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First Contact – France

When in France… not surprisingly, no one speaks English here! Oh well, nothing like learning a new language.

My first meal and first Church in France. Wow.
DSCN0230 This was at La Couronne, and every bite of every dish was a marvelous new experience.

Having a GPS is great except for the fact that it’s entirely possible to get to your destination without really knowing where you are in the meantime. Hence the fact I’m not quite sure which Church this is. But it’s tres jolie, and the point is, the organ looked rather old, but sounded magnificent while the organist was doodling around.

Well, I will have to post it later, the file is too big. Off into the day!

Update

The brief (yet large) video inside the Normandy Abbey.

Moving Along

Well things have been pretty so so of late. No inspired thoughts to jot down, and no newsy things to bring up. Guess I could just keep to an old fashioned weblog, sort of like tumblr. I.e., an easy way to get back to web history via tags and classes, of things you might actually want to see again.

We’ll see. For now I am busy learning bookkeeping 101 (Always comes in handy!) and well, just moving along.

Back Online

Well one thing has finally led to another and I have a new, very stable computer. No more crashes every hour!

It’s taking some getting used to, but in a good way. It’s a Mac.

At any rate, this is a great development.

Peace, out.

Calumny

Calumny is defined by the Catholic Encylopedia (1917) as “Etymologically any form of ruse or fraud employed to deceive another, particularly in judicial proceedings. In its more commonly accepted signification it means the unjust damaging of the good name of another by imputing to him a crime or fault of which he is not guilty. The sin thus committed is in a general sense mortal, just as is detraction.

That means that if, say for instance, a Pastor spreads false rumors about his associate he is guilty of calumny. If one spreads any type of false rumors about another, they are guilty of calumny.

Unfortunately, it’s one of the most common forms of manipulation in religious life.

Coming up later… Detraction.

Leave of Absence – Updated

Putting the weblog on a leave of absence while I take vacation. After that I will redo it and put it up somewhere else.

Until then it’s always a wonderful resource for friends and family to be able to keep in touch, so… it’s still up.

Peace.

Update: I had asked for a bit of time off to settle my parents’ estate, which went very well, and during that time the site automatically renewed. So… it’s back to BAU.

Fr. Kenneth Allen