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Tag Archives: altar girls
3 December 2011
Fishwrap rakes up some muck in the Arlington altar girl dispute
You may recall that a priest of the Diocese of Arlington, Fr. Michael Taylor of Corpus Christi Church in South Riding, VA, made a decision in favor of male-only service at the altar (not against girls, but in favor of … 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
24 November 2011
22 November 2011
Reader challenge: craft a response
From a readerette (as is):
I am a lady of an age group that never was allowed on the alter. I
always love to see the little server girls and so wish it had been
allowed in my day. I am a Eucharistic … Continue reading
ACTION ITEM! WDTPRS POLL ALERT
On WaPo we find this tendentious poll.
I’m not suggesting how you should vote… but…
Here are the results so far.
UPDATE 22 Nov 1324 GMT:
UPDATE 22 Nov 1552 GMT:
UPDATE 22 Nov 2134 GMT:
UPDATE 23 Nov 2206 GMT:
UPDATE 30 Nov 0038 … Continue reading
25 August 2011
WDTPRS POLL: Does an all-male sanctuary foster vocations to the priesthood?
If you are a blogger, may I ask that you link to this poll? It would be good to have a large sampling.
UPDATE 1407 GMT:
And also…. added as an afterthought, so the numbers might not match the poll above. You … Continue reading
Posted in POLLS, The future and our choices
Tagged altar boys, altar girls, altar service, poll, priesthood, vocations
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Should the infamous “altar girl” decision be reversed? Wm. Oddie opines. WDTPRS POLLS included.
The formidable William Oddie, a columnist of the UK’s best Catholic weekly, The Catholic Herald, has an opinion piece on the 1994 interpretation of the Latin Church’s Canon Law which permitted service at the altar by females. Keep in mind … Continue reading
24 August 2011
What Rome’s CDW says about altar boys, girl altar boys, and lay service at the altar in general
I have been getting some… interesting, I think could be the word … email since I posted my praise and defense of Fr. Lankeit, Rector of the Cathedral in Phoenix where the excellent Bp. Olmsted presides.
For those of you out … Continue reading
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box
Tagged altar girls, CDW, D. Phoenix, Fr. Lankeit
24 Comments
22 August 2011
Cathedral in Phoenix to have male only altar service (includes whimsical WDTPRS POLL)
I was alerted to this article from The Arizona Republic with a note from a reader saying: “The coverage is predictably bad, but the facts are good.”
You may remember that I posted about Fr. Lankeit last January when he promoted … Continue reading
9 June 2011
NCFishwrap’s little problem with the Extraordinary Form and “altar girls”
NCFishwrap today surfed the little server girl issue over its mosh pit.
catholic reporters that that are, they left off attacking Bp. Finn for a minute or two to post – at long last- the news that the PCED has “ruled” … Continue reading
Posted in Lighter fare, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, Throwing a Nutty, Universae Ecclesiae
Tagged altar girls, mosh pit, NCFishwrap, slam dance, UE 28
28 Comments
5 June 2011
UPDATE: Altar girls and the Extraordinary Form – the PCED clarifies the situation
The Instruction on the application of the provisions of Summorum Pontificum, entitled Universae Ecclesiae, in paragraph 28, says in an English version:
Furthermore, by virtue of its character of special law, within its own area, the Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum derogates … Continue reading
23 May 2011
QUAERITUR: Altar girls dressed as clerics. What to say?
From a reader:
What would be a proper response to a priest who not only allows his female altar servers to wear the black cassock and white surplice, but also tells the parishioners that it is perfectly acceptable to do so?
It … Continue reading
Universae Ecclesiae 28, the Eucharistic Fast, and You.
I had a post about Univerae Ecclesiae 28 and how the derogation in that paragraph makes it clear that the provisions of Summorum Pontificum exclude female service at the altar in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite.
The reason for … Continue reading
22 May 2011
Universae Ecclesiae 28 and “altar girls” for the Extraordinary Form
The Instruction on Summorum Pontificum called Universae Ecclesiae makes it clear that there is to be no service at the altar by females for the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite.
UE 28 reads.
28 – Praeterea, cum sane de lege speciali … Continue reading
9 May 2011
Card. Burke’s opinion on female servers in the Extraordinary Form
About the sad situation at Fisher House in Cambridge, where the chaplain had for some time, I am told, determined to have a female altar server for celebration of Holy Mass in the Extraordinary Form, something that truly goes against … Continue reading
