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Weekend Calendar: Aug. 12-14
Parish life outside of Mass and eucharistic adoration is starting to pick back up. Check it out: Patron Saints of World Youth Day — 6:30 p.m. Aug. 12 following the rosary on KXXT 1010AM and online. Ongoing series teaches listeners about the patron saints of next week’s World Youth Day. They include St. Ignatius of [...]
‘When I shot the pope’ video posted
Did you see or hear about this video yet? Rome Reports posted it last week: Also in my weekly xt3 mail, an interview with Giovanni Portelli, an Australian photographer whose works have inspired lapsed Catholics to get involved with local Catholic events. Check out the August spread on Mackillop rehearsals. Mary Mackillop, one of the [...]
World Youth Day — One year later
It has been one year since some 223,000 registered pilgrims from 170 countries converged on Sydney, Australia for World Youth Day 2008. The World Youth Day anniversary Mass will be streamed live at 6:30 p.m. July 20 from St. Mary’s Cathedral in Sydney (where the World Youth Day countdown clock rung in the start of [...]
Happy birthday xt3
Not only is today St. Anthony of Padua’s birthday, but it is the first birthday of xt3.com, the Catholic social networking site launched to help World Youth Day 2008 pilgrims stay in touch and for Catholics worldwide to continue to grow in their faith. I’ve pointed out a few highlights of the last year of [...]
Finally on sale
Hey World Youth Day pilgrims! Remember all of that window-shopping you did during WYD and even at the airport in Sydney because WYD merchandise was still going for full price? Well, those days are gone. I got an e-mail late last night announcing a 50% off clearance sale. It’s supposedly our last chance to buy [...]