Cacciaguida

Defending the 12th century since the 14th; blogging since the 21st.

Catholicism, Conservatism, the Middle Ages, Opera, and Historical and Literary Objets d'Art blogged by a suburban dad who teaches law and writes stuff.


"Very fun." -- J. Bottum, Editor, FIRST THINGS

"Too modest" -- Elinor Dashwood

"Perhaps the wisest man on the Web" -- Henry Dieterich

"Hat tip: me (but really Cacciaguida)" -- Diana Feygin, Editor, THE YALE FREE PRESS

"You are my sire. You give me confidence to speak. You raise my heart so high that I am no more I." -- Dante

"Fabulous!"-- Warlock D.J. Prod of Didsbury

Who was Cacciaguida? See Dante's PARADISO, Cantos XV, XVI, & XVII.


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Friday, September 11, 2009
 


Forgetting? I'm not forgetting. You forgetting?




Wednesday, September 09, 2009



Saturday, September 05, 2009
 
Also on Sept. 25 (see post immediately infra): Alasdair MacIntyre will lecture at CUA on the topic "Ends and Endings."




 
Gregorian "chant camp" (as we say in my family) at the JPII Center in Washington. Suitable for beginners. Closing event is Solemn High Mass, Extraordinary Form, with chant, celebrated by Fr. McAfee. $110. Registration deadline is Sept. 14.

Sponsoring organization is the Church Music Association of America, which also offers plainsong settings for the New ICEL translation of the Mass ordinary.