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Red Mass with Archbishop Lori, Oct. 23, 2013 – UPDATED with homily

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Baltimore Archbishop William Lori and Diocese of Richmond Bishop DiLorenzo came to Saint Benedict Parish for a Red Mass, I believe invited by the St. Thomas More Society in Richmond, on Oct. 23, 2012. Abp. Lori’s homily was excellent, touching on freedom and conscience, and striking a bit of a (Pope) Franciscan note in warning that we must see to it that we have the credibility to witness to the Gospel.

Update: @archbalt on Twitter kindly sent the link to Archbishop Lori’s homily, thank you!

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Recessional. Most everybody singing, "Holy God, we praise Your Name."

Recessional. Most everybody singing, “Holy God, we praise Your Name.”

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Archbishop Lori and Bishop DiLorenzo

Archbishop Lori and Bishop DiLorenzo

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Archbishop Lori had an excellent homily on freedom. Will link to the text if it becomes available.

Archbishop Lori had an excellent homily on freedom, linked above.

Passing the peace.

Passing the peace.

Concert for Dedication of Organ

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Kimberly Marshall, an outstanding organist currently at Arizona State University, talks about one of the pieces she is about to play. The program was splendid. Dr. Marshall played beautifully a program of widely varied pieces. Fortunately it was being recorded for eventual broadcast on NPR’s Pipe Dreams.

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Skye Hart, an organist and a lyric tenor, sang for parts of the concert. Here he stands at the front. Two screens were set up. The one on the right ran a live picture of Kimberly Marshall, playing in the choir loft. This was a great solution that let people see her playing, without turning around in the pews. Hart’s voice really added to the program.

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Father Kauffmann, pastor of Saint Benedict Catholic Church, has a few remarks before the concert. To the far right, seated, smiling, is organist and choirmaster Jim Dorn. These two (along with many others) worked very hard, for years, to see this day arrive, thanks to some very generous parishioners! There is much more information about the organ and its installation at the church at the church’s website .

Pre-Concert, Martin Pasi Works

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Organ Builder Martin Pasi shows intense concentration as he works inside the organ.

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Skye Hart, at the keyboard, plays notes as requested by Martin Pasi, who is up inside the organ (at the top of the ladder).

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Pasi climbs a ladder to get into the organ…

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Martin Pasi, who built the organ, looks up and surveys his handiwork as he listens to Jim Dorn, organist and choirmaster at Saint Benedict, playing Pasi’s Opus V.

Mass and Dedication of Pipe Organ

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Jim Dorn, organist and choirmaster of Saint Benedict Church at the Martin Pasi Opus V organ. Looking on is Skye Hart.

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Mass at Saint Benedict Catholic Church, October 13, 2013. L-R: Father David Nott, Father James Kauffmann, Monsignor Richard Lane.

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Monsignor Richard Lane of the Diocese of Richmond uses incense as part of the blessing of the Martin Pasi Opus V organ. He had a wonderful homily. Will post a link to it if/when it is available.

How to Share Kindle Highlights

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I see bloggers sharing some text they have highlighted in their Kindle reading, but could not see how to do this. Thanks to teh InterWebz I have it working now. The following assumes you already have some passages highlighted in some of your Kindle books.

1. In the Kindle App on your iPad (probably also iPhone), in the Library, lower right corner, choose Settings, then Other, and switch on Annotations and Popular Highlights.

2. Then on a computer, go here:  http://kindle.amazon.com/your_highlights . It will have you log in to Amazon. The resulting page shows you popular highlights from other people, but above that you will see a link, “Your Highlights.” Click that and you get a page with passages you have highlighted, and you can just cut and paste into Word, etc.

The link in Step 2 above was the piece I couldn’t find within the Amazon web pages. I found that within this slideshow: http://www.slideshare.net/RickyLocke/kindle-app-tips-for-ipad .