Monthly Archives: March 2009

Morse SMS

I think there should be an app for creating and sending SMSs on an iPhone using Morse code so that they will still be text when the other person gets them. Someone should clasp this Morse idea to their bosom … Read More

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Reform of royal succession

Apparently there has been some discussion of reform of royal succession in England.

Posted in Brick by Brick, The future and our choices |
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Books we should have read

What books do you think absolutely must be read, preferably before graduating from High School, or at least college… or before death? Maybe I can eventually turn this into a POLL.  I will start with some books as they occur … Read More

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The seeds of our destruction

Does the weather ever affect your plans? That picnic or ballgame was ruined because an unexpected squall surprised you.  A snow storm was worse than predicted and you had problems getting around.  Hurricane?  People went to the stores and hoarded … Read More

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Is the Obama Administration pressuring the Holy See to slience Archbp. Burke?

I found this on The Catholic Thing.   Context: Archbp. Burke recently made clear statements in an interview about pro-abortion Catholic politicians and Holy Communion. It is written by Austin Ruse, "President of the New York and Washington, D.C.-based Catholic Family … Read More

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A new Missale Romanum in the works?

People are writing to ask if I have heard anything about a new Missale Romanum which would include both uses of the Roman Rite and also shift elements of the Novus Ordo toward the older form. Yes.  I have heard … Read More

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A new edition of documents of Vatican II

I have often thought that we could use a new, better, edition in English of the Documents of Vatican II.  We need a better translation with a good commentary, through a hermeneutic of continuity. A reader sent this: Proposed New … Read More

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Bp. Olmstead to Fr. Jenkins: “the grave mistake of your decision”

I received word that His Excellency Most Reverend Thomas Olmstead, Bishop of Phoenix, wrote an e-mail to the President of the University of Notre Shame, Fr. Jenkins, to remind him of the USCCB position on giving people who defy fundamental … Read More

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An instruction on new digital world coming?

Pope Benedict in his Letter to bishops about the lifting of the SSPX excommunications, stressed how they dropped the ball on the internet and how the Holy See had to make better use of this important tool. I was alerted … Read More

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How about some good news?

There is enough terrible new for us to gnash and fret about. How about some of your good news?

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MartRom 25 March: The Good Thief

I almost forget… today is the feast day of the Good Thief. In the 2005 Martyrologium Romanum. 2. Commemoratio sancti latronis, qui, in cruce Christum confessus, ab eo meruit audire: «Hodie mecum eris in paradiso». I find it quite appropriate … Read More

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Honey and/or vinegar

I have seen comments from people, here and elsewhere, that Bishop D’Arcy of Fort Wayne and South Bend should hammer the Univ. of Notre Dame, suspend right and left, lay waste on all sides. Why is it that people think … Read More

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Where have you gone, Hank Greenberg…

Lot’s of people are sending me notes about the MLB decision to have the Tiger’s home opener on Good Friday. Yes… we are all irritated. This comes up nearly every year, which shows that… MLB doesn’t give a damn about … Read More

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Notre Shame

Catholic Cartoon  

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Ineffable consolation from the mouths of babes

From a reader: Dear Father Z., I am a ninth grade English teacher in a public school (out of 110 students, I have only 17 who are Catholic) who gives twenty vocabulary words to my students each week.  On Mondays … Read More

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Students at U. Notre Dame issue a statement

You might want to check this. A group of student organizations have issued a statement about the upcoming commencement at the University of Notre Dame, including Notre Dame Right to LifeThe Irish Rover Student NewspaperNotre Dame College RepublicansThe University of … Read More

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A question about the Prayer Vigil at Notre Dame Univ.

I understand that there is to be a prayer vigil at the University of Notre Dame as a kind of reparation for the choice to invite one who is the world’s greatest defender and proponent of abortion – who coincidently … Read More

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The upcoming SSPX ordinations: observations

A couple observations about the March SSPX ordination madness presently in course. As you may know, some time ago the superior of the SSPX in Germany, Fr. Franz Schmidberger accused the German bishops of rejecting papal authority.  I find that … Read More

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Oh me-o O my-o, Toledo TLM

His Excellency, the Most Reverend Leonard Blair, Bishop of Toledo, visited St. Joseph’s Church in Toledo and presided at the Extraordinary Form of the Mass on February 22nd, 2009.

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More SSPX March ordination madness

A kind reader sent this: My translation of the main part of the article on kath.net regarding the reaction of the German Bishop’s Conference to the statement of Mgr. Fellay on the relocation of the ordinations next Saturday: The Society of … Read More

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