Sailing the Last Voyage with Newton and Pascal
Honor, Wisdom, Glory and Praise (FG-1001) was the first (and possibly the only) album of the Family of God Christian Community in Fort Worth, Texas. The community described itself as a "charismatic, ecumenical fellowship in Fort Worth, Texas. Our membership is ecumenical, though largely Catholic." The album was produced in 1981.The music is very much …
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A very different look at a a very important part of the Bible "Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, He began asking his disciples, "Who do people say that the Son of Man is?"Â And they said, "Some say John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; but still others, Jeremiah, or one …
KairosingersOf One Accord (1978)Texas isn't normally regarded as a "Catholic state," but the Catholic Church has always had a lively presence there. (More about that below.) This group, from Port Arthur (the home of Janis Joplin) and down the road from Beaumont (the home of Johnny and Edgar Winter) produced one of the more interesting …
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Emmanuel was the name of two groups who composed, performed and led worship music in the Catholic Charismatic Renewal during the late 1970's and early 1980's. In the course of events, the two groups (one in Ohio, the other New Mexico) "came together" and their music, to some extent, merged. This page features four albums …
In September 2000 the Vatican issued its encyclical Dominus Iesus to, in its words, "to set forth again the doctrine of the Catholic faith in these areas (on the unicity and salvific universality of Jesus Christ and the Church), pointing out some fundamental questions that remain open to further development, and refuting specific positions that …
He waited until the end of this diatribe on how stupid Americans are to throw this in: A smart guy named Chesterton once said: "My country, right or wrong is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying... It is like saying 'My mother, drunk or sober.'" My Anglican and Roman Catholic friends know …
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Background In the fall of 1994 Regent University dedicated its Law and Government Building. At the time the exective director of the American Centre for Law and Justice (ACLJ)--which is housed in this building--was Keith Fournier, a major figure in the Catholic Charismatic renewal. Fournier was passing out copies of his then new book, A …
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(Muza XL 0475) 1968? One of the genres of Mass music that never quite got off the ground was the "rock Mass." Part of the problem was that rock Masses aren't very participatory in the sense that people can easily sing along with the music; it's more of a "spectator sport." But the other problem …
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The summer before I graduated from prep school, we left Palm Beach. My mother had had back surgery and we needed to live in a single level house. We didn't move far, just to Boynton Beach, about 50 km down the road. A New Church...A New Parish I had started attending the Catholic church in …
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The Archdiocese of Miami's response to Father Cutié's bailing out on the RCC is understandable: According to our canon law, with this very act Father Cutié is separating himself from the communion of the Roman Catholic Church (c. 1364, §1) by professing erroneous faith and morals, and refusing submission to the Holy Father (canon 751). …
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