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Monthly Archives: March 2009
24 March 2009
More SSPX March ordination madness
A kind reader sent this:
My translation of the main part of the article on kath.net regarding the reaction of the German Bishop’s Conference to the statement of Mgr. Fellay on the relocation of the ordinations next Saturday: The Society of St. … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
60 Comments
Bp. D’Arcy (where U. Notre Dame is) speaks
On the site of the Diocese of Fort-Wayne-South Bend, we find this statement:
It does not have Bishop D’Arcy’s name on it, but it is clear that it is his statement since it is on the diocesan website page for … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
78 Comments
HELP!
These little peckers are eating me out of house and home!
In the meantime… before the nasty freezing rain came, there was some sunshine.
PENJING REPORT
Penjing goes out now when the temps rise and there is sun.
Penjing’s much larger cellmate, the Jasmine … Continue reading
Posted in My View
10 Comments
Self-profiling
I think we are going to see some hard times.
I wouldn’t be surprised to see undesirable groups of people being isolated by "authorities".
There is an interesting piece in Free Republic about how this might be initiated.
It’s called "self-profiling".
Heck… I would … Continue reading
Posted in The future and our choices
28 Comments
Card. Pell: sympathetic to obligatory ad orientem worship
The best of the UK’s Catholic weeklies, The Catholic Herald interviews the great Cardinal Pell, of Sydney, Australia.
He spoke about the issue of Holy Mass ad orientem. My emphases and comments.
Where do you think the liturgical development is heading?
I don’t … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
23 Comments
REVIEW: NEW – The Ceremonies of the Roman Rite Described
I received a copy of the new, updated edition of The Ceremonies of the Roman Rite Described by Adrian Fortescue, J.B. O’Connell & Alcuin Reid. Burns and Oates / Continuum, 2009, 496 pp.
This is the "Fifteenth Edition: Revised and Updated … Continue reading
Posted in REVIEWS, SESSIUNCULA
21 Comments
25 Mar – National Press Club: Archbp. Burke video interview
This just in. At the National Press Club on 25 March, Randall Terry of Operations Rescue will screen an interview with Archbishop Burke:
FROM: PR NEWSWIRE WASHINGTON DC 202-347-5155TO: NATIONAL, POLITICAL AND RELIGION EDITORS:
Archbishop Burke, a Top Official in the … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
29 Comments
More from McInerny on UND and Pres. Obama
Prof. Ralph McInerny’s comments about the "vulgar lust" on display by the University of Notre Dame’s leadership were excellent. A reader thought you might like some more from him.
This is from the Nation Review site.
RALPH McINERNY
Bernie Madoff has declined … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
27 Comments
Six Million
Sometime during the night one of your readers put WDTPRS over 6 million visits.
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
11 Comments
Sweden, Finland, and Estonia: upcoming TLMS
From a reader:
Tridentine Latin Masses in Sweden, Finland, and Estonia
Father Benjamin Durham FSSP will visit Sweden, Finland, and Estonia during the Passion Week leading to Palm Sunday.
This is the schedule:
Heliga Korsets församling, Eskilstuna, SverigeHoly Cross parish, Eskilstuna, Sweden Tue … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
2 Comments
Cobh, Ireland: Solemn TLM – Easter Monday
I received this from a reader:
St. Colman’s Cathedral, Cobh, Co.Cork – Solemn High Mass St. Colman’s Society for Catholic Liturgy wishes to announce that Solemn High Mass in the extraordinary form will be celebrated in St. Colman’s Cathedral, Cobh, Co. … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
4 Comments
23 March 2009
SSPX/Holy See development?
Do you remember I posted a note from Der Spiegel about the upcoming SSPX ordinations in Zaitzkofen, Germany?
A German bishop was worked up about the upcoming ordinations and SSPX Superior Bp. Fellay responded:
SPIEGEL: Regensburg’s Bishop Gerhard Ludwig Müller has denied … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
81 Comments
New Archbishop of Oakland
We are all very happy about the news that Oakland has a new Archbishop in His Excellency Most Reverend Salvatore Cordileone (NB: could there be a better name for a bishop? Literally "Savior Lionheart").
What I find interesting is this photo … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
55 Comments
McInerny on Notre Dame’s “vulgar lust”
This is in The Catholic Thing written by the gentleman scholar Ralph McInerny, for many years a professor at the University of Notre Dame.
He tackles the problem of the University of Notre Dame’s invitation to President Obama.
My emphases and comments.
The … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
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