Tag Archives: Extraordinary Form

Brick by Brick in Brazil … Indiana. Priest starts up a TLM. People come.

Posted on 14 November 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

For your Brick by Brick file,
Fr. John Hollowell in the Archdiocese of Indianapolis at his blog On The Rock says he has started celebrating Holy Mass in the Usus Antiquior of the Roman Rite… once a week.
I quibble with him … Continue reading →

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More whiny hand-wringing from Fr. Finigan

Posted on 8 November 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

My friend Fr. Finigan, His Hermeneuticalness, has an amusing post in which he wrings his hands over the incorrigible children of his parish.
The nerve!
HERE.

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Solemn Requiem… Pontifical

Posted on 2 November 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

When did you last see this?

Or

Jammed.

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The Gravitational Pull v The Biological Solution

Posted on 29 October 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Brick by brick… college by college…
From a reader:
Thought you might like to know that Franciscan University just celebrated its first Solemn High Mass for the patronal feast of Christ the King (for Christ the King Chapel). I know that a … Continue reading →

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GUEST POST: Follow-up about starting up a TLM in a parish

Posted on 23 October 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From a reader, as a follow up to my post Brick by Brick: How to get a TLM on the schedule at your parish, a reader sent the following:
You kindly posted a blog on September 13th about my parish priest allowing … Continue reading →

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It’s 2013 Ordo time!

Posted on 6 October 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

It is October, and therefore time to start thinking about getting a new Ordo for the 2012-13 liturgical calendar… for the Extraordinary Form, of course!
I returned to the USA from my travel abroad to find waiting for me a copy of … Continue reading →

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9-12 Oct – MIAMI, FL: Low Mass (Extraordinary Form) training for Priests – no charge

Posted on 1 October 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I am informed that there is training in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite being offered for Priests – 9-12 October 2012 –
by the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter (Low Mass)FREE OF COST at St. John Vianney College Seminary … Continue reading →

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Updating the Traditional Roman Calendar (Extraordinary Form)

Posted on 1 October 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Something has to be done.
I am a firm believer that the Extraordinary Form must not be tinkered with right now.  We need a long period of stability so that the right sort of “gravitational pull” of the Ordinary and the … Continue reading →

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A reader’s impression of 1st TLM (Pontifical!)

Posted on 24 September 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

A reader sent in impression of the first Holy Mass he attended in the Extraordinary Form, and not just a Low Mass, either:
I attended my first TLM this past week. It was a beautiful Solemn Pontifical Mass said by my … Continue reading →

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QUAERITUR: May the pascal candle be used at EF baptisms?

Posted on 20 September 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

NB: In a comment below, a participant posted some points about when the paschal candle may be used in the Extraordinary Form.  Don’t just read my answer and then move on without also reading that comment.  You will know which … Continue reading →

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