <BR/><BR/>(besides, isn't there another dorm option?)Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14830740919973561925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-25803654232591191662007-04-24T22:50:00.000-05:002007-04-24T22:50:00.000-05:00Not to sound flippant, but how did this hall get i...Not to sound flippant, but how did this hall get its name?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com