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St. Gregory’s Academy Graduation 2012 – Letter from the Fraternity

February 21st – Fr. Eric Flood of the Fraternity of St. Peter (FSSP) sent this document to “SGA Employees, Parents, and Students” (n.b. the letter was not addressed to alumni of the Academy).

I do not take pleasure in commending this letter to you, but rather with heavy heart I pass it on.

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust,

Peter Bloch

SGA ’05

 

If you can’t read this, read the transcript HERE.

 


 

To support efforts for the new St. Gregory’s Academy please visit https://clairvauxinstitute.org/

Please consider making a tax-deductible donation to the Clairvaux Institute.  This non-profit organization was founded by those faithful to the educational mission envisioned by John Senior.  Please read Bishop James D. Conley’s appeal here.

 


 

A Draught of Music – The High Road by Broken Bells

Here’s a song I’ve been jamming to all year.  The High Road by Broken Bells (I’m not sure if I got this track from CBrown or someone else…but I’ve been hearing it at Lux a lot too).

Listen on Grooveshark

Watch on Youtube

Broken Bells is a collaboration of James Mercer (The Shins) and Danger Mouse (DJ for Gnarles Barkley).

I enjoy the way the melody can shift between haunting and carnival-esque, and it occupies well the space provided by Danger Mouse’s beats, which tend to be not only spacious but also spacey.  There is a kind of desperation, or inevitability in the song: “It’s too late to change your mind…”

Enjoy,

Peter

Dates from February 20th

February 20, 2012 – Presidents Day

Here are some events from US history; all occurred on February 20th.

1872 The Metropolitan Museum of Art opens in New York City

1895 Frederick Douglas dies

1902 Ansel Adams, American photographer, is born

1933 Congress Proposes the 21st amendment to the Constitution that will end the Prohibition

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