Christian F. Casper
@cfcasper.bsky.social
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Personal account
St. Benedict and St. Francis, pray for us
Personal account
St. Benedict and St. Francis, pray for us
Upon seeing this a friend (not on Bluesky) took all of about fifteen minutes to develop the opening of a future paper on the influence of the temporality of baseball on the theology of Pope Leo XIV:
November 29, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Upon seeing this a friend (not on Bluesky) took all of about fifteen minutes to develop the opening of a future paper on the influence of the temporality of baseball on the theology of Pope Leo XIV:
"But I am sure that God did not intend that there be so many poor. The class structure is of our making and our consent, not His. It is the way we have arranged it, and it is up to us to change it."
Dorothy Day, d. November 29, 1980
The Catholic Worker newspaper, April 1953
Dorothy Day, d. November 29, 1980
The Catholic Worker newspaper, April 1953
November 29, 2025 at 1:00 PM
"But I am sure that God did not intend that there be so many poor. The class structure is of our making and our consent, not His. It is the way we have arranged it, and it is up to us to change it."
Dorothy Day, d. November 29, 1980
The Catholic Worker newspaper, April 1953
Dorothy Day, d. November 29, 1980
The Catholic Worker newspaper, April 1953
The Caspers are decorating our Christmas tree today. I'm currently spinning this album — a recent favorite. Love those German chorales.
www.naxos.com/CatalogueDet...
www.naxos.com/CatalogueDet...
November 28, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The Caspers are decorating our Christmas tree today. I'm currently spinning this album — a recent favorite. Love those German chorales.
www.naxos.com/CatalogueDet...
www.naxos.com/CatalogueDet...
Your humble servant, The Other Doctor Casper, and one of our F1s
November 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Your humble servant, The Other Doctor Casper, and one of our F1s
This was quite moving: an ecumenical prayer service near the archaeological excavations of the ancient Basilica of Saint Neophytos at Iznik, Türkiye — Nicaea. Ut unum sint.
www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
November 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
This was quite moving: an ecumenical prayer service near the archaeological excavations of the ancient Basilica of Saint Neophytos at Iznik, Türkiye — Nicaea. Ut unum sint.
www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
The Other Doctor Casper was in the UMS Choral Union for this live recording of the SONGS OF INNOCENCE AND OF EXPERIENCE. A great event in the musical history of Ann Arbor, I think.
www.naxos.com/CatalogueDet...
www.naxos.com/CatalogueDet...
November 28, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The Other Doctor Casper was in the UMS Choral Union for this live recording of the SONGS OF INNOCENCE AND OF EXPERIENCE. A great event in the musical history of Ann Arbor, I think.
www.naxos.com/CatalogueDet...
www.naxos.com/CatalogueDet...
The Other Doctor Casper agrees!
November 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The Other Doctor Casper agrees!
November 27, 2025 at 2:30 PM
November 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
November 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Today is the one-hundredth birthday of Eugene Istomin — b. November 26, 1925 (d. 2003) — the New York-born and Philadelphia-trained pianist who had the tremendous good sense to be a rabid fan of the Detroit Tigers. 🎹⚾️🐅
www.eugeneistomin.com/the-man/base...
www.eugeneistomin.com/the-man/base...
November 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Today is the one-hundredth birthday of Eugene Istomin — b. November 26, 1925 (d. 2003) — the New York-born and Philadelphia-trained pianist who had the tremendous good sense to be a rabid fan of the Detroit Tigers. 🎹⚾️🐅
www.eugeneistomin.com/the-man/base...
www.eugeneistomin.com/the-man/base...
November 26, 2025 at 11:30 AM
November 25, St. Catherine of Alexandria, patron of scholars
She's said to have outdebated and converted fifty pagan court philosophers who were sent to dissuade her from her Christianity. An eleventh-century church in Athens dedicated to her sits on top of a former temple to the goddess Artemis.
She's said to have outdebated and converted fifty pagan court philosophers who were sent to dissuade her from her Christianity. An eleventh-century church in Athens dedicated to her sits on top of a former temple to the goddess Artemis.
November 25, 2025 at 8:30 PM
November 25, St. Catherine of Alexandria, patron of scholars
She's said to have outdebated and converted fifty pagan court philosophers who were sent to dissuade her from her Christianity. An eleventh-century church in Athens dedicated to her sits on top of a former temple to the goddess Artemis.
She's said to have outdebated and converted fifty pagan court philosophers who were sent to dissuade her from her Christianity. An eleventh-century church in Athens dedicated to her sits on top of a former temple to the goddess Artemis.
November 25, St. Catherine of Alexandria
Peter Paul Rubens, THE CROWNING OF SAINT CATHERINE, Toledo Museum of Art
emuseum.toledomuseum.org/objects/5487...
Peter Paul Rubens, THE CROWNING OF SAINT CATHERINE, Toledo Museum of Art
emuseum.toledomuseum.org/objects/5487...
November 25, 2025 at 11:30 AM
November 25, St. Catherine of Alexandria
Peter Paul Rubens, THE CROWNING OF SAINT CATHERINE, Toledo Museum of Art
emuseum.toledomuseum.org/objects/5487...
Peter Paul Rubens, THE CROWNING OF SAINT CATHERINE, Toledo Museum of Art
emuseum.toledomuseum.org/objects/5487...
A half-hour made quite a difference!
November 24, 2025 at 10:30 PM
A half-hour made quite a difference!
In Lansing for a triannual meeting of the diocesan pastoral council
November 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM
In Lansing for a triannual meeting of the diocesan pastoral council
Five years ago I was teaching a new online section of our first-year course, specializing in food science, thermodynamics, and transportation logistics. I used a detail from the east wall as the cover image on our Canvas site. 🌽🍎🍇
dia.org/collection/d...
dia.org/collection/d...
November 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Five years ago I was teaching a new online section of our first-year course, specializing in food science, thermodynamics, and transportation logistics. I used a detail from the east wall as the cover image on our Canvas site. 🌽🍎🍇
dia.org/collection/d...
dia.org/collection/d...
Diego Rivera, d. November 24, 1957
His great DETROIT INDUSTRY murals cover all four walls of Rivera Court at the Detroit Institute of Arts. Here's the north wall. I have a print of it in my office on campus.
dia.org/collection/d...
His great DETROIT INDUSTRY murals cover all four walls of Rivera Court at the Detroit Institute of Arts. Here's the north wall. I have a print of it in my office on campus.
dia.org/collection/d...
November 24, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Diego Rivera, d. November 24, 1957
His great DETROIT INDUSTRY murals cover all four walls of Rivera Court at the Detroit Institute of Arts. Here's the north wall. I have a print of it in my office on campus.
dia.org/collection/d...
His great DETROIT INDUSTRY murals cover all four walls of Rivera Court at the Detroit Institute of Arts. Here's the north wall. I have a print of it in my office on campus.
dia.org/collection/d...
Last Sunday of the liturgical year, Christ the King
attr. Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn, CHRIST, Detroit Institute of Arts
dia.org/collection/c...
attr. Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn, CHRIST, Detroit Institute of Arts
dia.org/collection/c...
November 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Last Sunday of the liturgical year, Christ the King
attr. Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn, CHRIST, Detroit Institute of Arts
dia.org/collection/c...
attr. Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn, CHRIST, Detroit Institute of Arts
dia.org/collection/c...
November 23, 2025 at 11:30 AM
November 22, St. Cecilia, martyr, patron of music
Orazio Gentileschi, YOUNG WOMAN WITH A VIOLIN (SAINT CECILIA), Detroit Institute of Arts
dia.org/collection/y...
📸 Mine, about a half-hour ago
Orazio Gentileschi, YOUNG WOMAN WITH A VIOLIN (SAINT CECILIA), Detroit Institute of Arts
dia.org/collection/y...
📸 Mine, about a half-hour ago
November 22, 2025 at 5:30 PM
November 22, St. Cecilia, martyr, patron of music
Orazio Gentileschi, YOUNG WOMAN WITH A VIOLIN (SAINT CECILIA), Detroit Institute of Arts
dia.org/collection/y...
📸 Mine, about a half-hour ago
Orazio Gentileschi, YOUNG WOMAN WITH A VIOLIN (SAINT CECILIA), Detroit Institute of Arts
dia.org/collection/y...
📸 Mine, about a half-hour ago
November 21, Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Paul-Louis Delance, Study for THE PRESENTATION OF THE VIRGIN IN THE TEMPLE, University of Michigan Museum of Art
umma.umich.edu/objects/stud...
Paul-Louis Delance, Study for THE PRESENTATION OF THE VIRGIN IN THE TEMPLE, University of Michigan Museum of Art
umma.umich.edu/objects/stud...
November 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
November 21, Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Paul-Louis Delance, Study for THE PRESENTATION OF THE VIRGIN IN THE TEMPLE, University of Michigan Museum of Art
umma.umich.edu/objects/stud...
Paul-Louis Delance, Study for THE PRESENTATION OF THE VIRGIN IN THE TEMPLE, University of Michigan Museum of Art
umma.umich.edu/objects/stud...
Presuming to imitate @simoninsuffolk!
Today, November 18, is the feast of St. Hilda of Whitby in some provinces of the Anglican Communion, including here in the United States. Glass at St. Gregory's Abbey, Three Rivers, Michigan, of which I've been a confrater since 2016
Today, November 18, is the feast of St. Hilda of Whitby in some provinces of the Anglican Communion, including here in the United States. Glass at St. Gregory's Abbey, Three Rivers, Michigan, of which I've been a confrater since 2016
November 18, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Presuming to imitate @simoninsuffolk!
Today, November 18, is the feast of St. Hilda of Whitby in some provinces of the Anglican Communion, including here in the United States. Glass at St. Gregory's Abbey, Three Rivers, Michigan, of which I've been a confrater since 2016
Today, November 18, is the feast of St. Hilda of Whitby in some provinces of the Anglican Communion, including here in the United States. Glass at St. Gregory's Abbey, Three Rivers, Michigan, of which I've been a confrater since 2016
November 16, St. Gertrude of Helfta
This is my favorite passage in Pope Francis's encyclical on the Sacred Heart, DILEXIT NOS. I used it as the basis of a reflection for our diocesan pastoral council last December. ♥️
This is my favorite passage in Pope Francis's encyclical on the Sacred Heart, DILEXIT NOS. I used it as the basis of a reflection for our diocesan pastoral council last December. ♥️
November 16, 2025 at 8:30 PM
November 16, St. Gertrude of Helfta
This is my favorite passage in Pope Francis's encyclical on the Sacred Heart, DILEXIT NOS. I used it as the basis of a reflection for our diocesan pastoral council last December. ♥️
This is my favorite passage in Pope Francis's encyclical on the Sacred Heart, DILEXIT NOS. I used it as the basis of a reflection for our diocesan pastoral council last December. ♥️