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This page lists new information and revisions I make to the web site and blog:

December 24, 2008

In Persona Christi Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam blog added to list of "Religious -- Spiritual Blogs" on the right sidebar of the Oblate Blog

December 21, 2008

Ivars' Voice Blog added to the list of "Other Oblate Blogs" on the right sidebar of the Oblate Blog.  Be sure to look at Ivars' other blog on bird pictures. 

December 17, 2008

"Vatican Documents on Monasticism" page on the Oblate Spring web site was revised by the addition of several new links.

Praying Daily blog added to list of "Religious -- Spiritual Blogs" on the right sidebar of the Oblate Blog

A Contemplative Life blog added to the list of "Other Oblate Blogs" on the right sidebar of the Oblate Blog

December 16, 2008

Christian Books: Monasticism blog added to the right sidebar of the Oblate Blog as a separate topic.

December 15, 2008

This Moment blog added to the list of "Other Oblate Blogs" on the right sidebar of the Oblate Blog

December 13, 2008 2:30 am

My Twitter added to the right sidebar of the Oblate Blog. 

The "Comments" Widget (a list of comments made by people on the Oblate Blog) was removed because I could not get it to work.

December 12, 2008 6:30 PM

Average Joe Catholic blog which contains a Catechesis of the Popes -- added under the heading "Extensive Catholic Research Materials" on the right sidebar of the Oblate Blog.

A "Comments" Widget (a list of comments made by people on the Oblate Blog) added to the right sidebar of the Oblate Blog.

December 10, 2008

Podcast links added to the "Links to Oblate Resources" section of the Oblate Spring web site:

Divine Office online podcasts. Words and music of the divine office right on your computer.

Monastery Podcasts Beautiful Lauds and Vespers podcasts from a great Benedictine monastery.

December 10, 2008

Subiaco Academy blog added to the list of "Religious - Spiritual Blogs" on the right sidebar of the Oblate Blog.

My blog post of Dec. 9, "Good News, it’s really dark" was revised to add a new reference.

Oblation Journal blog about Eastern Orthodox oblates was added to the list of blogs on the right sidebar of the Oblate Blog.

December 9, 2008

The Ora et Labora blog was one of the first oblate blogs I found and added to the list of other oblate blogs listed on the right sidebar of the Oblate Blog.  But, for some reason, I could not get my Blogger software to pickup the new posts like it did for the other blogs.  I tried several times and it never showed when this fine blog was updated.  Well, today I tried again and it worked.  You will now be able to easily see when Ora et Labora blog has been updated.   

December 8, 2008

Abbey of the Arts blog added to the list of "Other Oblate Blogs" on the right sidebar of the Oblate Blog.  I learned of this blog by the beautiful poem by Square Peg.

December 7, 2008 9:25 PM

Returning Catholics Blog added to the list of Other Oblate Blogs on the right sidebar of the Oblate Blog

December 7, 2008 8:30 PM

A poll was added about spiritual growth. 

December 7, 2008

She Maunders blog added to Internet Friends' Blogs section of the Oblate Blog

December 3, 2008

"As an Oblate" blog added to the "Other Oblate Blogs" section of the Oblate Blog.  Scroll down on the right side and look for **New** in the Other Oblate Blogs section.

November 27, 2008

The Expanded Index page was reformatted to make each entry a hyperlink.  The previous format had the links in the description of the topic. 

November 26, 2008:

The list of in-depth New Advent Encyclopedia articles on many monastic topics has been expanded by the addition of several new articles.

Several errors I made when doing the November 23rd revisions were corrected. 

Several page designations were either wrong or did not make any sense!  The obvious need to correct the work I did on Nov. 23 dawned on me when I realized that the first page people go to after the home page should be called page 1.  Oh, boy.

The name of the Large Index was changed to Expanded Index.

The page previously called "Find information on Oblate Spring" was unclear --- at least one person thought it was information ABOUT the Oblate Spring web site.  The page is now called "How to Use the Oblate Spring web site."

A change in the format of the Expanded Index has started.  A bullet symbol will be inserted by each index entry.

 

November 23, 2008:

What I am Doing page added

Find Info on Oblate Spring page added

The top menu bar was revised and expanded

Links to several key monastic articles from the New Advent Encyclopedia added.  These key articles are  grouped in a handy list.

A link to the Find Info page was placed at the bottom of the home page to make it easy to get to the main indexes.

The About page was revised to add links to the Find Info page

Information on Lectio Divina was added to the Large Index for easier reference (it is also on Page 2)

A pretty butterfly picture was added to the First Book to Read page

Other pages were revised for clarity and better organization.


November 12, 2008 added the Mini Index page

November 12, 2008 added the Large Index page

November 8, 2008 added page Vatican on Monasticism