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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: July 2008
Fr. Kocik’s suggestions for the ongoing “reform”
Over at our friends of the NLM, we find an interesting post in which Fr. Thomas Kocik muses about concrete things priests can do to help along the "reform of the reform" in light of the growing success of Summorum … Read More
PODCAzT 63: Fr. Z interviews Fr. Justin Nolan, FSSP; consecrated hands, Holy Communion and the Rite of Baptism
Today I have an interview with newly ordained Fr. Justin Nolan of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter, the FSSP. We talk about Summorum Pontificum, the Motu Proprio of Pope Benedict XVI which derestricted the use of the 1962 Missale … Read More
Blog to survey use of the 1962 Breviarium Romanum
A priest friend, Fr. Cusick, sent me a note saying that he started a blog … well… here are his words: Hi Fr Z! May I ask a small favor? I have launched a new blog to hi-lite and promote … Read More
Pope Benedict: another re-innovation?
I just noticed some interesting about His Holiness’s cassocks. Notice something about his sleeves? Not seeing anything interesting? Here is a detail. Maybe I simply missed it before, somewhere in the blogosphere, but it looks like the Holy Father has … Read More
UK Bishops considering priest bloggers?
First things first. Click here. Spike those stats! What is this about? A friend of mine in the UK who has the blog Mulier Fortis posted an interesting piece which deserves some thought. My emphases and comments. Bishops Contemplate A … Read More
NCRep: ‘No’ to women priests is definitive, Vatican consultor says
Here is an interesting piece from the ultra-lefty NCReporter. The original piece is in L’Avvenire, the daily of the Italian Bishops Conference (CEI) My emphases and the questions are also in bold: ‘No’ to women priests is definitive, Vatican consultor … Read More
QUAERITUR: concerning Notitiae and the 5th vol of the Liturgy of Hours
Recently I have had a couple questions which mention Notitiae. Notitiae is the official publication of the Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments. In Notitiae the Congregation publishes editorials, scholarly studies, new liturgical texts, reports of plenary … Read More
NCReporter: St. Louis Archdiocese videoed women’s ordination rite
Here is an interesting story from the ultra-lefty National Catholic Reporter. My emphases and comments. St. Louis Archdiocese videoed women’s ordination rite By Tom Fox, NCR Staff Published: July 9, 2008 Rabbi Susan [I still don’t understand the whole female … Read More
A word to biters of the consecrated hand
A friend just phoned to tell me about a discussion on a "trad" forum. I went there and read for a while. In this discussion some people were publicly bad mouthing priests who have been celebrating the TLM and denigrating … Read More
Quiet days
I have been have a few quite days away from the Sabine Farm at a retreat center with quite a few priest friends. It isn’t really a retreat, however. It is more like an informal conference. Each year we get … Read More
TheCavalierHatherly on ASK FATHER: How can we, as lay Catholics, pass on the Faith given heterodoxy coming from high places?: “Vatican II documents, recent encyclicals, witings, papal homilies, etc, all leave me with the same feeling as when I wake…”
