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Daily Archives: 10 April 2008
QUAERITUR: permanent deacons and the TLM
I got this question via e-mail. I have treated it here on the blog a couple time already but it bears a review. Dear Father, I am a seminarian and I have a quick question that I would like … Read More
Knoxville, TN: First Solemn Latin Mass in Decades
Frequent reader/commentor Henry sent the following: Knoxville Catholics’ First Solemn Latin Mass in Decades At 2 pm on Sunday, April 20 at Knoxville’s historic Holy Ghost Catholic Church — currently celebrating its centennial — area Catholics will enjoy the city’s … Read More
QUAERITUR: attending an SSPX on a Sunday – obligation fulfilled?
I got a question via e-mail: I have very close friends who attend the SSPX masses. They have invited me to attend the confirmation of one of their children in St Mary Kansas. If I go I will be there … Read More
UPDATE: Celebrating ad orientem: “I am not the focus of attention”
A while back I posted that Fr. Dwight who has a blog Standing on my head, has begun celebrating Holy Mass ad orientem. I was hoping for updates. I have one. This is on his blog: After celebrating Mass facing … Read More
A KC priest on Denver’s new Auxilary: “This is huge!”
I got this note from a very fine priest I met at the Kansas City blognic: I am sure that you have heard about the new bishops named early this morning. [I sure have!] Msgr. Conley, currently of the Diocese of … Read More
The Four Last Things
When I am not parsing posts or Latin verbs, when I am not hacking through paragraphs of Ambrose, when I am not at my oraisons, I sometimes am reading… … SAVAGE CHICKENS. I was catching up on a few recent … Read More
Surprise!
I always enjoy the sight of the FedEx truck coming up the driveway. Who knows what it’ll be this time? This time I received a mysterious box. "What on earth could this be?", quoth I. On further inspection I noticed … Read More
Nun saves burning man with her habit
With a tip of the biretta to the Shrine o{]:¬) Nun saves burning man with her habit Apr 8 2008 A NUN saved a burning man from death by jumping on him – then smothering the flames with her habit. … Read More
Holy Father’s upcoming prayer at Ground Zero
The booklet with all the services for the Pope’s USA trip is available. (There is an appendix in the back with prayers in Latin, btw.) This caught my eye: O God of love, compassion, and healing,look on us, people of … Read More
Fr. Trigilio on a tear! And he may be right!
I found a pretty good blast over at The Black Biretta where my esteemed colleague Fr. John Trigilio has something to say about what we might expect during upcoming media coverage of Benedict XVI’s apostolic visit to the Land of … Read More
CarthagoDelendaEst on ASK FATHER: Why did dioceses stop using the word, “the” before words like “priesthood”, “Eucharist, or “Church?: “O God, Who bestowed the definite article upon the peoples of the earth, for the two-fold purpose of clarity and…”
