Another Catholic Blog on Depression

Rosario, a new reader to Dymphna's Well, has a blog that deals with depression and anxiety disorders from a Catholic perspective. Crown of Thorns, Crown of Glory has very insightful information on expressing your needs in a healthy way, Saints and their interior struggles, and some OCD links.

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Some urgent prayer requests

Please pray for my friend's son who is battling depression and for their family as they rally around to support him.

Please, also pray for my husband, who just lost his job and for our family as we navigate through that.

Also, pray for my mom and aunt who are continuing their life's journey towards eternity.

UPDATE: Spent yesterday afternoon in the ER. My dh has a cyst in the right arm socket that is causing intense pain. We are hoping to get whatever needs to be done, accomplished within the 6 week COBRA window.

Saint Joseph, protector of families, pray for us!

Solemnity of the Assumption

August 15

Fred Astaire Friday

Astaire brings sexy back. YouTube's Nedyken remakes Fred Astaire's dance with Justin Timberlake's music.

Looks Like

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What Flavor Popsicle Are You?

You Are a Coconut Flavored Popsicle

You are easygoing. For you, summer is definitely a time to kick back. You are a peaceful soul. You shy away from drama and stress. You are a warm and compassionate. You give everyone a fair chance. Your tastes tend to be simple. You rather have a few high quality items than a bunch of junk.

What Flavor Popsicle Are You?

Hmmm...my favorite "offbeat" flavor Popsicle as a kid, was banana. Seven cents. Mmmmm!!!

The Crazyladies of Pearl Street

The Crazyladies of Pearl Street: A Novel by Trevanian

My review

rating: 4 of 5 stars
Incredible period detail from the 1930's is married with profound emotional insight and rich poetic description. You are transported into the Great Depression as seen through the eyes of a very observant child. Excellent.


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In case you need some

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Mission Impossible--Astaire and Rogers

This vid mixes Fred and Ginger with the theme from Mission Impossible. It is not as well done as the Pink Panther remix, but I like the tune, so it becomes today's Fred Astaire Friday pic.

Praise Update on the Dissent Document

Catholic Exchange reports on a former priest who had signed a document protesting Pope Paul VI's Humanae Vitae in 1968 and has long regretted it. Here is his letter to Fr. Thomas Euteneuer.

Dear Fr. Euteneuer,

I have signed and am returning the Pledge of Assent to Humanae Vitae for the Laity. There is for me a special significance in signing this Pledge, and [it] will give me a peace of mind and heart that I have not experienced since 1968. In 1968 I was a young Franciscan priest studying in the Graduate School of Religious Education at Catholic University. I personally knew Fr. Charles Curran and Fr. Dan Maguire, and was a student of Fr. Robert Faricy, SJ. Since they, as well as many other professors and graduate students were signing the Protest Document, I went along and did so also.

In 1975 for personal reasons not related to any doubts or questions about the Faith, or the Church, or the Religious Life…I requested and obtained…a dispensation from Pope Paul VI returning me to the Lay State. Later, I was married in the Church and raised my two children in the Faith….I have had many conversations with my Pastor and with his assistant (who is my spiritual director) about my days as a Franciscan Priest, and have been active in many of our parish’s lay apostolate and ministries.

But I have always regretted having signed the Protest Document against Pope Paul’s teaching in 1968, and having learned a few years ago that Fr. Faricy had publicly repudiated signing the Protest, I had wished that I, too, could repudiate in some official way, having signed the Protest….And so your “Pledge” document offers me an opportunity to correct my mistake, and find healing - and telling you about all this helps me to feel that my repudiation of the Protest is now known and accepted in a kind of semi-official sort of way by an “authority” in the Church.

And thank you for reading this, thereby humoring an old man, who despite everything else, knows that he is a “priest forever, according to the Order of Melchizedek.”