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Fr. Tim Vakoc, RIP
The funeral of Fr. Tim Vakoc, a priest of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis and a Military Chaplain wounded in Iraq some years ago, took place today at the Cathedral of St. Paul.
His casket borne into the Cathedral.
More … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
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A Swiss bishop sounds off about Vatican II
A reader sent me the following from the website of the Diocese of Basel, Switzerland. His Excellency Most Rev. Kurt Koch has weighed in with comments in a rather highly amped German-language speaking environment. As you know there is a … Continue reading
Ad orientem versus
Over at NLM there is a good photo of His Eminence Daniel Card. DiNardo reading Holy Mass ad orientem.
The Mass was at the Anglican Use parish Our Lady of Walsingham in Houston, Texas.
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
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“aestate pueri si valent, satis discunt!”
Friends from Rome are visiting the Sabine Farm.
Alas, they must drink my poor Sabine wine rather than the Falernian and Caecuban and Formian they are accustomed to quaff.
We do, however, know how to prepare Sabine meats on the … Continue reading
Posted in Fr. Z's Kitchen, Lighter fare, SESSIUNCULA, The Feeder Feed
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QUAERITUR: Closing of Year for Priests, June 11 or June 19?
From a priest reader:
I’d like to point out a discrepancy, with the hopes that your wide outreach might bring about a clarification.
The discrepancy concerns the closing date for the “Year for Priests”. The Holy Father says [LINK] that the Year … Continue reading
Interview with SSPX Fr. Schmidberger, Superior in Germany
Our friends at Rorate have put up an English translation of an interview by KNA (Katholische Nachrichten-Agentur) with SSPX Fr. Franz Schmidberer. Fr. Schmidberger was once the Superior of the SSPX and he is presently the SSPX Superior for Germany. … Continue reading
Amerika Magazine gets it wrong again
The Jesuit editors of Amerika Magazine have little clarity about both recent American history or sound theology. This is obvious from their editorial in the 22 June issue.
Be prepared for some bad writing here. They are getting worse.
Now we get … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA, The Drill
Tagged America Magazine, Amerika, Jesuits, President Obama
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Clergy and music revisited
Remember the question about deacons and music ministry?
Vultus Christi had an interesting photo of a group of priests of the Diocese of Tulsa singing Gregorian chant during a Mass.
Posted in ASK FATHER Question Box, Linking Back
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QUAERITUR: Novus Ordo Lectionary with the older Mass, TLM
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Is it okay to attend Mass in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite when the readings are in the vernacular and taken from the Lectionary for the Ordinary Form? I know this was expressly prohibited before Summorum … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
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Archbp. Vigneron’s blog
Archbishop Allen Vigneron of Detroit has started a blog for the coverage of his trip to Rome to receive the Pallium.
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