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Monthly Archives: February 2009
CUA: Lecture on liturgy – Thursday 12 Feb
WHAT: CUA Lecture: "Which Liturgy Is the Church’s Liturgy"? WHEN: 4:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 12WHERE: The Catholic University of AmericaEdward J. Pryzbyla University Center, Great Room620 Michigan Ave., N.E.Washington, D.C. DETAILS: Monsignor Kevin W. Irwin, dean and Walter J. Schmitz … Read More
QUAERITUR: young people, music, Mass and entertainment
From a reader: In my experience when Masses are celebrated with a children’s choir or a teen band it seems that the focus of the Liturgy shifts from the Sacrifice of the Mass to the children that are singing or … Read More
Preparing for a yearly Triduum controversy
Brace yourselves. In the week’s ahead, as we move into Lent, enemies of the Pope will no doubt remember that he changed the Good Friday prayer for Jews in the 1962MR. Then the whole anti-Jewish thing will have another round … Read More
QUAERITUR: Easter Sunday Mass during two weeks early
From a reader: According to a good friend of mine at Notre Dame, the Basilica of the Sacred Heart will be celebrating Easter Mass two weeks before Easter, so that it can be taped and broadcast on NBC on Easter … Read More
The Pope or the Party? Bad News from China
The always interesting Sandro Magister presents us with a piece on the Church in China. I am sure you will be shocked that the "openness" of the Olympic facade might not have been entirely genuine. Let’s have a look with … Read More
A Lenten meal idea: eggplant
Last night I made melanzane alla parmigiana, that’s eggplant. I found eggplant on sale for $1.39 each and thought I could get a couple meals out of them. I also wanted to see how fast I could put it together. … Read More
Paglia: pols as dump dogs and the fairness doctrine
From Camille Paglia‘s latest: Money by the barrelful, by the truckload. Mountains of money, heaped like gassy pyramids in the national dump. Scrounging packs of politicos, snapping, snarling and sending green bills flying sky-high as they root through the tangled … Read More
POLL: your wheels
How do you get around? I am guessing that most of you readers have a car. There may be some of you who don’t. Perhaps you prefer a bicycle or public transport. Perhaps it is not so much your car … Read More
Angry! Disgusted! ARRRRRRRCH – – GAAH .. *cough
As a proof of the end times… are there any commercials more intellectually and morally offensive on in the USA right now than the stupid Valentine’s Day teddy bear and p.j. commercials? I could KILL! "But Father! But Father!" you … Read More
Canadian MP asks Parliament to instruct Pope Benedict
I was alerted to this on Vox Cantor … (vox… cantoris maybe?) by a reader. A Canadian Parliament member, Charles Joseph Angus (Timmins-James Bay) used his time speaking to promote himself from back-bencher to Pope-basher. His qualifications as a member … Read More
ajf1984 on Catholics must read the entire Tradition in light of the Council in order to remain within the Church.: “Shoot, and here I was interpreting everything in the long history of the Church through the lens of Second Lyon.…”
