Anchorage Blognic Tomorrow?

***UPDATE***:
Looks like we are probably going to meet up somewhere near downtown, probably a coffee type place. Stay tuned for details. I will be posting an updated post sometime tonight, so all the info will be there by the morning. The plan is to meet around 3/4ish tomorrow afternoon. Then, Divine Liturgy - Feast of the Transfiguration at 7pm.


Keep voting below though... so we have an idea of what people are thinking.
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I will be in Anchorage tomorrow all day. Mindy over at the Devout Life and I were throwing around the idea of having an Anchorage area Catholic Blognic. (If you don't know what a blognic is, I supply Fr. Z's past blognics as reference: WDTPRS: Blognics.

The plan would be to meet somewhere with food & beverages. It would basically be a way to put faces to names, meet fellow Catholics, and talk about blogging, the Church, and who knows what else. We haven't decided on a time or place, but it would be "KID FRIENDLY." It also will be scheduled around the Divine Liturgy I am attending tomorrow. (So we would be thinking in the 3/4pm-6pm-ish range.)

Please let us know how many of you would like to do this and would be willing to attend? It would be in the Anchorage area, so as to be centrally located.

Please vote in the poll thingy and make comments as necessary. This is obviously time sensative so spread the word on facebook, twitter, plurk, google-wave (RIP), Live Journal, and BBSes.



PS
The poll script messes with the blog color... for some odd reason.

Weekend Blog Round-uP

I dont have a ton of time to blog tonight, because I was conspiring with Dan from Gun Lovin' Alaskan Club until quite late. Well, I shouldn't say  conspiring... well I just shouldn't say anything.

I did want to highlight some other blog stories I found. I know some people don't like this... but for those that don't make it round to all the other blogs this may be helpful:

• Full Text of Bishop Slattery's Sermon from the Pontifical Mass on Saturday: Of course Diane over at Te Deum has a nice post with all the goodies from the Pontifical Mass. Even if you didn't watch it, the sermon is a MUST READ!

• Cardinal George to Speak in Anchorage in September: The Catholic Anchor announces that Cardinal George will speak to the Archdiocese. 

• Does it glorify HIM? Another great Adoro Te Devote post. 

As the Catholic Blog-o-world Spins: Link Round-Up

••• New Missal Translation Petitions:

 Mr. Peters over at American Papist has a good post regarding the two petitions concerning the new translation of the Roman Missal.

• Supporting the New Translation - Approx: 4000
• Against the New Translation - Approx: 14,000

As Peters says:

Not to put my hand on the scales here, but I’d hate to think that if an outside observer looked at both petitions, they would conclude that more Catholics want to see us continue using the old, flawed translations conconted in the 70’s, as opposed to joyfully embracing the new, vibrant, faithful translation (which of course, actually brings us closer to the perennial liturgical tradition of the universal Church).

 ••• The Crescast is off to see the Pope... with some help:

One of the bloggers that I find very funny: The Crescat is finally going to take her dream trip to Malta!

She needs a little help though. She plans on going for the Papal Visit, so things will book up quick and she needs some financial support. I can't do that, but I can at least get the word out. She is a good girl, is raising a son and putting herself through nursing school. Every little bit helps!

••• Lent Resources: Aggie Catholics:

Every Catholic blogger and their mom is posting the Aggie Catholics blog post regarding Lent Resources. After reading it, I realized that it was worth posting as well. Plus I didn't want to go against the Blogo-Karma... oh wait... Catholic Karma?

•••Nuns or Sisters? - The Dominican NUNS explain...:

In light of the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist being on Oprah, the Dominican Nuns explained how the NUNS weren't on tv, but the Dominican Sisters were. It is a quick primer on what exactly Dominican Nuns are versus Dominican Sisters. They explain that Dominican Nuns are a specific order... and that not all Dominican Sisters are NUNS. 

•••AmP: The Kickbee: Baby tweeting from the womb:

You should probably just read American Papist instead of my blog. But since you are here... AmP posted a cute post about a new product: Kickbee. The most poigniant part of the post is where the AmP posited the question: "So unborn babies can have twitter accounts but not legal rights?" Touche. 

•••Cardinal Mahony Stamps his approval on the New Missal Translation:

I read on Sancte Pater that Cardinal Mahony has endorsed the New Missal Translation on his Blog. This is a powerful endorsement, and we American Catholics should not take it lightly. Go check out the post and check out Cardinal Mahony's Blog as well!

-Posted by: Joe