Monthly Archives: November 2011

BENEDICT XVI’S PRAYER INTENTIONS FOR DECEMBER

Posted on 30 November 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

BENEDICT XVI’S PRAYER INTENTIONS FOR DECEMBER
VATICAN CITY, 30 NOV 2011 (VIS) – Benedict’s general prayer intention for December is: “That all peoples may grow in harmony and peace through mutual understanding and respect”.
His mission intention is: “That children … Continue reading →

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D. Covington: Bp. Foys issues liturgical decrees – No joy for “hand holders”

Posted on 30 November 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

There can be no renewal of any aspect of our Catholic lives and identity without first a revitalization of our liturgical worship.
A reader sent me a link to a letter of 18 November 2011 and accompanying decrees concerning the sacred … Continue reading →

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Brick by Brick in Trenton, NJ – EF joy!

Posted on 30 November 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

For your “Brick by Brick” file, comes this from Trenton, NJ. Several people wrote to me about about this.
There is a newly-established Latin Mass at St. Anthony’s in Trenton at 12:15 pm every Sunday. St. Anthony’s is located in … Continue reading →

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QUAERITUR: Report a priest for receiving Episcopalian “communion”?

Posted on 30 November 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From a reader:
‘Should Catholic priests be reported to the local Bishop if they go up and receive the Episcopal ‘communion’ at a funeral for one of their clergymen?
When their ‘communion’ time came around, I saw the Catholic priests go up … Continue reading →

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Whooping Cough and You

Posted on 30 November 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Do you recall that a while ago I posted about Whooping Cough? People cough so violently and so long from this, called “Pertussis”, that they break ribs. Children can die.
Whooping cough is very infectious and it is coming … Continue reading →

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HuffPo: The REAL reason behind the new, corrected translation

Posted on 30 November 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Why, oh why, give time and attention to the loons of the Huffington Post?  One piece, sent by a reader who slogs through this rubbish so I don’t have to, merits a few minutes because it is emblematic of the … Continue reading →

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Atlantis rises: US seminaries are changing

Posted on 30 November 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

It isn’t rocket science.
The theological and moral bizzaro-world into which US seminaries sank Atlantis-like over the decades of the 60s to the 80s is over.  They didn’t sink in a day, and they won’t be raised in a day either.
But … Continue reading →

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REMINDER: Bp. Burbidge Begins Novena for Seminarian Philip Johnson

Posted on 30 November 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From the site of the Diocese of Raleigh:
Bishop Burbidge Requests Novena for Seminarian Philip Johnson

The Most Reverend Michael F. Burbidge has announced a novena to Our Holy Mother, patroness of the Diocese of Raleigh, on behalf of seminarian … Continue reading →

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Is this list complete?

Posted on 30 November 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

On the site of the newspaper of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minnesota, The Catholic Spirit, there is a list of reasons why we go to Mass.  It seems the Catholic Spirit have plucked this from Card. O’Malley of … Continue reading →

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The Archbisop of Westminster on “civil unions”

Posted on 30 November 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From my friend Fr. Blake’s blog:
The Archbisop of Westminster said at a recent press following the Bishop bi-annual meeting:
We would want to emphasise that civil partnerships actually provide a structure in which people of the same sex who want a … Continue reading →

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