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- A nice Catholic school on the ropes
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- NYC: A newly ordained priest’s First Mass – Extraordinary Form Solemn Mass
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Exhibit on the historical inspiration for Capt. Jack Aubrey!
This is for your Just Too Cool folder. BBC reports:
Admiral Cochrane artefacts go on display … Continue reading
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Tagged Catp. Aubrey, Lord Cochrane, Patrick O'Brian
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A look at Archbishop Conti’s pastoral letter which has stirred things up
Pursuant to the CNA article about the Glaswegian Archbishop Mario Conti’s exhortation to Catholics to stand … Continue reading
QUAERITUR: Wore a black chapel veil and women scoffed
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Posted in Puir Slow-Witted Gowk
Tagged chapel veils, Granny Gang, mantilla, Monty Python, Proverbs 25:22
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QUAERITUR: Validity of baptism when water touches only the hair – Fr Z rants
From a deacon:
I was wondering how safe it is to assume that water flowing over the … Continue reading
What does the gowk really say?
A scene from The Fortune of War (6th in the series), which includes the wonderful word … Continue reading
Posted in O'Brian Tags, Puir Slow-Witted Gowk
Tagged Aubrey/Maturin, Dr. Maturin, gowk, Patrick O'Brian
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The Tablet equates striking the breast during the Confiteor with child abuse.
At The Tablet aka The Bitter Pill, there is a piece by one Melanie Lately, a … Continue reading
Too stupid for words: planting trees instead of going to confession
I am not making this up. This is from Treehugger.
Really.
Priest in Brazil Replaces Prayer With Tree-Planting
by … Continue reading
McBrien thinks the Pope is … wait for it… wrong about women’s ordination!
Richard McBrien in his column in the National catholic Fishwrap says that the Church’s infallible teaching … Continue reading
The Archbishop of Glasgow on the Holy Father’s provisions in Summorum Pontificum
All day long people have been filling my email with requests for me to react to … Continue reading
A new batch
I have ticked a few things off my To Do List for the day and can … Continue reading
Posted in Lighter fare, Preserved Killick, Puir Slow-Witted Gowk
Tagged mystic monk, Penjing, Preserved Killick, tea
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