Joseph Sarto was born at Riese in Venetia on June 2, 1835. He was successively curate, parish priest, bishop of Mantua, patriarch of Venice. He was elected Pope on August 4, 1903. As chief pastor of the Church he realized to the full the value of the liturgy as the prayer of the Church and spared no effort to propagate the practice of frequent and daily Communion. In his encyclical Pascendi Dominici Gregis, he exposed and condemned the modernist heresy with force and clarity (1907). He died on August 20, 1914, and was canonized on May 29, 1954.
Our travel went rather smoothly, thanks be to God. But it looks like it'll take a few days to really settle in here this time around. It's rather hard taking care of all the necessary details in the midst of a full load of new classes, but we'll get there. It doesn't help that right off the bat our laptop computer is having problems, as is the stovetop. The former problem will probably make for rather sparse updates here for a little while, as our internet access is limited to the ITI computer lab for now. In other news, Lisa had an ultrasound today! The baby (sex remains unknown) looked fine, and a little farther along than we thought. So, good news for visiting grandparents: the new due date is January 20!
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We're happy to hear that you're safely back and that all is well with Lisa and her pregancy.
Actually, it's good that you're back in Austria because with the blog, I think we can stay better up to date with how you guys are doing than when you're in Michigan. ;)
Glad you're back safe and that the new one is safe as well. I'm gearing up for another year of hurling brickbats at your theological speculations from 6000 miles away! And working to gather all my family from Austria and Florida back into the familiar confines of Michigan.
boy or girl?
I fixed the computer so we're up and running after all. Hopefully the stovetop is so easy.
Sorry Vince, no news on the baby's sex.
More good news: the stove works! Turns out we were setting it to the lowest heat when we thought we were setting it to the highest (it's completely unmarked).
For just a second, I thought 'stovetop' was another kind of computer. You know, laptop, stovetop. . .
It's amazing what the prayers of an Italian nonna can do...actually moved the due date up! jk!
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