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Monthly Archives: November 2011
30 November 2011
BENEDICT XVI’S PRAYER INTENTIONS FOR DECEMBER
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
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
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D. Covington: Bp. Foys issues liturgical decrees – No joy for “hand holders”
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
Brick by Brick in Trenton, NJ – EF joy!
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
QUAERITUR: Report a priest for receiving Episcopalian “communion”?
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
Whooping Cough and You
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
HuffPo: The REAL reason behind the new, corrected translation
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
Posted in Biased Media Coverage, Throwing a Nutty
Tagged Huffington Post, Michelle Somerville
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Atlantis rises: US seminaries are changing
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
REMINDER: Bp. Burbidge Begins Novena for Seminarian Philip Johnson
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
Is this list complete?
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
The Archbisop of Westminster on “civil unions”
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
Posted in One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, The future and our choices
Tagged Archbp. Nichols, civil unions, homosexuals, same-sex marriage, same-sex unions
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Anonymously help a university student receive the Youth Catechism of the Catholic Church
I was contacted by the Catholic Truth Society in England with a request to let you my readers know about a special appeal/collection they are taking up to defray the cost of distributing a large quantity of the Youth Catechism … Continue reading
29 November 2011
Curious development with that WaPo POLL about altar girls!
Remember that recent Washington Post poll about altar girls? The poll shifted after I posted about it.
An reader alerted me to the fact that something rather odd has occurred.
You decide.
Here is how things stood and how they stand as … Continue reading
QUAERITUR: Entrance Antiphon not used at Sunday Mass
From a reader:
Our Church never says the Entrance Antiphon for Sunday Mass. It seems such a beautiful prayer, we usually sing the Entrance Song. Any thoughts on this?
It seems to me that the Introit chant/text is actually part of Mass. … Continue reading
QUAERITUR: Bowing to the altar instead of genuflecting during Mass. Fr. Z rants.
From a reader:
Our new and much more traditional pastor joined us a few years ago, and within the first year he had the tabernacle moved behind the altar. (Which made me and many others very happy)I have observed the priests, … Continue reading
“We’re standing in a flying death tube!”
Every time I fly, I think of this.
I love this scene from The West Wing:
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
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