Monthly Archives: August 2007

I am testing for the next three months a couple Skype virtual phone numbers, in both the UK and the USA.  The skype id is: wdtprs You can leave me voice mail.

You know that from time to time I post items from parish bulletins.  I usually try to find good items, edifying pieces.  Parish bulletins are not always known for their edifying clerical commentary. Sadly, it falls to me today to … Read More →

A few days ago I posted an official statement about the decision of the Bishop of Gaylord that all parish Masses must be in English unless specific permission was granted to use another language.  This stirred some strong reactions. I … Read More →

I am lead to wonder if the new Bishop of Birmingham is making his upcoming presence known. Surely this will cause some folks to completely freak out. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA ADVISORY EWTN to Televise Live Tridentine Mass Celebrated by … Read More →

And now for something completely different…. Folks, I do not enjoy parsing and "fisking" those cold reactions to the Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum.  As a matter of fact, this WDTPRS thing isn’t primarily about the older form of Mass.  However, … Read More →

I got a little blurb from Alcuin Reid who says he wrote a forward to a new book on celebrating the older Mass in its "Low Mass" version. If I can get a review copy, I will write on it.  … Read More →

I received this Press Release and want to give it some visibility: Online Multimedia Tutorial of the 1962 Catholic Latin Tridentine Mass 2007-08-17 By Rev. Scott Haynes, S.J.C. A new web site has been released  SanctaMissa.org For_Immediate_Release: CHICAGO, IL – … Read More →

The Archbishop of Seattle, Most Reverend Alex J Brunett, made a statement about the implementation of the Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum.  The letter was addressed to priests. What follows starts as a very smart, very theological approach to the Motu … Read More →

I am very grateful for the amazing response to this blog.  We have grown a great deal in the past few months. Thanks to all of you with blogs who are linking to WDTPRS.  You are very kind.  Solidarity! Traffic … Read More →

I received a very informative e-mail from GK, to whom I tip my biretta o{]:¬)   As a follow-up on the email I sent you about the guidelines on the usus extraordinarius issued by H.E. Msgr. Walter Mixa, Bishop of … Read More →

Here is a happy story from Burlington, VT about the celebration of the older form of Mass by His Excellency Most Reverend Salvatore Matano. There are video clips attached to news articles.  Very good!  Click here and here. Burlington, Vermont … Read More →

Last year on this day, in the Cathedral of Camden in New Jersey, I had the honor of delivering a sermon for the marvelous Solemn Mass with the 1962 Missale Romanum sponsored by His Excellency the Bishop and the Mater … Read More →

NOTA BENE: At the time this was written, the text of the Motu Proprio was still a little fluid in regards to “stable group” and so forth. I just got an amazing e-mail from a priest in Scotland (today seems … Read More →

I received this note via e-mail: Just letting you know that tonight (Feast of the Assumption) the Cardinal of St Andrews and Edinburgh in Scotland is presiding at the Tridentine Mass at the Church he allows the FSSP to use.  … Read More →

Back in the day, I did a patristiblogger series called The Patristic Rosary Project.  Some newcomers to the blog may not have seen it.  Here is a slightly modified review of my entry for the 4th Glorious Mystery, appropriate for … Read More →

Yesterday, which in the old calendar was the Vigil of the Assumption, was in the new calendar St. Maximillian Kolbe.   It is hard to know how those using the old calendar would celebrate the feast of St. Maximillian.  Some people, … Read More →

There was a very good audio piece on Vatican Radio concerning the older form of Mass and a conference to be held in the UK aiming to help priests to say the older form of Mass.  You might want to … Read More →

Here is a document issued by His Excellency Most Reverend Robert H. Brom, Bishop of San Diego, to the priests of that warm and sunny diocese.  It came with a very short cover letter and a summary of the Motu … Read More →

IMPORTANT UPDATE AND CLARIFICATION BELOW: I received this e-mail from a kind reader.  Slightly edited and with my emphases and comments. Dear Fr. Zuhlsdorf, Since 1989 the Archdiocese of Dublin has had Mass in the Extraordinary rite celebrated in a … Read More →