Awake: 6:02am Temp 25 sleep 6+35 sunny overnight @ Nicktown.
During our KK meeting today Theresa, Kathy & I began talking about motoring to Indiana, PA to attend (3) talks being given by Scott Hahn @ St. Bernard Catholic church.
When we finally decided to: "let's do it" we had to hustle. K & I had a small & quick breakfast before Theresa picked us up. As we walked to her car, another person was sitting in the front seat; by gosh...it's the Principal of the Northern Cambria Catholic School here in Nicktown. She too, was planning on driving but couldn't get her frozen car doors to open. We arrived about (10) min before Dr. Hahn began his introduction & lucked out by finding a close pew in front of the speaker.
Look closely & you can see Sister Lee & Theresa on left front pew.
Scott is a contemporary author, theologian, & Catholic apologist. He has written many books & currently teaches at the Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio. Hahn started out as a Presbyterian minister & theologian with years of ministry experience.
As a young theologian, he was convinced that the Catholic Church was wrong & bragged about converting people from Catholicism to Presbyterianism. In Hahn's first talk, based on his book, "The Lamb's Supper: the Mass as Heaven on Earth," he illustrated how the Book of Revelations was really a fulfillment of the Old Testament and how the Eucharist is the harbinger of supernatural drama described by the Book of Revelations. He wants all to know that the Mass, every Mass, is "heaven on earth." Hahn brings Catholic ritual tradition & scriptural study together. At the end of his first talk, he apologized for speaking for (2) hours, but he was so dynamic & interesting that few of us realized how long he had spoken.
He also spoke of his conversion which began when he & his wife became convinced that contraception was contrary to God's law. He continued to do research on what he saw as the key to the Bible; the covenant. This is a sacred kinship bond that brought people into a family relationship. He saw the use of family language in the Bible as covenants made by God & then by Jesus to describe the work of salvation & bring all into a worldwide family with God as Father, Jesus as Son, heaven as a marriage feast, the Church as the spouse of God, & Christians as children of God.
He came to see this new family as headed by Christ & the Pope as the prime minister. He wrote of this extensively in "Rome, Sweet Home." Although he fought conversion for many years, he did convert to Catholicism at Easter 1986 in Milwaukee, WI. His wife also fought conversion, but did convert at Easter, 1990 in Joliet, IL. He & his wife are now responsible for the conversion of many Protestant ministers & theologians to Catholicism. Hahn has been speaking as a Catholic for over (25) yrs & has over (40) books to his credit. . Exhibit "A,B,C.
His next speaking engagements will be Appleton, Wisconsin, Saint Louis, MO, Denver, CO, Canton, Ohio, etc.
In the basement, most attendees brought a bag lunch but we had little time for that, so Theresa & Sr. Lee motored into town & brought some Sub sandwiches to share. During lunch, Scott was busy selling & signing books in the far corner.
His 2nd & 3rd speaking sessions were shorter but nearly as amazing as the 1st. Standing ovations for Scott Hahn were most highly appropriate.
Back in Nicktown, & with our halos polished, K & I attended 6:00pm Mass. Afterward, beer & some good discussions were had with John, Theresa, Kathy & me.
Back in our M.H. we finished watching: "The Coal Miners Daughter" with Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones, Beverly D'Angelo, Levon Helm, Phyllis Boyens, etc. Rages-to-riches story of country singer Loretta Lynn is among the best musical bios ever made, though final quarter does slide over some "down side" details. Spacek won well-deserved Oscar (and did her own singing). 1980. Great story.
The evening was young & Kathy was so awake, we choose another movie: "The Mortal Storm." We watched about 1/4th. Someone wasn't as awake as she thought?
Lights out: 1:22am.
During our KK meeting today Theresa, Kathy & I began talking about motoring to Indiana, PA to attend (3) talks being given by Scott Hahn @ St. Bernard Catholic church.
When we finally decided to: "let's do it" we had to hustle. K & I had a small & quick breakfast before Theresa picked us up. As we walked to her car, another person was sitting in the front seat; by gosh...it's the Principal of the Northern Cambria Catholic School here in Nicktown. She too, was planning on driving but couldn't get her frozen car doors to open. We arrived about (10) min before Dr. Hahn began his introduction & lucked out by finding a close pew in front of the speaker.
Look closely & you can see Sister Lee & Theresa on left front pew.
Scott is a contemporary author, theologian, & Catholic apologist. He has written many books & currently teaches at the Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio. Hahn started out as a Presbyterian minister & theologian with years of ministry experience. As a young theologian, he was convinced that the Catholic Church was wrong & bragged about converting people from Catholicism to Presbyterianism. In Hahn's first talk, based on his book, "The Lamb's Supper: the Mass as Heaven on Earth," he illustrated how the Book of Revelations was really a fulfillment of the Old Testament and how the Eucharist is the harbinger of supernatural drama described by the Book of Revelations. He wants all to know that the Mass, every Mass, is "heaven on earth." Hahn brings Catholic ritual tradition & scriptural study together. At the end of his first talk, he apologized for speaking for (2) hours, but he was so dynamic & interesting that few of us realized how long he had spoken.
He also spoke of his conversion which began when he & his wife became convinced that contraception was contrary to God's law. He continued to do research on what he saw as the key to the Bible; the covenant. This is a sacred kinship bond that brought people into a family relationship. He saw the use of family language in the Bible as covenants made by God & then by Jesus to describe the work of salvation & bring all into a worldwide family with God as Father, Jesus as Son, heaven as a marriage feast, the Church as the spouse of God, & Christians as children of God. He came to see this new family as headed by Christ & the Pope as the prime minister. He wrote of this extensively in "Rome, Sweet Home." Although he fought conversion for many years, he did convert to Catholicism at Easter 1986 in Milwaukee, WI. His wife also fought conversion, but did convert at Easter, 1990 in Joliet, IL. He & his wife are now responsible for the conversion of many Protestant ministers & theologians to Catholicism. Hahn has been speaking as a Catholic for over (25) yrs & has over (40) books to his credit. . Exhibit "A,B,C.
His next speaking engagements will be Appleton, Wisconsin, Saint Louis, MO, Denver, CO, Canton, Ohio, etc. In the basement, most attendees brought a bag lunch but we had little time for that, so Theresa & Sr. Lee motored into town & brought some Sub sandwiches to share. During lunch, Scott was busy selling & signing books in the far corner.
His 2nd & 3rd speaking sessions were shorter but nearly as amazing as the 1st. Standing ovations for Scott Hahn were most highly appropriate. Back in Nicktown, & with our halos polished, K & I attended 6:00pm Mass. Afterward, beer & some good discussions were had with John, Theresa, Kathy & me.
Back in our M.H. we finished watching: "The Coal Miners Daughter" with Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones, Beverly D'Angelo, Levon Helm, Phyllis Boyens, etc. Rages-to-riches story of country singer Loretta Lynn is among the best musical bios ever made, though final quarter does slide over some "down side" details. Spacek won well-deserved Oscar (and did her own singing). 1980. Great story.
The evening was young & Kathy was so awake, we choose another movie: "The Mortal Storm." We watched about 1/4th. Someone wasn't as awake as she thought?
Lights out: 1:22am.
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