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Monthly Archives: June 2010
30 June 2010
Liturgical silence
You should take a moment to read the latest post by His Hermeneuticalness, Fr. Finigan, about liturgical silence.
Here is a bit.
One of the attractions for many people, of the celebration of Mass according to the usus antiquior is that there … Continue reading
WDTPRS POLL: About the iPad app for the Roman Missal… again
I have written before about the iPad app for the Roman Missal (which costs $4.99 through iTunes), iMissal.
Not much reason to write about it again, except for a few details. For example, I wondered what would happen with a new … Continue reading
Clinton Era Memo Betrays Kagan’s Extremist Pro-Abortion Thinking
From Operation Rescue with my edits:
Clinton Era Memo Betrays Kagan’s Extremist Pro-Abortion Thinking
Written by Operation RescuePosted June 30, 2010
Commentary by Cheryl Sullenger, Senior Policy Advisor, Operation Rescue
Washington, DC – Earlier this week, the Clinton Library released a number … Continue reading
Important appointments made by Pope Benedict
The usual stream of pre-summer break appointments is flowing from the Holy See.
The other day, I wrote about what one commentator here quipped could be called the Congregatio pro repropaganda. We weren’t sure what the new dicastery was going to … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
Tagged appointments, Archbp. Fisichella, Card. Ouellet, Cong for Bishops
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29 June 2010
GARUM! GARUM! GARUM!
Did I mention garum?
Buy your garum using amazon (when available)!
From rogueclassicism comes this about that precious liquid garum, in modern terms colatura. (Check here and here.)
Garum Festival
Are Classicists aware of this event in Tunisia?
The Garum summer festival was held … Continue reading
Benedict XVI’s Sermon for Sts. Peter and Paul
What did the Pope of Christian Unity really say to new Archbishops and to the delegate of the Ecumenical Patriarch?
From the website of Vatican Radio here is the English text of the Holy Father’s sermon for the Solemnity of Sts … Continue reading
Posted in Pope of Christian Unity, SESSIUNCULA, The Drill
Tagged archbishop, Metropolitan, Pallium, Sts. Peter and Paul
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QUAERITUR: sacristy sign with the name of the bishop
I had an interesting note from a priest with a question:
I want to put in our sacristy a sign for visiting priests about the name of the bishop so they know what name to say during the Eucharistic Prayer. Since … Continue reading
WDTPRS: The Pallium, its blessing and imposition
Today during Holy Mass in the Basilica of St. Peter, near to Peter’s tomb, the Holy Father gave the pallium to new metropolitan archbishops.
The pallium is a sign of the jurisdiction metropolitans have in their provinces and also a … Continue reading
Russian spy cliff-hanger
What about those Russian sleepers in the USA!
Ironically, last night I watched the last episode of season 7 of what is called in the USA MI-5 (in the UK Spooks) about the Russians waking up sleepers in UK to launch … Continue reading
WDTPRS: Collect – Sts. Peter & Paul (2002MR)
The Collect for the Novus Ordo today is in part inspired by that of the parallel prayer in the 1962 Missale Romanum. However, it seems to be a rather new creation, if not entirely new.
COLLECT: … Continue reading
Fr. Sirico: the ramifications of driving Christianity from the public square
On detnews.com (The Detroit News) Fr. Robert Sirico has a column about the terms the ramifications of driving freedom of religion from the public square.
My emphases and comments.
Don’t devalue Christian heritageFr. Robert Sirico
A week or so ago I struck up … Continue reading
Posted in Our Catholic Identity, SESSIUNCULA, The future and our choices
Tagged Fr. Sirico
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28 June 2010
Hidden treasures rediscovered
A sign that things are changing.
Younger priests are starting to open up dusty old cabinets, looking for treasures.
On NLM I saw this. Happily they posted also an English translation of the original German.
The Vestment Treasury of Niedermünster
The … Continue reading
An appointment with appointments
This is the traditional season in Rome for speculation about retirements and appoints to curial offices.
So this comes from Vatican Radio:
(28 Jun 10 – RV) Pope Benedict announced the creation of a New Pontifical Council dedicated to the New Evangelization … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
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Play Station or Playing Field?
When the Italian team returned to Italy from S. Africa, they were all dressed in black.
Via The Catholic Spirit and Catholic News Service this about the increasingly strange L”Osservatore Romano on Italy’s World Cup disaster.
Vatican newspaper weighs in on … Continue reading
