I'm afraid we feel this quasi-vocational call to report on the reform of the Church, which means I've also got to spend time on that. But yes, "JD travels to Catholic places" is some of my favorite Pillar stuff.
I realize that this is an unimportant quibble on the scale of things, but privateers and pirates were not the same, at least legally speaking. Pirates were outlaws; privateers were commissioned by a particular government.
I know, Mary-Clare, you're 100% right. Privateers are government commissioned pirate-like fellows who are not actually pirates. I'm aware of the distinction, and I walked right through it for the sake of telling a good story, and you called me on it. You're 100% right!
It is what I count on You JD Ed Luke and THE Pillar /Post People...to do.
Loved learning about St Hyacinth...
Have Been to Dubai 2004. and the old (?) St Mary ..quite large even then ..
Trip to Egypt Cairo was O so memorable. It w sApril 1/2 PM when we arrived at our Hotel Scripture went through my head "OUT o EGYPT I called my son." Was looking out the Airport Sheraton... WE had stopped in Rome Alitalia NYCITY -an were held up 7 hours so Tour director ( Columbia U Confernece )
took us to the City /St Peter .. Regan had been shot just before we left Pope JP11 would be May 1981.. After 10 days we flew from Cairo to Tel Aviv Palm Sunday - left Good friday via Rome after Last Supper in th "cencale itlsef and visit to Garden of Gethsemane" Our fourth son was born Jan 2 82 nine months later We named him Josepj John Patrick .( after Holy Ghost Father Missionaris in our birthplace Zanzibar)
St. Hyacinth was kidnapped in China in 1769. This text originally said 1796 -- some 23 years after St. Hyacinth was dead. We have corrected the error. Please forgive us.
You must her her younger brother. Only little brothers would travel halfway around the world just for the chance to annoy their sisters... Signed, a big sis
I don’t know if the Remnant’s story is true or false. But while outrageous, I don’t find it all that unbelievable. Obviously, as a subscriber to The Pillar, I trust Ed and JD’s sourcing and reporting. But I wouldn’t be surprised at all if there were kernels of truth (or murmurings) to Montange’s story.
Yes, they're pitas, effectively.
Gee, isn't the Holy Spirit, who is supposedly the one deciding all of these things, a devious One?
I, for one, would have 0 complaints if a significant portion of the Pillar's reporting became centered on JD's Catholic travelogue.
Nor would I!
I'm afraid we feel this quasi-vocational call to report on the reform of the Church, which means I've also got to spend time on that. But yes, "JD travels to Catholic places" is some of my favorite Pillar stuff.
All you holy Dominicans, pray for us!
I realize that this is an unimportant quibble on the scale of things, but privateers and pirates were not the same, at least legally speaking. Pirates were outlaws; privateers were commissioned by a particular government.
I know, Mary-Clare, you're 100% right. Privateers are government commissioned pirate-like fellows who are not actually pirates. I'm aware of the distinction, and I walked right through it for the sake of telling a good story, and you called me on it. You're 100% right!
It's an excellent story, and I'm sorry for quibbling.
You shouldn't be. Quibbling's the best. I'm sorry for my inaccuracy.
Keep on keeping on
It is what I count on You JD Ed Luke and THE Pillar /Post People...to do.
Loved learning about St Hyacinth...
Have Been to Dubai 2004. and the old (?) St Mary ..quite large even then ..
Trip to Egypt Cairo was O so memorable. It w sApril 1/2 PM when we arrived at our Hotel Scripture went through my head "OUT o EGYPT I called my son." Was looking out the Airport Sheraton... WE had stopped in Rome Alitalia NYCITY -an were held up 7 hours so Tour director ( Columbia U Confernece )
took us to the City /St Peter .. Regan had been shot just before we left Pope JP11 would be May 1981.. After 10 days we flew from Cairo to Tel Aviv Palm Sunday - left Good friday via Rome after Last Supper in th "cencale itlsef and visit to Garden of Gethsemane" Our fourth son was born Jan 2 82 nine months later We named him Josepj John Patrick .( after Holy Ghost Father Missionaris in our birthplace Zanzibar)
St. Hyacinth was kidnapped in China in 1769. This text originally said 1796 -- some 23 years after St. Hyacinth was dead. We have corrected the error. Please forgive us.
You must her her younger brother. Only little brothers would travel halfway around the world just for the chance to annoy their sisters... Signed, a big sis
I am indeed.
Pillar cruise to Dubai! I haven't tried Emirati food, but it looks amazing and I want to eat all of it.
A song about the dark side of Dubai... https://youtu.be/bvf4yJ6FLjc?si=1lXYqrhPtOSS1nMl
Based upon this piece: https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/commentators/johann-hari/the-dark-side-of-dubai-1664368.html
I'm curious how the situation is there currently, compared to when the above article was written. Impressed you did the trip in a day!!
My burning question about this Arabian day trip... The Arabian nights - were they really like the Arabian days?
"So I’m not too popular with the Cairo PD. On the way back, again through Cairo, I had some time to kill, and.."
Good to see both you and Ed channel Graham Greene, just don't get arrested while doing it.
Can you provide any update on the situation of Silverstream Priory from a couple years ago?
I don’t know if the Remnant’s story is true or false. But while outrageous, I don’t find it all that unbelievable. Obviously, as a subscriber to The Pillar, I trust Ed and JD’s sourcing and reporting. But I wouldn’t be surprised at all if there were kernels of truth (or murmurings) to Montange’s story.
Edit: unbelievable might an imprecise word. I don’t the story all that far-fetched.
Edit: “unbelievable” might an imprecise word. I don’t find the story all that far-fetched is perhaps a better way of saying it.
I appreciate this type of reporting which is essentially, “I wonder what things are like over there?”
I gotta say, you did well in annoying your sister halfway around the world. Well done.
Also, as a side note, has the Pillar talked about this year's IV Sunday/Christmas obligations? Thanks.