"The great Father Zed, Archiblogopoios"
-
Fr. John Hunwicke
"Some 2 bit novus ordo cleric"
- Anonymous
"Rev. John Zuhlsdorf, a traditionalist blogger who has never shied from picking fights with priests, bishops or cardinals when liturgical abuses are concerned."
- Kractivism
"Father John Zuhlsdorf is a crank"
"Father Zuhlsdorf drives me crazy"
"the hate-filled Father John Zuhlsford" [sic]
"Father John Zuhlsdorf, the right wing priest who has a penchant for referring to NCR as the 'fishwrap'"
"Zuhlsdorf is an eccentric with no real consequences" -
HERE
- Michael Sean Winters
"Fr Z is a true phenomenon of the information age: a power blogger and a priest."
- Anna Arco
“Given that Rorate Coeli and Shea are mad at Fr. Z, I think it proves Fr. Z knows what he is doing and he is right.”
- Comment
"Let me be clear. Fr. Z is a shock jock, mostly. His readership is vast and touchy. They like to be provoked and react with speed and fury."
- Sam Rocha
"Father Z’s Blog is a bright star on a cloudy night."
- Comment
"A cross between Kung Fu Panda and Wolverine."
- Anonymous
Fr. Z is officially a hybrid of Gandalf and Obi-Wan XD
- Comment
Rev. John Zuhlsdorf, a scrappy blogger popular with the Catholic right.
- America Magazine
RC integralist who prays like an evangelical fundamentalist.
-Austen Ivereigh on
Twitter
[T]he even more mainline Catholic Fr. Z. blog.
-
Deus Ex Machina
“For me the saddest thing about Father Z’s blog is how cruel it is.... It’s astonishing to me that a priest could traffic in such cruelty and hatred.”
- Jesuit homosexualist James Martin to BuzzFeed
"Fr. Z's is one of the more cheerful blogs out there and he is careful about keeping the crazies out of his commboxes"
- Paul in comment at
1 Peter 5
"I am a Roman Catholic, in no small part, because of your blog.
I am a TLM-going Catholic, in no small part, because of your blog.
And I am in a state of grace today, in no small part, because of your blog."
- Tom in
comment
"Thank you for the delightful and edifying omnibus that is your blog."-
Reader comment.
"Fr. Z disgraces his priesthood as a grifter, a liar, and a bully. -
- Mark Shea
Yay! Go Mother Angelica!
I just love to see this. Maybe we are getting closer to EWTN having a daily Mass in the EF. BTW, Fr. Z. please take a look at Rorate Caeli. I just saw their most recent post detailing that our pro-life leaders are getting death threats. Just makes one think that the days of being able to pracitice your faith openly are over. Pray for us Blessed Mother now and at the Hour of our death. AMEN.
St John Cantius is very busy teaching the TLM. They celebrate a beautiful TLM (& NO ad orientum). The most beautiful thing this side of heaven!
TLM Mass at 12:30PM on Sunday, followed by vespers at 2PM. Check their website for full schedule.
Thanks for posting!
Fr. Joseph has always struck me as a holy priest and a genuine human being. He appears to be quite competent. He seems to be without guile. I think he’s a good choice for this.
I knew Fr. Joseph back from before he was a Priest. Even then there was something special about him, you couldn’t find a better person.
Hmm. Franciscans wearing surplices. That’s harder to arrange than you care to imagine…
This is very good news. I was wondering when–if at all–when they were going to begin learning the Tridentine Mass. All of the Masses they’ve shown on EWTN so far, the Friars have been seen sitting out in the congregation, looking awkward. Anyway, a great step forward. As Sam O said, we hope this means we’ll be seeing Extraordinary Masses on EWTN more frequently.
This community has never gown very much since it was founded, and has had a huge attrition rate. They never have had more than 5-6 priests at one time, and several have left over the years. Fr Francis Mary Stone leaving this year was a shocker.
I think they have always been lacking the anchor of Catholic tradition, most perfectly expressed in the Tridentine Latin Mass. A reverent NO is okay, but it’s still supremely lacking compared to the TLM.
Now, perhaps this community might stabilize, and start to grow.
Despite their great reputation, they’ve never been able to get much past 18-20 members. Maybe this will begin to change.
Yet again another example of EWTN getting it right. Their influence is huge – having the EF on EWTN will be a massive advance in its revival. At the moment, few Catholics have assisted at a TLM and they don’t ask for what they don’t know. All this could change dramatically once the airwaves are showing it regularly.
I heard a rumour as well that EWTN in conjunction with SJC
is going to do a TV series on the mass
bridging old and new.
if so, can’t wait!
The attrition rate is sad. Perhaps it is because the mission of the order does not offer the variety of parish life, changes in location etc. I hope any issues can be resovled.
I think that most of the programming is created or planned by lay broadcasting experts. One of Mother Angelica’s many strengths is a willingness to seek outside expert advice when it was needed. Mother Angelica then actually listens to the expert advice.
An EWTN/SJC tv series???!?! Bnogle, I hope you’re right! I’m an SJC parishioner & can’t say enough nice things about it. I’d love it if this parish could be shared with everyone.
I will be so happy and feel so blessed when we(shut ins) can at last have the ‘Gregorian Rite'(TLM) televised on EWTN on a daily basis,most of us old timers still have our Missals,(I have four)and will be able to pray the Mass with Father. I thank God for Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre.