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Monthly Archives: July 2008
Under the Lambeth Big Top
Remember the imploding Anglicans? Here is an interesting piece from Ruth Gledhil of The Times: Lambeth Diary: Into the ‘Miry Pit’ of Chaos. It’s about a hundred degrees and getting hotter in the Big Top at Lambeth but the £1 … Read More
Ahhhh….!
I saw something tonight that was simply fabulous. A stark contrast to the disturbing movie I say today. An excerpt: [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrysoHULywY] NB: buckles.
Iconic documents
When I was in England last February, a friend who sometimes posts here did me the great favor of taking me to see, inter alia, Salisbury Cathedral. It was a wonderful experience. The Cathedral is, after all, one of the … Read More
WYD Sydney: “deathly retail silence”
You might remember that I posted a video about the economic impact, or lack thereof, on Sydney during the World Youth Day events. Over at Faith and Theology there is an interesting piece: A miracle on World Youth Day When … Read More
QUAERITUR: small shoulder capes on altar boys
I had this question from e-mail: Thank you for all your hard work with WDTPRS. Your posts and podcasts have educated me. I have a question I’m sure you can answer. This past Wed. I was at St. John Cantius … Read More
Boston Globe: another article on the invalid ordination of women
The other day I posted about the illicit, invalid attempt at ordaining women which was to take place in Boston. The Boston Globe reporter was, in my opinion, both sloppy and biased in his work. Today there is another article, … Read More
Transalpine Redemptorists: name change
Our alert friends at Rorate deserve a biretta tip o{]:¬) for catching that the "Transalpine Redemptorists", a traditional group recently reconciled with the Roman Pontiff and now in fuller communion with Rome, has changed their name. They are now the … Read More
SCHOLION: Benedict XVI’s closing sermon for WYD
Here is the text and audio for His Holiness sermon for the closing Mass of the WYD events in Sydney, Australia. My emphases and comments. Dear Friends, "You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you" (Acts 1:8). … Read More
South Ashford Priest reorders the sanctuary
Our friend South Ashford Priest, Fr. John Boyle, has alerted me to a fine renovation project going on at his parish Church ofSt. Simon. My emphases and comments. Sanctuary Reordering I know some readers are curious as to what has … Read More
PODCAzT 65: St. Ambrose “On mysteries”; Interview: Fr. Robert Pasley
Today we hear from St. Ambrose of Milan (+397) through his work De mysteriis, an excerpt of which was in today’s Office of Readings in the Liturgia horarum. Since I found that the Latin edition of the breviary had cut … Read More
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