The Apostles’ Creedon

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Note from Web Team: Fr. Gerry thinks his blog has been up since September, but we just got around to posting it today, April 1. Word any emails to him accordingly!

Friday, April 1, 2005
Masters Golf Preparation
In anticipation of my favorite tournament in my favorite sport, I'll be away next week down in Augusta, Georgia, preparing for the Masters championship. If I make the cut, I will not be available to say Mass that weekend. As you can see in the nearby photo, I've already won the coveted Green Vestment awarded to the Masters champion each year. Each champion also becomes a member of the elite Augusta National Golf Club, yet another organization to which I belong that is limited to men only. But hey, what's a guy to do?

March Madness at St. Charles

NCCAA (National Catholic Church Attendance Association) Mass Madness Tournament at Werthmann Gym
This year St. Charles is hosting Mass Madness, the annual basketball tournament that pits our favorite types of parishioners against one another. Get your Mass Madness grid and then help me with my picks for this year (or see the results so far).

The finalists are playing for the Bishop's Cup, the 50-50 from next year's Polka Party, and a box of lightly used church envelopes.

Come out to cheer Neighborhoods A/B, C, D, and E. Alas, what about Neighborhood F? They're hosting the NIT (Not Incredibly Talented) Tournament at some location well outside the Beltway.

March 27, 2005
Operation Rice Bowl
There seems to be some confusion about our request for checks instead of coins for Operation Rice Bowl. Some of the well-meaning children in the parish turned in rice chex, instead. It wouldn't have been so bad if they hadn't poured in the milk as well. Perhaps this also explains all the banana skins we received for the Bishop's Lenten A Peel.

March 21, 2005
Easter Vigil Schedule Update
I snuck in a little change to the start time of the Easter Vigil today, but I assure you it has nothing—nothing, I say—to do with the 30-minute broadcast delay of the County Cork vs. Manchester United game at Molly Malone's.

February 27, 2005
Million Dollar Lass
Faith n' Begorrah, how pleased was I that Million Dollar Baby took the Academy Award for Best Picture! The Eire up there sure is sweet, isn't it Clint? This film has really done booming box office for all things Irish!

The story follows the boxing career of a young Irish lass, Maggie Fitzgerald (hmm, must check with our own Mimi to see if there's a relation). And speaking of Fitzgeralds, whatever happened to The Fighting Fitzgeralds, in which Brian Dennehy's three sons all move back home to live with their retired fire fighting father. Only 3, Brian? What kind of Catholic are you? Why the 14 "Cracking Skulls Creedons" could whip your Irish behind anytime!

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February 22, 2005
Rice on the Side
I got in 12 holes of golf with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice before she left for Wiesbaden Army Airfield. When our golf cart broke down, it gave me the chance to let her know my views on American foreign policy. I told her in no uncertain terms that we just can't give the boot to foreign leaders we don't like; nor can we crush the world's most vulnerable populations under our heels. I think my message sunk in because she looked off toward the waterhole that held our cart, saying "yes...boots...with heels..."

February 7, 2005
Our Moral Temperature
Some cranks say the only way to reach kids these days is through the latest technological gizmos. My recent series of lectures at DC public schools, "Taking Your Moral Temperature," proves otherwise. After concluding my stirring lecture, I tossed old fashioned mercury thermometers to swarms of adoring schoolkids as a reminder of my moral temperature message. Why bother with digital thermometers?

January 11, 2005
Leading Diocesan Relief Efforts
The Diocese put me in charge of local relief efforts for Sue Nami. I must tell you Sue certainly seemed surprised when I presented her a check for $1.84 million. She now has nearly enough to buy a townhouse in Neighborhood C.

January 9, 2005
Mass and Golf with Sharon Rockefeller of WETA
I met Sharon for 7:30 AM Mass and then 27 holes of golf. Our successful morning Mass that we pulled off without a classical organ or other musical accompaniment made quite an impression on her. It must have been the way my homily stood out. Anyway, she was so taken by the idea of no musical distractions that I can only assume she's thinking of broadcasting my homilies on her radio station.

December 5, 2005
Golf and Mass with Donald Rumsfeld
I played 15 holes of golf today with Don and then he joined me for Mass. I tried my darnedest to get through to him my thoughts on the war, but it was nearly impossible because Rummy kept going on and on about how he wanted Calypso music at Mass. Exasperated, I told him you sing with the choir you have, not the choir you want. Anyway, perhaps my message of peace got through because he later said he would use one of my points at his next press conference.

October 7, 2004
Cookies for Kairos Kontroversy
For the first time ever, we had an inmate refuse their Cookies for Kairos from the Prison Ministry. Apparently our traditional recipe was not up to a certain someone's standards because the vanilla extract wasn't from real vanilla beans and the butter wasn't hand churned. And don't get me started on the sea salt and expensive liqueurs. If she hadn't promised me a cameo on her new show, I really would have given a piece of my mind to that Martha Stewart.

September 15, 2004
Welcome Fr. Jack
Fr. Jack O'Hara started today and introduced me to a new blog. He said while some like the blog Wonkette for political gossip, he recommended Monkette for chaplain gossip. Since the Capitol sponsors only one chaplain each morning, a blog sprung up to give the lone chaplain someone to gossip with.

September 1, 2004
Farewell Fr. Mendez
I start my first blog entry with some sad news: Fr. Mendez is leaving. I wish my good friend and associate well in his new job as program director at WHFS.

Thank You For Readin' Creedon!

  
For those of you not as savvy as I am when it comes to the fast-paced, high-tech world of global communication, a BLOG is the contraction of WEB LOG, that is, a personal journal one writes and maintains on a website. In the early days of the Web, the monks would painstakingly design elaborate decorative motifs in primitive versions of Photoshop and Illustrator software to produce illuminated manuscripts on vellum paper. Today the monastery monks are computer geeks, and it is to them that I owe this debt of gratitude for my beautifully produced blog on what amounts to cybervellum. That little black book I am always toting around and referring to, even mid-sermon, is the wellspring that nourishes the completed thoughts and activities found here on my blog. Have book, will blog; have blog, will conquer. That's what I always say.

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