Daily Archives: 3 February 2008

The UK trip continues

This evening took me away from Fr. Finigan’s place down to the coast and Brighton, where Fr. Blake is pastor at St. Mary Magdalen parish.  I came in on the late side, but we dashed out to a fine Chinese … Read More

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Fr. Z asks a favor

Please go to this site… maybe even twice… just please go right now.

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Fr. Z asks a question based on McBrien’s praise of Marini

I posted Fr. McBrien’s panegyric of Archbp. Marini here. McBrien’s piece raises a question for me. Consider what he says: What they oppose is the de-clericalization of the liturgy. In their minds, the Church is identical with the hierarchy and … Read More

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Richard McBrien praises Archbp. Marini’s book: the usual cliches

On the website of Card. Mahony’s newpaper, The Tidings, there is a piece by Fr. Richard McBrien (inexplicably still teaching at Notre Dame University) about the book that recently came out under the name of Archbishop Piero Marini. Shall we … Read More

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WDTPRS: Quinquagesima

Here is a sample of what I write in The Wanderer each week (some of the format was lost in pasting it over here, but I am too lazy to put it back in): What Does the Prayer Really Say?   … Read More

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