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Daily Archives: 31 January 2011
CNS: CHA Pres. Sr. Keehan affirms bishop’s role in interpreting health directives
I saw this on CNS. My emphases and comments.
First, you might review this: the Magisterium of Nuns (and this).
CHA president affirms bishop’s role in interpreting health directives [Uh huh.]
By Nancy Frazier O’Brien
Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON (CNS) — In an exchange of … Continue reading
Posted in Emanations from Penumbras, The future and our choices
Tagged Archbp. Dolan, CHA, magisterium of nuns, Sr. Keehan
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A priest who ‘get’s it’ about how people receive Communion!
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Here is the text from his 30 January bulletin of the Cathedral of Sts. Simon and Jude in , Very Rev. Fr. Fr. John Lankeit.
Here is a link to the PDF if you want to see … Continue reading
QUAERITUR: What should members of a chant group wear?
From a reader:
I am a member of a men’s Gregorian chant group, and recently a local priest whose parish we were singing at voiced reservations about our uniform (black cassock and white surplice). He preferred we not look like a … Continue reading
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box
Tagged cassock, schola canoturm
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QUAERITUR: Lay people decide on their own to have a Communion service, help themselves.
From a reader:
At Mass yesterday morning, the substitute priest forgot to show up.
Several members of the congregation took it upon themselves to have a “Communion Service” with all the readings, etc. One of the EMHCs
opened the Tabernacle and got the … Continue reading
Posted in ASK FATHER Question Box, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
Tagged Communion service
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QUAERITUR: Of subdeacons and tunics
From a deacon reader:
I was in the middle of some research last night and discovered some new tidbits on vestments. More precisely, the difference between a dalmatic and a tunicle. I captured a number of my thoughts on my blog … Continue reading
Posted in ASK FATHER Question Box
Tagged dalmatic, deacon, Ministeria quaedam, subdeacon, tunic
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Summorum Pontificum, reforming the reform, and resisting the reform
Pope Benedict, in his ongoing effort to heal the rupture that occurred in our worship when a composed, artificial rite was suddenly imposed on the Church, in 2007 put into effect the provisions of Summorum Pontificum, by far surpassing the … Continue reading
Grumbling about Anglicanorum coetibus
With the provisions of Anglicanorum coetibus, Benedict XVI (the Pope of Christian Unity) opened a door for and gave a place to Anglicans who desired unity with the Bishop of Rome in the Catholic communion. Certainly they were distressed by … Continue reading
