St. Ambrose Academy Chronicle

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.

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 PartyLost in the Mess - FuturoOh Well - Fiona AppleFloat On - Modest MouseSinging in the Rain (Radio Edit) - Mint RoyaleSleeping 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 Let me know what you think: saachronicle [at ] gmail [dot] com

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