Daily Archives: 4 January 2008

4 January 2008

Many thanks

Posted on 4 January 2008 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I want to extend thanks to PG who sent a book from my amazon wish list and DP who sent a music CD, also from that list.  I am very grateful.
It is nice to see that truck pull or find … Continue reading →

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Question about incensing the altar at vespers

Posted on 4 January 2008 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I got a good question from a priest friend via e-mail.  This could be a good point of discussion.
Any word on why the Holy Father did not incense the altar personally at vespers [that is, papal vespers on 31 December], … Continue reading →

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Another request for help: good albs and surplices for a priest

Posted on 4 January 2008 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

A priest wrote to asking for a good source of good… well… here’s his mail.
I am in the market for a nice alb and surplice that has plenty of manly lace (such we have seen adorning the Papal Master of … Continue reading →

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Great news from Raleigh, NC: Epiphany – Solemn Mass coram pontifice

Posted on 4 January 2008 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I get some very good new via e-mail about what is happening in the Diocese of Raleigh about Summorum Pontificum and the use of the older form of Mass.  You will remember that Bishop Burbidge is really stepping up to … Continue reading →

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Fr. Z ask your help: LATIN propers for St. John Neumann – urgent

Posted on 4 January 2008 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

 
A priest friend just called me looking for the LATIN propers for St. John Neumann.
I have looked through some of my things and cannot find them, which is odd.
HELP!!
In that note, you might be interested to know that St. John … Continue reading →

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Latin Mass Catholics Prepare for World Youth Day 2008

Posted on 4 January 2008 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Latin Mass Catholics Prepare for World Youth Day 2008
Download this press release as an Adobe PDF document.My emphases and comments.
Brooklyn, NY (PRWEB) January 4, 2008 — A youth movement for Catholics devoted to the classical form of the Roman liturgy … Continue reading →

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