Just a quick note of farewell and thanks to a priest blogger, Fr. John Boyle of South Ashford Priest.
He has decided to end his blog.
So long for now, Father, and thanks!
Fr. Z’s Podcasts RSS Feed
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
YOUR RECENT COMMENTS
- on UPDATE AND THANKS: “Thank you for the update Father, glad to hear this and thank you God for protecting ‘Momma Z’! LOL! Further…”
- on Rome 24/10 – Day 11: ‘shrooms: “Fr. Z thank you for all of your columns! Did you know that the daily chess quiz has not been…”
- on UPDATE AND THANKS: “Your mother is in my prayers daily. I’m glad her house was saved and she was OK. Prayers work for…”
- on Rome 24/10 – Day 11: ‘shrooms: “NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others. In London at…”
- on Rome 24/10 – Day 10: She saw the list: “I have heard the Northern Lights can be seen in Florida tonight, Praying for Mama Z!”
- on Prayer Request – Florida and mom: “Please God help all in the southeastern US, and creatures as well, so much suffering. I was edified by the…”
- on Prayer Request – Florida and mom: “Prayers for your mother, and everyone one else affected by the storm. I’d like to say something about the Procession…”
- on Prayer Request – Florida and mom: “Praying! I pray Mother Z is ok and remains so. Praying for my brother and his kin who are also…”
- on Rome 24/10 – Day 10: She saw the list: “Have been praying, Father, since the other recent hurricane. Florida has a special place in my heart after living in…”
- on Prayer Request – Florida and mom: “Father, I pray that your mother is safe and sound. I’ve been checking on my sister and BIL across the…”
- on Rome 24/10 – Day 10: She saw the list: “Prayers for your mom’s safety and well-being, Fr. Z. St. Raphael the Archangel, pray for her, watch over her.”
ABORTION PILL RESCUE NETWORK
Everyone, work to get this into your parish bulletins and diocesan papers.
Federated Computer… your safe and private alternative to big biz corporations that hate us while taking our money and mining our data. Have an online presence large or small? Catholic DIOCESE? Cottage industry? See what Federated has to offer. Save money and gain peace of mind.
I am an affiliate. Click and join or at least explore! If you join, I’ll get credit.
Polls
Loading ...Nice people. Great chess stuff!
Donate using VENMO
GREAT BEER from Traditional Benedictine Monks in Italy
CLICK and say your daily offerings!
A Daily Prayer for Priests
NEW OPPORTUNITY – 10% off with code: FATHERZ10
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
651-447-6265
This REALLY helps! And it’s great coffee (and tea)
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. Zelle and Wise are better, but PayPal is convenient.
A monthly subscription donation means I have steady income I can plan on. I put you my list of benefactors for whom I pray and for whom I often 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...
To donate monthly I prefer Zelle because it doesn't extract fees. Use
frz AT wdtprs DOT comBe a “Zed-Head”!
PLEASE RESPOND. Pretty pleeeease?
Loading ...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!
Loading ...
Well, it was a pleasure reading him whilst it lasted. :)
That was sudden! I was following a link back to your “Spiritual Mothers of Priests” when I got the “Blog has been removed” screen. I first thought it was accidental, then that he had been ordered to shut up. Since the first guess was wrong, I hope the second one is also wrong.
Well, if he was ordered to shut up then I would fear for “his hermeneuticalness” who, after all, is in the same diocese.
I doubt he was ordered to stop though. Bishops generally aren’t that stupid. Well, some are!
Just to clarify: not accidental and not under orders. Just a view I took that I should take a break – at least for a while – and the only way of ensuring I did that was to delete. Thanks to all who visited, read,commented, linked etc.
Let’s not indulge in speculation.
Fr. chose himself to shut it down for his own reasons.
And I can sympathize.
Sometimes the only way to take a break is to take a clean break!
God bless and thanks for sharing all that you did, while you did. I wish you could have left your posts up for archive purposes, but I can understand how tempting it would be to begin posting again.
It’s great when priests can give of their time on the web. People in parishes and dioceses that are lacking in orthodoxy benefit the most from witnessing what other priests are doing. Ultimately, I think it also helps seminarians and young people discerning to see that traditional and orthodox-minded priests are not like the nutty aunt in the closet, and are a reality. It’s inspiring.
But, each has to follow their heart to where God leads them and I am grateful for the time you have given to the cyber-flock.
Dear South Ashford Priest
I wish at least that you would make your blog posts before the shut down available. I have relied on you for much wisdom.
God Bless you for all you have done so far
That’s where he’s gone! I just tried to look at his blog and it had disappeared.
Father, you will be missed.
If you do some Google searching and click on “cache” at the results, or use archive.org, you can find some of the old posts from South Ashford Priest.