Category Archives: SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM

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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Is Pont. Comm “Ecclesia Dei” building a bridge to the SSPX?

Posted on 18 January 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Our friends at Rorate picked up something from Riposte Catholique (in French).  Apparently, the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei” sent a letter to the General House of the SSPX in Menzingen, Switzerland.  The letter is signed by the PCED’s Vice-President Archbishop Augustine DiNoia, OP.
A … Continue reading →

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A blogger’s conversion to altar rails and kneeling for Communion (POLL)

Posted on 17 January 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Deacon Greg Kandra has had a bit of a conversion about altar rails.  Here is a taste.
Okay. I’ve changed my mind. It’s time to bring back the altar rail.
Hey, I’m as surprised as anyone else that I feel this way.
Two … Continue reading →

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Of near-death and resurrection for a great English church

Posted on 11 January 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Another great article appeared in the full print and full digital edition of the UK’s best Catholic weekly, The Catholic Herald.  SUBSCRIBE.
This one is about near-death and resurrection.
I have long been interested in the near-death experiences of some parishes.  For … Continue reading →

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A first TLM experience recounted

Posted on 10 January 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From a reader:
At home for Christmas break from the seminary where I teach, I had occasion to meet with a single mother and daughter whom I befriended when working in a parish internship long ago. The daughter is now 20 … Continue reading →

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“The Latin Mass is like beer. You have to drink it in a few times to like it.” Why Taylor Marshall attends the TLM.

Posted on 8 January 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

May I suggest that you trot like Chaucer over to Taylor Marshall’s place and read his reflection on why he now attends Holy Mass in the Usus Antiquior?
Some highlights to whet the… you know…
I’ve not always been partial to the … Continue reading →

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QUAERITUR: Concerning the thumb and forefinger

Posted on 7 January 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From a priest:
It is now over five years since I learned to say Mass in the Usus Antiquior. [Hooray!] I have tried hard not to import random bits of rubrical practice into my celebration of the Novus Ordo. [That can … Continue reading →

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Is training in the Extraordinary Form forbidden at St. Mary’s College in Oscott, England?

Posted on 7 January 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I have been sitting on this for months, but…
As a preamble, let me repeat something.
The Supreme Pontiff’s 2007 Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum established juridically that the Roman Rite has two forms, not one.   Thus, if a man has not been trained … Continue reading →

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SSPX Bp. Fellay delivers a long “state of the question” address

Posted on 1 January 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

On 28 December 2012, SSPX Superior Bishop Bernard Fellay gave a long address in English to what sounds like good sized mixed crowd at Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Ontario, Canada.
He unloaded a lot of information.
The talk is 1’37″. … Continue reading →

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Video of Card. Burke at Clear Creek!

Posted on 24 December 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Recently His Eminence Raymond Card. Burke visited Clear Creek Monastery within the Diocese of Tulsa, which the wonderful Bp. Slattery reigns:

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