Yesterday was an adventure. We had a snowstorm here in Chicago the very day we had scheduled months and months ago to celebrate Sr. Helena's Silver Anniversary. We had invited Bishop Gustavo Garcia-Siller, since it was his 25th anniversary of ordination, too. So while I was in the kitchen chopping veggies and wondering how to cook the four different kinds of fish Bill and Madeline had brought over, I kept expecting to hear any minute that the bishop had canceled and that none of the other guests (our volunteer team) would make it. Instead, the bishop came early and made his Holy Hour in our chapel while I prepped and cooked mahi-mahi, swordfish, tuna and salmon. Most of our volunteers made it, and we had a great evening!
This morning (no, we didn't feel the earthquake), I had to shovel a bit more snow this morning to make sure that I will be able to back our community van out of the garage this evening. (Don't want to miss choir practice!) (Actually, I kind of do. And also I wouldn't mind missing the choir Mass on Sunday. We're doing some contemporary "high" liturgical music that...I just don't think is meant for liturgy! Too complicated!)
This weekend I will be putting my techie skills to work for two webcasts (one of which I just found out I was elected for). Saturday will be our usual Theology of the Body class with Fr. Loya. We went through most of Pope John Paul's tome last year, so this year Fr. Loya has been doing a kind of "apologetics" course on the Theology of the Body: how to explain this stuff to people. That's Saturday on our "TOB" channel. But Friday evening, Fr. Loya is the guest speaker for a series on Pope John Paul's earlier book, written while he was just a young bishop, "Love and Responsibility." The series is taking place in Texas, but with speakers from all over, courtesy of the Internet. (Sr Helena will do a guest spot, too!) So I'll be Fr. Loya's techie on Friday. Join us at 7:00! You can view the archived sessions of the Love and Responsibility program online, so you can be all caught up by Friday. (I also found a write-up about the book by Dr. William May.) Our TOB stuff will be streamed live (and archived) at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/theology-of-the-body as usual. See you then!
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
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So...what did you do with the fish?
Salmon, marinated with Dijon mustard, soy sauce, lemon zest and garlic, then baked.
Swordfish cooked in a pan prepped with butter and oil, capers and kalamata olives.
Mahi-mahi cooked almost like a lasagna, in between layers of a veggie mixture (diced tomatoes, onion, garlic and...kalamata olives)
Tuna: cut into steaks which were dipped in a marinade of soy sauce, sesame oil, garlic, ginger, sugar and rice vinegar, and then coated in black sesame seeds; cooked on a stovetop grill.
Results: tuna a bit overdone, but still a bit on the rare side and delicious. Black sesame seeds all over the kitchen. (We'll be sweeping them up from odd spots for years now.)
I didn't taste any of the other versions, but I was assured they were all successes...
I echo the sentiments of many when I ask Shouldn't you be sporting a TOQUE over your veil?
Aside from the fish, your choir director is glad that you are singing with us on Sunday - amidst all that harmonic vinegar!
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