Happy Solemnity of All Saints! Let us pray for the intercession of all those who have attained the beatific vision.

But also, to celebrate our day off from school, here's something a little bit different.

You might know that the Chronicle has a mission to keep you informed about going-ons at St. Ambrose Academy. However, we also like to keep you entertained too, hence the podcast, music reviews, del.icio.us links in the sidebar. So, in that vein, here's a video of what is probably my favorite music video of all time. No, no, it's not weird. Just entertaining and fun. Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you OK Go, with their single "Here It Goes Again". Enjoy.

UPDATE: I've decided to keep this updated through the election. New links are posted at the bottom.

Recently, Bishop Robert Morlino has been the target of much criticism and misinformation regarding his words supporting the Marriage Amendment on Tuesday's ballot. We have attempted to collect links to the entire debate, in order to clearly show the truth in the matter. Links marked with a dagger (†) indicate it is primarily or fully from the Bishop or the Diocese of Madison. A asterisk (*) means it is a positive article, and a minus (-) one negative.

These links are provided not as an endorsement of the attacks on the Bishop, whom the Chronicle fully supports and prays for, but rather as a service to the readers so the rhetoric of the opposing viewpoints can be seen, and the truth exposed.

• Mar. 5: Fighting a Battle: To protect marriage, family life (†)
• Oct. 18: Church Accused of Illegal Lobbying (-)
• Oct. 19: Morlino Defends Flyer on Marriage Vote (†/-)
• Oct. 19: Bishop Says Diocese Did Nothing Wrong (†/-)
• Oct. 19: Diocese Gives Facts Regarding Marriage Amendment Activities (†)
• Oct. 30: Open Letter from Bishop Morlino (†) (PDF)
  
• Oct. 30: Morlino: Amendment Stance 'Universal Truth' (-)
• Oct. 30: Bishop Morlino's 'Personal and Confidential' Letter (-) (PDF)
  
• Oct. 30: Bishop Morlino's Letter to Priests (†) (PDF)
  
• Oct. 30: Morlino Rips Media 'Baloney'
  
• Oct. 20: Nov. 5 Recorded Homily (†) (WMA)
  
• Oct. 31: Bishop Defends His Vocal Views On Marriages , Death Penalty, Stem Cells
• Nov. 1: Morlino Has Been Consistent (*)
  
• Nov. 2: Morlino's Hard Line Draws Criticism (-)
• Nov. 2: Open Letter to Bishop Morlino (-)
  
• Nov. 2: A Bishop's Role is To Teach on Moral Subjects (*)
• Nov. 2: Bishop: All Priests Must Play Recorded Homily on Life and Family or Suffer "Serious Consequences" (*)
• Nov. 6: Some Walk, Most Stay for Mass Message
  

Also, the following was posted on the Diocese of Madison web page today:
A message from Bishop Morlino
The 11-2-06 issue of the Wisconsin State Journal contained, on page A5, an ad placed by several Catholic families, seemingly rejecting the teaching of our Church about the whole truth of marriage. Their recommendation of a No Vote on the marriage referendum would leave only the word marriage protected and not the institution of marriage itself. Such an approach does not fulfill the Catholic responsibility to protect marriage.

I know some of the signers of the document and I respect and love all of them in the Lord, as women and men of good will. I pray that God will heal their consciences. I must indicate that their criticisms of my position reflect, at least, a misunderstanding of an address which I gave last March. A reading of the whole text, especially its concluding portion, is necessary for a correct understanding. I would urge all interested parties to a more careful reflection on the whole text.

Let us pray together that the bitterness, which this whole matter has stirred in the hearts of some, will be healed soon by the power of the Holy Spirit. Thank you very much and God bless you.

The end of the quarter is upon us! While this does mean we get a day off of school (this year it's in the confines of to a service day--more on that coming later), it also brings a crunch of tests, papers, and midterm exams. I'm sure Thomas Aquinas gets a few more intercession requests during this time, being the patron saint of students and schos.

But now the studying and work is to be done. With this in mind, we've made up a little test-related mix for you all, which should more than make up for our lack of posts and "songs of the week". You'll notice that the titles move through the stages of midterm exams: the first three deal with the actual taking of the test, while the final three deal with the aftermath and celebration. Enjoy.

• Like Eating Glass - Bloc Party
• Lost in the Mess - Futuro
• Oh Well - Fiona Apple
• Float On - Modest Mouse
• Singing in the Rain (Radio Edit) - Mint Royale
• Sleeping In - The Postal Service

Here's a song from one of my favorite arists, Wilco. And of course, the song is somewhat related to St. Ambrose. This week is all about our favorite class: Religion

Theologians - Wilco - A Ghost is Born


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Today marks 435 years since the Christian victory over the Ottoman empire at the famed Battle of Lepanto. This naval victory gave the Christians under the leadership of the Holy League and Pope Pius V hope that the Islamic empire and their invasion of Europe could be turned back.

G.K. Chesterton wrote a poem about the battle, immortalizing the leader of the Christians, Don Juan of Austria. Read Lepanto here.

It is an amazing fact that the Christians sailed in the formation of a cross, and the fleet of the (Islamic) empire sailed in a crescent formation.

Crosses - José González - Crosses EP

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