Live Twittering: DiNoia Ordination

Details here (and here).

Twittering from the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception here.

Video/Twitter: Live Coverage of Abp. Carlson's Installation Mass

Cross your fingers that this embedded player works. It should stream live video from the Mass at 2PM CST:

Here are three important links to follow-along:

• I am in the Church posting live updates at twitter.com/americanpapist
• St. Louis Review's special installation page will have photos up soon
• Archdiocese of St. Louis website features the program of the Mass, etc.

Today - Live Installation Mass Coverage in St. Louis!

I will be live-twittering from the magnificent St. Louis Cathedral Basilica today. Click here for more info!

Photo credit: Creativity+Timothy K Hamilton

Next stop: St. Louis!

Today I'm traveling to St. Louis for the installation Mass of Archbishop Robert Carlson at 2PM tomorrow (and no, contrary to what this photo might suggest, I'm not parachuting in ... though that's not a bad idea).

Here are the important links to follow-along:

• I will be tweeting my travels at twitter.com/americanpapist
• St. Louis Review's special installation page (official Catholic newspaper)
• Archdiocese of St. Louis website (will include live video & Mass program!)

Photo credit: km6xo.

Live Coverage: Robby George of APP debates Doug Kmiec

I am at the National Press Club live-twitteringa debate between Robert George and Douglas Kmiec on the topic "The Obama Administration and the Sanctity of Human Life: Is There a Common Ground on Life Issues?, What is the Right Response by 'Pro-Life' Citizens?".

So please follow my live AmP twitter updates here. I may also update this post below.

C-SPAN 2 IS STREAMING THE DEBATE HERE.

A live feed of the event may also be here or here.

Live coverage: CUA Symposium on US-Vatican relations

Speakers include, as I mentioned yesterday, Archbishop of New York Timothy Dolan, former US Ambassador to the Holy See Mary Ann Glendon, and Dr. Robert George of Princeton University. Quite a cast.

I'll be blogging my time at the conference when I get the chance, and twittering here in between. Keep up!

Live Coverage: Doug Kmiec, Abp. Dolan, Robby George, Mary Ann Glendon

Tomorrow (Thursday) will be an incredibly busy day of AmP live-blogging/twittering.

Starting at 9:30 AM I will be covering a symposium hosted by CUA's School of Law, starting with Archbishop of New York Timothy Dolan, then at 10:00AM the keynote address of Mary Ann Glendon.

In the afternoon, at 1:35PM I will be covering the keynote address of Prof. Robert George, Director of the Madison Program at Princeton University and the founder of the American Principles Project, and perhaps sticking around for the closing remarks of Archbishop of Washington Donald Wuerl at 3:30PM.

At 4:15PM I will be at the public launch of the American Principles Project event in downtown Washington DC.

Promptly at 5:00PM I will be live-blogging an extremely important debate between Doug Kmiec and Robert George at the National Press Club on the topic: "The Obama Administration and the Sanctity of Human Life: Is There a Common Ground on Life Issues?, What is the Right Response by 'Pro-Life' Citizens?"

The debate will be moderated by Mary Ann Glendon and will conclude at 6:30PM.

As you can see, it's going to be an extremely full day. Keep it tuned here and over at my AmP Twitter page for the latest updates. And please spread the word among those who might be interested in these topics.

Twittering from the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast

This morning I'll be at the 6th annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington, DC.

The keynote speakers are Archbishop Raymond Burke and Justice Antonin Scalia.

If anything exciting happens, I'll try to tweet it at http://twitter.com/americanpapist.

Day 2: AmP Twittering Abp. Dolan Mass/Vespers in NYC!

I am twittering my travels to New York City for the Installation Events of Archbishop Timothy Dolan, as well as taking photos and writing down my experiences for a future post.

Today I will be attending the Mass of Installation at 2pm:

At the April 15 Mass of Installation, a procession will begin at 1:30 p.m. with representatives of various groups, ministries and organizations of the archdiocese, as well as bishops, archbishops and cardinals. Cardinal Egan and Archbishop Dolan will be at the end of the procession.

As the procession enters the sanctuary, Archbishop Sambi, the papal nuncio, will go to the cathedra, with Archbishop Dolan sitting across from him in the sanctuary.

Archbishop Sambi will again read the letter of appointment from the pope and, as in the prior day's ceremony, Msgr. Belford will show it to the board of consultors. He will then notarize it, in an official installation proceeding.

Archbishop Dolan will then be led to the cathedra, where he will be greeted by New York's auxiliary bishops, the bishops of New York State, bishops who head other dioceses, and representatives of the clergy, religious and 20 ethnic communities of the archdiocese, as well as by representatives of other Christian faiths and of non-Christian faiths.

The Mass will follow, with a homily by Archbishop Dolan.

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Day 1: AmP Twittering Abp. Dolan Mass/Vespers in NYC!

I am twittering my travels to New York City for the Installation Events of Archbishop Timothy Dolan, as well as taking photos and writing down my experiences for a future post.

Today I will be attending Solemn Vespers at 7pm:

The April 14 vespers service will open with a 6:30 p.m. procession of banners representing the 19 vicariates of the archdiocese, which will be placed behind the altar area.

Following the banners there will be a procession from the altar area to the main doors of the cathedral, which will be closed. Church officials, including the visiting cardinals and archbishops, will proceed to the doors, accompanied by Auxiliary Bishop Dennis J. Sullivan, vicar general.

Archbishop Dolan, accompanied by Cardinal Egan, will have proceeded outside the cathedral along the 51st Street terrace. When he arrives at the front doors, he will knock and the doors will be opened.

Archbishop Sambi will then present Archbishop Dolan to Cardinal Egan, who will welcome the new archbishop on behalf of the people of the archdiocese. Bishop Sullivan will then present Archbishop Dolan with a crucifix, and Msgr. Robert T. Ritchie, rector of the cathedral, will present him with holy water with which to bless himself and those in the rear of the cathedral.

When the procession returns to the sanctuary, Archbishop Sambi will read the letter of appointment after which Msgr. William J. Belford, archdiocesan chancellor, will show it to the archdiocesan board of consultors. Archbishop Dolan will then be led to the archbishop's chair, the cathedra.

The solemn vespers, which is sung evening prayer, will follow, including a homily by Archbishop Dolan.

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