Daily Archives: 23 June 2012

JUST TOO COOL: A priest friend has an official day proclaimed for him in my native place!

Posted on 23 June 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

This needs wide coverage.
My good friend Fr. Joseph Johnson, for a few days more Rector of the Cathedral parish of my native place, St. Paul in Minnesota, who engineered having the Cathedral of St. Paul made the National Shrine of … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday 1962 Missale Romanum! [puff... sip ... puff]

Posted on 23 June 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I must hand it to our friends at Rorate, who are always on top of this stuff.
Today is the 50th “birthday” of the 1962 Missale Romanum!
As per Rorate:
The Decree of the Sacred Congregation of Rites establishing the 1962 edition of … Continue reading →

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Saturday Supper: Dining with “the enemy”!

Posted on 23 June 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Since it is a Vigil of a Feast (St. John the Baptist) I extended my Friday abstinence (and fast, as it turns out) to 1st Vespers. For breakfast, 2 poached eggs and half an English muffin, for lunch some pickled … Continue reading →

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Vatican Secretariat of State creates new “Director of Communications” position and fills it with American Greg Burke

Posted on 23 June 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Okay, cat’s outta da bag.
Vatican Insider finally has it. I’ve know about this for a while, but didn’t want to say anything about it.
It seems that my friend in Greg Burke, formerly a Fox News correspondent in Rome, will have … Continue reading →

Posted in Brick by Brick, Just Too Cool, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity | Tagged , , , | 26 Comments

Of Beer, Norcia, Monks, Boars, Cheese, Truffles and the City of God

Posted on 23 June 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

For your Just Too Cool file, the great Benedictines monks in Norcia, Italy (the place where it is said St. Benedict was born) are making BEER!
Birra Nursia!
I often go to their website to listen to the office chanted.   They … Continue reading →

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The Vigil of St. John: bonfires and witch burnings, solstices and snails

Posted on 23 June 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

It is nice to have as your Patron the great Baptist, for I get two feasts a year, his Nativity and his Beheading.
For the Vigil of St. John (today, as I write) in the old Roman Ritual the priest would … Continue reading →

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Fork over your forks

Posted on 23 June 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Surreal from Politico:
Forkless Friday at Obama event
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. –Does a fork or dinner knife pose an unacceptable danger to President Barack Obama?
One wouldn’t think so, given the hundreds of lunches and dinners he’s attended ranging from state dinners … Continue reading →

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QUAERITUR: Can the newly ordained hear confessions? Wherein Fr. Z rants.

Posted on 23 June 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From a reader:
Being that it’s ordination season and there’s lots of new young priests eager to do priestly things, there’s something that crossed my mind recently. My understanding is that in order to hear confessions and absolve sins, priests need … Continue reading →

Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box, De Novissimis: Four Last Things, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, Priests and Priesthood, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The Drill, The future and our choices, Wherein Fr. Z Rants | Tagged , , | 32 Comments

QUAERITUR: A priest who won’t prevent self-intinction

Posted on 23 June 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From a reader:
I am a lay eucharistic minister, and 2 parisheners recieve communion, then dip it in the cup.. I told my parish priest and he never did anything about it. He acted as tho he knew it was wrong, … Continue reading →

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“c”atholics United: Who runs the dissident group politicizing the HHS mandate issue and fighting the US bishops?

Posted on 23 June 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Catholics United is politicizing the HHS mandate issue.
A reader sent an article from the Baltimore Sun about the opening Mass for the Fortnight for Freedom. I am sure you have read about that elsewhere, so I will only point out … Continue reading →

Posted in Biased Media Coverage, Our Catholic Identity, Religious Liberty, The Drill, The Last Acceptable Prejudice, Throwing a Nutty | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 15 Comments