How wonderful and comforting for us who are imprisoned in liberal dioceses. Our bishop, here in the Albany NY diocese, has been in place for 26 years and he's only in his sixties. And johnb2004 is in a similar predicament up in Rochester NY. (John, there is hope for us somewhere in the future!)
Did you watch the mass last night? It was truly uplifting to see so many catholics bow and genuflect before receiving Communion. 300 priests!! I am still in awe.
Salvation, after watching that endless procession, I can truly appreciate what you must have experienced at that mass in Ohio. When eastsider and I attended the Mass of Thanksgiving for his friend, Fr. David, there was a procession of seveal priests, a couple of deacons and the 'very' aged K of C. That was quite emotional. Any large assembly of priests would probably buckle my knees and drain every tear I could shed.
Cap'n - glad to hear "we" had representation at the March. PA Lurker was also there with his adult children and grandchildren. It would be great if we could grow the FR contingent next year. I'm strongly contemplating attending.
No I didn't. we don't get EWTN in this area. CUF and the KofC have been petitioning Cox Communications for years to get them to offer it. Finally we were told that if we could get a certain number of signatures they'd consider it. We got that number and more and were told "confidentially" that the reason we couldn't get EWTN was because Bishop Sullivan was consulted and he didn't want it because he considered the network to be reactionary and divisive.
Thank goodness Sullivan is gone!
In June of 2000 the KofC had a Jubilee Year pilgrimage to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. There were over 12,000 Knights attending the Mass that day...we packed the pews and filled the campus of CUA. The entrance procession was a sight to behold. We had over 1,000 4th Degree Knights in full regalia, 120 priests, 3 Cardinals and about a dozen bishops. We had many hundreds more priests present but the MC only wanted 120 to concelebrate for some reason. At any rate it was a sight to behold. The goose pimples didn't go away for about a week.