Category Archives: REVIEWS

ACTION ITEM! Video about the revival of a inner city parish by using actual Catholicism.

Posted on 12 April 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I want about 15 minutes of your time.
If you are a bishop or a priest or a seminarian, please give your special attention.
Below is an excerpt from a documentary to be shown soon on EWTN (30 April 6:30 EDT) about … Continue reading →

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REVIEW: St. Edmund Campion Missal & Hymnal for the Traditional Latin Mass – WOW!

Posted on 26 February 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

One of the fruits of Benedict XVI’s pontificate has been the freeing of the older form of Holy Mass. His Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum was like an “emancipation proclamation”. Slowly but surely the use of the older Roman forms is … Continue reading →

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Laudamus Te Magazine. Fr. Z makes a proposal.

Posted on 20 February 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Sometime ago I wrote about the a fairly new publication called Laudamus Te, HERE.  You can find readers’ comments about it under that entry. One year subscription is $32 per year. They have a volume rate, which will help parishes and … Continue reading →

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2013 Ordo from Canons of St John Cantius

Posted on 28 December 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I posting from my mobile phone in an airplane, so I must be brief.
The canons at St John Cantius in Chicago sent me a spiffy new Ordo for the Usus Antiquior.
Here are some photos to give you an idea of … Continue reading →

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REVIEW: St. Thomas Aquinas – Commentaries on St. Paul in Latin and English (not to mention the Summa Theologiae)

Posted on 15 December 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

The 1983 Code of Canon Law doesn’t mention many saints apart from their feast days.  As you can imagine, the greats such as the Mary the Mother of God, Sts. Peter and Paul, St. Joseph, come up.  Apart from them, … Continue reading →

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REVIEW: A Field Guide for the Hero’s Journey. “If you want to be a hero, you can be.”

Posted on 30 November 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

In another entry I mentioned a new book by Fr. Robert Sirico called A Field Guide for the Hero’s Journey.
US paperback HERE and Kindle HERE.
UK paperback HERE Kindle HERE.
Here is a blurb from the book:
Do you feel like something big is missing from your life? Do … Continue reading →

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REVIEW: Advent Music from the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles – WINNER

Posted on 29 November 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

UPDATE 30 Nov 18:07 GMT:
Since the beginning of November, through this, from what I can tell we have sold on Amazon:
mp3 downloads – 28
CDs – 177
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ORIGINAL POST:
Orant et laborant!
I was sent a photo of the nuns unloading the boxes of … Continue reading →

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REVIEW: Laudamus Te – The Magazine of the Extraordinary Form of the Latin Liturgy of the Roman Rite

Posted on 28 November 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Many of you subscribe to or know the small booklet Magnificat, an aid for the post-Conciliar form of Holy Mass.  It is pocket-size and it is sent to you each, I believe, month.
There is now a similar aid for the Usus Antiquior, or … Continue reading →

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Faith Magazine – a great resource!

Posted on 30 October 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Do you know about Faith magazine?
Faith is assembled and published as an actual magazine in England.  It is also offered entirely for free online.  Online you get the whole thing, not just selected articles.
Faith, the magazine, is associated with the “Faith Movement“.
Most … Continue reading →

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REVIEW: Norcia Benedictines’ cool new calendar

Posted on 22 October 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I think the Benedictine monks at Norcia are wonderful.
They revived the Benedictine tradition, in a traditional way, in the place where St. Benedict is said to have been born. They make available, on demand, recordings of some of their sung … Continue reading →

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