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YOUR RECENT COMMENTS
- Sportsfan on Some not Vatican news notes: “I heard a rumor that the Gower nuns may be expanding to Southwest Indiana. I hope it’s true.”
- on 13 May: St. Robert Bellarmine – Pray for us!: “Found a copy on eBay. Bought to read and then donate to our parish library.”
- on Some not Vatican news notes: “The monks at Benedictine are so much better than the nuns. They’ve learned to celebrate the TLM, and have it…”
- on Some Vatican news notes: “I’ll stick with our Lady on this one. Yes, when she chastises clerics of all levels it’s because they are…”
- on Some Vatican news notes: ““Conservative is one who clings to something” I guess poor St. Paul will now be cancelled: “Therefore, brothers, stand firm…”
- on Some not Vatican news notes: “Looks like a typical Canadian parish. No men, aging out. Heard of a parish here that had a gathering and…”
- on Some Vatican news notes: “Coincidentally I have just noticed the French say “pour vous et pour la multitude””
- on Some Vatican news notes: “Does pro multis mean for all ? NO, just as hoy polloy does not mean all. BUT they both mean…”
- on Some not Vatican news notes: “I wonder at what point in their 161-year history someone would first have ventured to make such a vague yet…”
- on Some Vatican news notes: ““Conservative is one who clings to something” – the Holy Father reminds me of Professor Quincy Adams Wagstaff’s response to…”
- on Some Vatican news notes: “I don’t understand. This new document now means that the Vatican will no longer definitively say if an apparition is…”
- on Some Vatican news notes: “Sigh. I’m so weary of this. I don’t care what Pope Francis thinks of me. I do care what Jesus…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1022: “laymen, vagabonds or dirty people”: “For those of you who are confused, the Northern European attitudes toward deportment in Church which we are accustomed to…”
- on Some Vatican news notes: “Well, how about the words of our Lady of La Salette? They’ll strongly disagree, I guess. And soon, very soon…”
- on Each day it is a little harder to recognize our world.: “The English Monarch is the head of Free Masonry. Free Masonry is all about the destruction of the Catholic Church.…”
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Monthly Archives: December 2008
QUAERITUR: I can sew, embroider, make – how do I make vestments?
From a reader. Perhaps some of you can help her: Hello Father Z, Before I call the parish office and volunteer, I wondered if you or your readers could recommend a reliable source on doing the fancy sewing for Mass … Read More
Fr. Dale Fushek excommunicated
I don’t know how many of you were at some point influenced by Life Teen, but one of its founders, Fr. Dale Fuscek, has been excommunicated. The Papist has the goods. From the Diocese of Phoenix website: December 15, … Read More
Christmas cards
Are you sending Christmas cards this year? Fewer? More?
Omaha
Thanks to the person from Omaha who watched the Z-cam.
playing with the theme again
Obviously, I am playing with the blog’s theme again. I am trying to solve the mystery of why, when I change to the new theme I am toying with, the stats won’t count via sitemeter. I might have solved it. … Read More
Greetings to NAC seminarians loging on
A special Advent greeting to the seminarians at the NAC, whom I see visiting with some frequency today!
QUAERITUR: antiphons during midday hours in new office
From a seminarian: I have a small but irksome question about the Divine Office. In the "new" Breviary, during this time in Advent there is but one antiphon, but three Psalms for the recitation of one of the Midday hours. … Read More
Ottawa’s Archbp. Prendergast lays down law on kneeling
From the Ottawa Citizen with my emphases and comments. Ottawa archbishop lays down law on kneeling [Huzzah!] Jennifer GreenThe Ottawa Citizen Wednesday, December 03, 2008 Ottawa’s archbishop has ordered all Catholics to conform in how they kneel during mass, despite widespread … Read More
UPDATE: Latin Mass Society about summer TLM training conference at Oxford
I received this from the Latin Mass Society about the status of the summer TLM training conference for priests at Oxford. PRESS RELEASE FROM THE LATIN MASS SOCIETY For Immediate Release 15 December 2008 * LMS Training Conference at Merton … Read More
Rose in Dunn, NC
The parish of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Dunn, NC the pastor Father Paul Parkerson used rose vestments, as is entirely natural, on Gaudete Sunday. So I was alerted by a reader.
QUAERITUR: Told I can’t receive on the tongue as a EMHC
From a reader: Dear Father, I am a student at a university, where I am an extraordinary minister of Holy Communion in the chaplaincy. I prefer to receive Holy Communion on the tongue. When commissioned by the previous chaplain, after … Read More
A seminarian reports: A Gaudete parish nightmare
From a seminarian (edited): Fr. Z, Please feel free to delete this & move on. I’m sure you receive many similar missives. For me …catharsis ..or I explode! I went to Mass for Gaudete Sunday at my local parish. I arrived … Read More
Question to WDTPRSers with Sling Box
Are there any readers out there who have a Sling Box set up and wouldn’t mind giving me some limited access?
QUAERITUR: Not genuflecting during Novus Ordo Mass when crossing tabernacle
From a reader: Could you comment on part of GIRM #274, specifically: "If, however, the tabernacle with the Most Blessed Sacrament is present in the sanctuary, the priest, the deacon, and the other ministers genuflect when they approach the altar and … Read More
A Gaudete question revisited: “Real priests wear ‘rosacea'”!
Today priests can wear "rose" vestments. Everyone knows this. But I do get questions about what shade of "rose" this is. What does "rose" mean? Today I said Mass with rose vestments and to use true rosacea. I am in … Read More
A response from the rector of Mount Angel Seminary about TLM training
I received the following, which in justice I am happy to post. It is a response to my entry about TLM training for seminarians at Mount Angel Seminary in Oregon. My emphases. Dear Fr. Zuhlsdorf, I would very much appreciate … Read More
Question to readers who know WordPress
It seems that when I change the wordpress theme, I lose my stats being counted through sitemeter etc. hmmm… any ideas?
D. of Metuchen – TLM report
From a reader: I saw the piece on the Dio. of Alt-J and TLM on your blog and it had me wondering if folks knew that in the Diocese of Metuchen, NJ we have a shrine chapel where TLM has … Read More
A nice Christmas note from an old priest
From a reader: From a beloved priest, almost 90 years old, almost blind, who has served missions in rural Kentucky and Arkansas all his life. He is only semi-retired and will on occasion happily celebrate the 1962 Mass when needed. … Read More
Playing with themes today
I am fiddling around with themes. Don’t freak out.
Sportsfan on Some not Vatican news notes: “I heard a rumor that the Gower nuns may be expanding to Southwest Indiana. I hope it’s true.”
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