Sky gazers will be treated to a colorful cosmic show this fall.

On September 27, the moon will reach its full phase while also nearing its closest point to Earth in its orbit, creating views of a “supermoon.”  MORE

Brian Peterson’s ‘Faces of Santa Ana’ is an inspirational way to give back to society.

‘Faces of Santa Ana’ is a continuous exhibition of portraits of homeless people, founded by Californian artist Brian Peterson. Brian talks to members of Santa Ana’s homeless community, collects their stories and paints their portraits. After getting a signature from them in the corner of the canvas, Brian then sells the artwork downtown. All the proceeds go to help each subject back on the road to rehabilitation. MORE

However, one may analyze the Iraqi and Syrian disasters, the U.S. plainly shares responsibility for the migrants now flooding into Europe. Two statistics will tell you how deeply this thought sinks in: Of the four million Syrians who have fled the civil war against Assad, the U.S. has accepted 1,500.

Utterly lacking in historical perspective. Parenthetically, so is the prevailing American view of the immigration problem it faces: Few of us seem to grasp the extent to which many decades of bad American policy helped shape a continent ridden with poverty and violence. MORE

He’s pleasing everyone but conservative and Traditional Catholics, for the most part.

The phrase “papal encyclical” isn’t one you’ll commonly find in headlines in the secular world. But that’s exactly where news of Pope Francis’ 192-page letter on climate change landed in June.

The Pope wrote that humans are responsible for climate change, urging all people to do a better job of caring for the environment — and his words resonated far beyond the church. MORE

Move over Jesus, Hillary Clinton is running for president. MORE

Kim Davis – refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses to gay couples.

Vol 8 Issue 36 ~ Editor: Rev. Fr. Courtney Edward Krier
September 5, 2015 ~ Our Lady on Saturday

1. Baptism: Means of Salvation (32)
2.Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost
3. Ss. Donatian, Laetus and Others
4. Christ in the Home (7)
5. Articles and notices

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Marion County Judge Vance Day is being investigated by a judicial fitness commission in part over his refusal to perform same-sex marriages on religious grounds, a spokesman for the judge said.

When a federal court ruling in May 2014 made same-sex marriage legal in Oregon, Day instructed his staff to refer same-sex couples looking to marry to other judges, spokesman Patrick Korten said Friday.  MORE

They are sleeping in front of the Empire State building, sprawled in front of the doors of Macy’s, and panhandling outside Grand Central. MORE

Five American students were attacked by “Palestinians” (euphemism for Jew-hating Muslims) in Hebron after they got lost in the city on Thursday. Islamic Jew-hatred — it’s in the Quran. Respect the hate! MORE

What’s America to do about its stadium problem?

Over the past 15 years, more than $12 billion in public money has been spent on privately owned stadiums. Between 1991 and 2010, 101 new stadiums were opened across the country; nearly all those projects were funded by taxpayers. MORE

KION, Aug 13, 2015 (emphasis added): “I noticed them out here. And I looked over here and seen all kinds of dead little fish over there,” said fisherman Tucker Bergerson. Bergerson fishes in the Monterey Bay every day. He like others who make a living out in the open waters, know something isn’t right in the bay. MORE

How ironic to see all of them with a red cross on their uniforms

China has marked the 70th anniversary of its victory over Japan with events including a grand military parade in Tiananmen Square. Over 12,000 troops, 500 pieces of military hardware and 200 aircraft of various types represented what military officials called the country’s most cutting-edge technology MORE

The U.S. Forest Service spent a record $243 million last week battling forest fires around the country, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Thursday.

The agency has spent all the money Congress provided for fighting wildfires in the 12-month budget period, forcing it to borrow money from forest restoration work designed to reduce the risk of fires. That’s happened in six of the past 10 years, Vilsack said. MORE