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Monthly Archives: November 2009
23 November 2009
Wed p.m. Bp. Tobin will be on O’Reilly – FoxNews
On 24 Nov, Wednesday, Bishop Tobin of Providence, Rhode Island will be on Bill O’Reilly’s show on FoxNews.
FYI
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
34 Comments
POLL ALERT! Another on Bp. Tobin and pro-abortion Patrick Kennedy
USNews & World Report has a POLL on Bishop Tobin’s decision to ask pro-abortion Catholic Rep. Patrick Kennedy not to receive Holy Communion.
You know what to do.
Here is the question:
Should America’s Roman Catholic bishops ask elected officials who support abortion … Continue reading
Card. Kasper: Anglican conversions – fruit of authentic ecumenism
From CNA:
Vatican City, Nov 23, 2009 / 01:22 pm (CNA).- Cardinal Walter Kasper, president of the Pontifical Council for Christian Unity, explained last week that the entrance of Anglicans into the Catholic Church is the fruit of authentic ecumenism inspired … Continue reading
Brick by Brick on the Emerald Isle
From a reader:
My son is due to make his First Communion next spring. Since our family attends the extraordinary form of the Mass at St Kevin’s in Dublin, I was concerned that his teacher might not understand the differences between … Continue reading
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Brick by Brick, SESSIUNCULA
Tagged First Holy Communion, guidelines, Ireland, TLM
25 Comments
How pro-abortion Catholic politicians think
From a reader:
Father Z,I’m not sure if you saw it, but there’s an interesting quote from Mario Cuomo in an article of fox news. "In 1984, former Democratic New York Gov. Mario Cuomo, a Catholic who supported abortion rights and … Continue reading
Solemn Mass in Oxford
A friend of mine in the Oxford Newman Society alerted me to pics online of their Mass for the term. It was the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
This Mass was in the chapel of Corpus Christi College, Oxford.Check them … Continue reading
POLL ALERT!! Bp. Tobin and Rep. Kennedy over Holy Communion.
I posted about the decision of Bp. Tobin of Providence, Rhode Island to ask pro-abortion Catholic Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) not to present himself for Holy Communion.
Bishop Tobin has pointed out that Rep. Kennedy’s pro-abortion stance is incompatible with … Continue reading
Posted in Emanations from Penumbras, Our Catholic Identity, POLLS
Tagged Bp. Tobin, Kennedy, Patrick Kennedy, Providence
53 Comments
22 November 2009
Bad news
I had some bad news tonight, and ask for the support of prayers.
Not only for me.
Thanks!
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
55 Comments
First glimpse
You know how in some feature films when there is a disaster or an asteroid is about to wipe out the earth, they flash various shots of different religious communities praying in the face of impending doom?
In Apollo 13 we … Continue reading
Ordo! Ordo! Getchyer Ordo!
Do you have your Ordo for the new liturgical year?
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
23 Comments
Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI)… time to make a choice!
In an AP story we read about the next step in the Catholic Church’s reclamation of the public square.
We have read about Bp. Tobin of Providence and Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) before.
My emphases and comments.
RI bishop asked Kennedy in 2007 … Continue reading
Posted in Emanations from Penumbras, Our Catholic Identity, SESSIUNCULA
Tagged abortion, Bp. Tobin, Rep. Patrick Kennedy
32 Comments
21 November 2009
Evening
Vespers having been recited, I am now enjoying a fire and British detective series on DVD.
I can’t believe that photo is from my phone…. anyway…
And it’s deer season!
It sounds like a war zone around here right now. … Continue reading
Posted in My View, SESSIUNCULA
31 Comments
Benedict XVI grants an audience to Archbp. Williams
From today’s meeting between His Holiness the Vicar of Christ and the Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury:
Technorati Tags: Anglican Provisions, Archbp. Williams
Taking HIM to the streets in Kansas City with the Catholic Youth
From The Catholic Key of Kansas City, MO.
The National Catholic Youth Conference is in full swing.
Technorati Tags: Kansas City, NCYC
Wherein Fr. Z rants about our Catholic identity and dangerous times
In another entry, about the priest/penitent privilege and a state’s violation of the same we read:
I don’t believe it is likely that secret eavesdropping on conversations between priests and penitents is a growing trend in this country, but the … Continue reading
