This evening took me away from Fr. Finigan’s place down to the coast and Brighton, where Fr. Blake is pastor at St. Mary Magdalen parish. 
I came in on the late side, but we dashed out to a fine Chinese … Continue reading →

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I posted Fr. McBrien’s panegyric of Archbp. Marini here.
McBrien’s piece raises a question for me.
Consider what he says:
What they oppose is the de-clericalization of the liturgy. In their minds, the Church is identical with the hierarchy and the … Continue reading →

On the website of Card. Mahony’s newpaper, The Tidings, there is a piece by Fr. Richard McBrien (inexplicably still teaching at Notre Dame University) about the book that recently came out under the name of Archbishop Piero Marini. … Continue reading →

Here is a sample of what I write in The Wanderer each week (some of the format was lost in pasting it over here, but I am too lazy to put it back in):
What Does the Prayer Really Say?   Quinquagesima … Continue reading →