Tag Archives: Philadelphia

All-black boys school in Philadelphia where Latin is the key

Posted on 19 April 2017 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

A reader alerted me to a piece in the Wall Street Journal about an all-black boys school in West Philadelphia where Latin is taught in a serious way: Boy’s Latin.
The subtitle of the article is outstanding:
A dead language helps forge identity … Continue reading →

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Description of Archbp. Chaput’s upcoming “installation” in Philadelphia

Posted on 1 September 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Latin Rite Ordinary Form ceremonies are, in my opinion, not as significant as the older Extraordinary way of doing things.  I have in mind the ceremonies surrounding, for example, the consecration of a church and its altar.
That said, the newer … Continue reading →

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15 August: Solemn TLM at St. Peter the Apostle Church (Shrine of St. John Neumann) in Philadelphia!

Posted on 11 August 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I post this on behalf of my good friend the great Fr. Robert Pasley, who reigns gloriously at Mater Ecclesiae in Berlin, NJ.   Each year they have a great celebration for the Feast of the Assumption.
Here is this year’s information … Continue reading →

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Congratulations to Philadelphia

Posted on 19 July 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

WDTPRS extends congratulations to the people of Philadelphia for the appointment of His Excellency Most Rev. Charles Chaput as their new Archbishop!  Condolences to the people of Denver, who must now begin a process of prayer in expectation of the … Continue reading →

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Philadelphia

Posted on 11 February 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

It’s time for more purification.
Are you ready, Philadelphia?
It is time for us all to get tough and bear this Cross in the face of the mysterium iniquitatis.
Get down on our knees and pray and do penance.
The MSM is sure to … Continue reading →

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The fruits of the pro-abortion culture of death: horror in Philadelphia

Posted on 19 January 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

The young Papist alerted me to this, and the always informative Jill Stanek has a lot more, about a developing story in Philadelphia.
The details are ghastly.
Two notes as you read more, if you chose.

First, a bill is being introduced in … Continue reading →

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A random act of culture

Posted on 4 November 2010 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Remember the flash mob choir brindisi thing?
Get a load of this, which I picked up from CMR.
600 choristers break out in song with the largest organ in the world, in Macy’s in Philadelphia.
It’s a random act of culture.

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In Philadelphia: “A Burlap Church No More”

Posted on 24 March 2010 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Brick by brick, folks.
From the Weekpress.com of Philadelphia.
This is pretty long, so I will just give you the link. Here is the title:

A Burlap Church No More

Read and come back to discuss what you think is important.

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Cheesesteak jaunt

Posted on 20 February 2010 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Fr. Pasley and I dashed into south Philly for a cheesesteak at D’Alessandro’s.

These are not production line steaks, I can tell you. 
We ate in, with some of the local color.

We have pronounced these very good steaks.  I had one … Continue reading →

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Where the bread is salty

Posted on 13 February 2010 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Dante perfectly, precisely captured the inner disorientation of the exile when he wrote of a place where "the bread is salty and the steps are hard to climb".
Tasting salty bread was a reminder that he wasn’t in Florence. … Continue reading →

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Cheese steak revisited, along with Philadelphia

Posted on 10 February 2010 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I am heading to the Philadelphia area in a few days. 
"But Fadda! But Fadda!", I can hear the New Jerseyans saying even now.  "Why…"
I’ll be staying at Mater Ecclesiae in Berlin, NJ for a little over a week.  … Continue reading →

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Philly: building choirs for a TLM

Posted on 19 September 2009 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From a reader:
Beginning on October 25,2009, weekly sung Traditional Latin Mass will be celebrated at 12 noon at St. Paul Church in South Philadelphia on Christian Street between 9th and 10th Streets.  St. Paul Parish is forming a mixed choir … Continue reading →

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