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“This blog is like a fusion of the Baroque ‘salon’ with its well-tuned harpsichord around which polite society gathered for entertainment and edification and, on the other hand, a Wild West “saloon” with its out-of-tune piano and swinging doors, where everyone has a gun and something to say. Nevertheless, we try to point our discussions back to what it is to be Catholic in this increasingly difficult age, to love God, and how to get to heaven.” – Fr. Z
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Monthly Archives: August 2007
Calling Fr. Z’s Voicemail
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.
People ask for older Mass. Pastor says , “No.” Bulletin comments against the older form of Mass.
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
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Diocese of Gaylord: Clarification about obligation to use English
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
EWTN: Live “Tridentine” Mass on 14 September
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
Archd. of St. Louis: Two rural parishes planning to begin weekly Latin Mass in fall
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
Book Alert: A Guide to the Celebration of Low Mass
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
A Press Release: SanctaMissa.org
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
Archbishop of Seattle’s elegantly harsh stand on the Motu Proprio
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
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Some housekeeping
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
Bishop of Augsburg very encouraging about older use of Roman Rite
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
Gregg the Obscure on St. Peter’s Basilica… Archpriest Card. Gambetti is out. Who will be next?: “my late mother-in-law, God rest her soul, was fond of saying “when i first saw a policeman younger than me,…”
