Two Guys, a Girl and a Catholic Podcast 23: Ditching Cable, Giant Crustaceans and Governor Perry Runs For President

Current Events:

Governor Pointy Boots to run for President!
London and UK riots –
- Londoners are angry at rioters and at authorities’ response. Some analysts say the unrest springs from Britain’s social disparity.
- unrest began Saturday night in the wake of a police shooting that left a 29-year-old father of four dead.
- The riots laid bare a phenomenon that has stirred deep unease in Britain in recent years: “yobbery,” the anti-social behavior of a generation believed to be so alienated from the norms of civilized society that pockets of some cities live in fear.
Navy Seal chopper is shot down. http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2011/08/09/tsr.starr.seal.team.cnn?hpt=hp_t2

10 yr. old Braydon Nichols writes to CNN. http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-648315

Church News:

Austin Pro-Life Prayer Vigil is scheduled for Aug. 20 at Santa Cruz Parish in Buda. Mass will begin at 7 a.m. Following the Mass, Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament will be in the church and a car caravan will travel to Austin Women’s Health where the Mysteries of the Rosary will be prayed at the site from 8:20 – 9:50 a.m. Benediction will follow at Santa Cruz at 10:30 a.m. Refreshments will be served at 10:40 a.m. All are invited to attend. Call the Office of Pro-Life Activities and Chaste Living for more information at (512) 949-2486.
Saturday, August 20 from 2:00 to 3:30pm, the Ladies of Charity will be hosting a “Renewing Friendships” Event at the Seton’s McFadden Auditorium (1201 W. 38th St. in Austin). A light lunch and social hour will be included. Contact Catherine Nelson at (512) 476-4110 or Ida Smith at (512) 218-1727 by Aug. 15.
WYD and Pope Benedict’s vision of a “new evangelisation”
- http://www.news.va/en/news/wyd-and-pope-benedicts-vision-of-a-new-evangelisat
Pope asks for prayers for WYD