About this blog…
“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
Coat of Arms by D Burkart
This REALLY helps! And it’s great coffee (and tea)
Polls
Loading ...Donate using VENMO
CLICK and say your daily offerings!
A Daily Prayer for Priests
Do you have a faithful Catholic website that needs competent and reliable tech support?
Fr. Z’s VOICEMAIL
Nota bene: I do not answer these numbers or this Skype address. You won't get me "live". I check for messages regularly.
WDTPRS
020 8133 4535
651-447-6265YOUR RECENT COMMENTS
Julia_Augusta on Daily Rome Shot 236: “Dear Father Z, Just arrived in Rome today and went to Santa Cecilia in Trastevere where a Benedictine nun was…”
on “Blessed are the PACE makers.” Make A Plan for Family Communications:: “acardnal: What a find that site was, huh? I don’t even remember how I originally came across it. I recently…”
on “Blessed are the PACE makers.” Make A Plan for Family Communications:: “YouCanCallMeBetty: Audio Sancto. Wow! I used to go there all the time to listen to Christian material. Is it still…”
on “Blessed are the PACE makers.” Make A Plan for Family Communications:: “I think less of preparing for TEOTWAWKI (at least in physical rather than spiritual terms) and more for shorter term…”
on 2 August: St. Alphonsus Liguori, Doctor “Zelantissimus” … who bilocated: “I write this after reading a letter from the desk of our pastor delivering the sting of a holy devotion…”
on “Blessed are the PACE makers.” Make A Plan for Family Communications:: “I watched the video and it’s a bit overwhelming. How much can we really prepare and how do we know…”
on Fr. Angel Sotelo – RIP: “Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord, and perpetual light shine upon him.”
on “Blessed are the PACE makers.” Make A Plan for Family Communications:: “Stay charged up and confessed.”
on Your Sunday Sermon Notes: 10th Sunday after Pentecost (18th Ordinary – N.O.): “Overflow attendance yesterday at the weekly TLM which is held at the parish church administered by the Norbertines in the…”
on Daily Rome Shot 235: “Santa Maria dei Miracoli, Our Lady of Miracles, twin Church to Santa Maria in Monte Santo, at Piazza del Popolo.…”
on 2 August: St. Alphonsus Liguori, Doctor “Zelantissimus” … who bilocated: “I was deeply moved when I first read his letters to young people discerning a vocation. This is the most…”
on Fr. Angel Sotelo – RIP: “Saddened at the loss of Fr. Sotelo. I met him in these very comment boxes. He didn’t hesitate to take…”
I use this when I travel both in these USA and abroad. Very useful. Fast enough for Zoom. I connect my DMR (ham radio) through it. If you use my link, they give me more data. A GREAT back up.
This blog has to earn its keep!
PLEASE subscribe via PayPal if it is useful.
That way I have steady income I can plan on, and you wind up regularly on my list of benefactors for whom I pray and for whom I periodically say Holy Mass.
In view of the rapidly changing challenges I now face, I would like to add more $10/month subscribers. Will you please help?
For a one time donation...
Yes, Fr. Z is taking ads…
Be a “Zed-Head”!
CHALLENGE COINS!
My "challenge coin" for my 25th anniversary of ordination in 2016.
Want one? I do exchanges with military and LEOs, etc.
PLEASE RESPOND. Pretty pleeeease?
Loading ...This is really useful when travelling… and also when you aren’t and you need backup internet NOW! I use this for my DMR “Zednet” hotspot when I’m mobile. It’s a ham radio thing.
If you travel internationally, this is a super useful gizmo for your mobile internet data. I use one. If you get one through my link, I get data rewards.
WDTPRS POLL
Loading ...Fr. Z’s stuff is everywhere
Help support Fr. Z’s Gospel of Life work at no cost to you. Do you need a Real Estate Agent? Calling these people is the FIRST thing you should do!
They find you a pro-life agent in your area who commits to giving a portion of the fee to a pro-life group!
GREAT causes to support
Help Monks in Wyoming (coffee – UPDATED LINK) and Norcia (beer) and the wonderful "Soap Sisters" of Summit, NJ!
Please follow me on Twitter!
Daily Archives: 1 October 2008
Ven. John Henry Newman to lie in state before beatification
I received this: BIRMINGHAM – 1 October 2008 – 380 words Cardinal Newman Lying-in-State and Reinterment Mass Statement by Peter Jennings, Press Secretary to the Fathers of the Birmingham Oratory and for the Cause of the Beatification and Canonisation of … Read More
24-27 October: Kansas City, MO
I head to Kansas City, MO where the church, Old St. Patrick will be made truly "up to date" by its consecration with the older, traditional Pontificale Romanum. The great Bp. Robert Finn will take Old St. Patrick "just about … Read More
17-27 October: Berlin, NJ, Philly, PA, Anapolis, MD
I will be heading to Mater Ecclesiae for their 40 Hours Devotion 17-19 October. Fr. Pasley and I will hit the road for a bit, to visit a few places in the area. We may wind up in the area … Read More
Bp. Finn of Kansas City, MO, on the Freedom of Choice Act
Catholic Key alerts us to a new offering by the great Bp. Robert Finn of Kansas City – St. Joseph. I admire this bishop more and more. More on this later, but here it is with my emphases. Freedom of … Read More
Great video interview with Archbp. Chaput of Denver
You will want to watch the interview with His Excellency Most Reverend Charles Chaput, Archbishop of Denver which is to be found on the site of the Hoover Institute. Archbishop Chaput discusses the scandal caused by Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) … Read More
QUAERITUR: When will the Pope say the TLM in public?
By a reader it is asked: I’m betting somebody has already asked this, but do you think the Holy Father will ever offer Mass in the Extraordinary Form? It’s been well over a year since the Motu Proprio has come … Read More
Where’s the encyclical?
AmericanPapist made a good catch today: Pope’s next encyclical delayed until April 2009?!That’s what it now says on Amazon. Que pasa? The encyclical in question is Caritas in Veritate or "Love in Truth" And I bet I know what … Read More
More on garum
The Cranky Professor has a good post tying into our investigation of an ancient Roman recipe. He deals with the dating of the Vesuvius eruption and.. garum! mmmmm…. garummmmm Garum, made from fermenting fish in saltwater, was basically the ketchup … Read More
VIDEO: Lead in to Papacy of Reason DVD
Yesterday I posted that I was watching my DVD Papacy of Reason: Inside the Mind of Benedict XVI. I posted a clip wherein liturgy is discussed. Lot’s of you looked at that clip! Here is the intro section, just to … Read More
I’m just askin’…
Why is Gwen Ifill to be the moderator of the Palin-Biden VP debate? Gwen Ifill has written a highly favorable book about Sen. Obama, Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama. The release of the book is 20 … Read More
Sabine Spaghetti Supper
I am still working on the pork roast, but last night, hungry, I added some pasta. I made a sauce from things grown here in the Sabine garden. You can see my sweet and small hot peppers, garlic, tomatoes, basil, … Read More
Benedict XVI’s popular new traditionalism
I tried to figure out how to make cuts in this, but it is all so good that I think you should read it in its entirety. This is long, but it is good and closely argued. You have to … Read More
Vatican Gendarmerie joins Interpol – SCV a security hot spot
You heard, I am sure, about the Vatican Gendarmerie joining Interpol. There is a ZENIT story about this. There is more to this than meets the eye. For the last year or so the Secretariat of State has been preferring … Read More
Archbp. Betori and Msgr. Perl: very different interpretations
I have to put this up in Italian for now, because I am simply stunned. The intrepid Andrea Tornielli is all over this one. There are some serious problems in Italy concerning respect for and implementation of the provisions of … Read More
QUAERITUR: heading off the altar girls
Here we go again. I got a question from a reader: As I greatly enjoy cooking, your last few posts have been a treat! Thank you for your blog and its plethora of liturgical and culinary delights. [O]ur pastor is … Read More
Guardini’s influence on Ratzinger
There are those who hesitate to praise the work of Romano Guardini, a titanic figure in the Liturgical Movement of last century. He is sometimes looked at as being too close to the Beauduin camp. But his influence is indisputable … Read More
Archbp. Vlazny rebukes Catholic pro-abortion Gov. Kulongoski (D-OR)
Bishops far and wide are getting involved this year. My emphases and comments added to this article from the OregonLive.com. Archbishop takes Gov. Kulongoski to task over abortion-rights event by Dave Hogan, The Oregonian Tuesday September 30, 2008, 10:22 PM … Read More
4 Oct – Griswold, CT: TLM – Missa Cantata
A reader sent this: MISSA CANTATA(Usus Antiquior, 1962 Missal) Solemnity of Our Holy Father St. Francis(Seraphic Patriarch) Saturday, October 4, 2008 7:00 pm Marian Friary of Our Lady of Guadalupe 199 Colonel Brown Rd.Griswold, CT 06351
