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Heretic

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This guy isn’t just a schismatic or wayward. He’s heretical.

"The Sacrament of the Eucharist (Holy Communion) will be offered to all who attend the Liturgy"

All? That is absolutely forbidden by the Church. Valid confirmation and no stain of mortal sin are required.

"Father Bill Hausen is a validly ordained Priest. He has not and will not resign his Priesthood. As taught in Catholic Theology, ‘Once a Priest, always a Priest.’"

Not for long he isn’t. He was validly ordained, but he can just as easily be validly defrocked.

The main issue here is not his opinions on ordination. That only got him moved ("Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.") The problem is his rejection of Church Tradition and authority.

Breakaway ‘Catholic’ Church Stirs Controversy

"A priest who holds views that some in the Roman Catholic faith call radical is being criticized as he starts a new church, Channel 4 Action News anchor Scott Baker reported."

Soda Fountain

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I went to this place for the first time on Saturday. It’s an old apothecary/soda shop. The interior is authentic 20’s art deco. The family atmosphere is great and so is the ice cream. You owe it to yourself to check it out. 🙂

A Scoop of History

Klavon’s Pharmacy opened in 1920 and was a social fixture in the Strip District for 59 years. The pharmacist dispensed advice and kibitzing along with tonics, salves and prescriptions. The pharmacist’s wife presided over the penny candy counter, the greeting cards and the soda fountain, not to mention the many romances that blossomed there.

Each summer James and Mary Klavon’s eight young grandchildren came for vacations and were serious but gleeful helpers in the store. This American tableau continued until 1979 when the pharmacist passed away. The family closed the doors and sadly ended a chapter of an era.

For 20 years, the doors and windows of the old building at the corner of Penn Avenue and 28th Street were boarded up. Last year, the Klavons’ oldest grandson, Ray Klavon, set into motion a lifelong dream. He blew away the dust, moved out the pharmacy counter, cleared the shelves and added the bare necessities for accommodating the ’90s. When he reopened the doors to the newly named Klavon’s Ice Cream Parlor in January of this year, he unsealed a time capsule.

Feminists for Life–Far, Far from a Contradiction in Terms!

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People believe that to be a feminist is to sell the fetus short and be pro-choice, and likewise that abortion, while unpleasant is necessary for women.

Serrin Foster and Feminists for Life are campaigning to teach people that this need not be the case, and that the early feminists like Susan B. Anthony were avowedly pro-life, and decried abortion as both murder of a child and a repression of women by divorcing them from motherhood, which early feminists fiercely defended.

Here is an article on Serrin Foster’s “A Feminist Case Against Abortion” talk, which has changed hearts in universities across America, including the University of Pittsburgh, where Serrin lectured at the School of Medicine, and had immediate, tangible results.

God and Country

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I really do not understand what these people are getting all bent out of shape about. If you’re a religious individual, you ought to believe that God’s law supersedes man’s law and that God comes before country. If you’re an atheist, God does not exist, so effectively, this fellow has put nothing before his country. Where’s the problem?

"Calling Dr. Paine….Calling Dr. Paine….You’re needed for emergency rod removal."

Flag Flap Pits God Versus Country

"There’s a flap over a flag in Westmoreland County. Folks there are up in arms because a popular beverage company is flying a Christian flag above the American flag. United States code states the American flag always comes first on the flag pole. "

We Need This At Pitt!!!

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I’m an amateur trash hound. I’ve found some really great stuff in my apartment building’s trash room. I’d LOVE to gets my hands on the abandoned computer equipment (and probably lots of other cool junk, too).

Penn State students leave behind 66 tons of bargains
By Tom Gibb

“UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A Dumpster is supposed to be a colossal wastebasket. And a wastebasket is supposed to be for, well, waste.”