I got a very interesting e-mail.
Emphases and comments mine.
Bishop Victor Galeone was on the WQOP Live Show today in the Diocese of St. Augustine, answering questions live from callers. I will record the encore show tomorrow (which will air at 12PM … Continue reading →

This is a public service announcement.
I watch lots of Chinese language movies.
Last night I spent a week watching Yi Yi (A One And A Two).  
Run for your lives.  
Despite a good Rotten Tomatoes review, this is a 2:53 … Continue reading →

First reports about the recent workshop at Merton College, Oxford, are coming in.  Damian Thompson of The Telegraph has an initial impression… and it was a good one.
My emphases and comments.
A glorious Mass at Merton College
Posted by Damian Thompson on 30 … Continue reading →

Do you remember that there was going to be a workshop in England for priests who want to learn the older form of Mass?
Here is a report from The Telegraph about the participation of the Archbishop of Birmingham (not Alabama), … Continue reading →

At various times in my articles in The Wanderer, during talks and on this blog I have opined that if we are serious about an authentic ecumenical dialogue, we have to get our liturgical act together: "What must the Orthodox … Continue reading →

Users of Firefox know about extensions.  I saw one today that got me thinking.
There is an extension for Muslims called Pray Times.  It shows the time remaining to the different points of the day when Muslims are to pray.
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The Sabine Chapel has some very nice relics.  Here are St. Augustine and his mother St. Monica.

I got a very nice note from a new seminarian at the North American College in Rome.  He had listened to the newest PODCAzT in which I have an audio bit of the wonderful exchange between Pope Benedict and the … Continue reading →

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Sometime back I wrote that a new book had been published to.  It is by Lee Bradshaw, A guide to the Celebration of Low Mass according to the traditional Roman Rite. (Melbourne: Gavantus, 2007, pp.65).
A kind soul, probably Mr. Bradshaw, … Continue reading →

A biretta tip goes to Rogue Classicism   o{]:¬)  who alerted me to a yummy article in Business Standard about ancient garum, the fermented fish sauce which was the ketchup of the ancient world.  
Ancient ketchupDIET/ The Romans loved their fish sauce, … Continue reading →