"The great Father Zed, Archiblogopoios"
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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" -
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- 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.
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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
The Basillica of the Immaculate Conception in Waterbury, CT has been designated as a place to recieve this indulgence. It is also has a TLM every Sunday night at 6pm. During the week, the Sacrament of Reconcilliation is available to the faithful for many hours of the day, as is several Masses every day. It is truly a treasure and great blessing for the faithful in this part of Connecticut.
I received the indulgence for the year of St. Paul at Westminster Cathedral, London in February (I think it was February). I was up in London visiting a friend and needed to go to confession. The priest in the confessional told me about the indulgence. He also told me that I would need to receive communion there within a week to receive the indulgence and so as there was Mass a few minutes after confessions ended I went to Mass right after. A most fortunate occasion.
Our Lady of Czestochowa church in Turner’s Falls (Western MA) is one such church.
Our Lady of Cz?stochowa Church has been named a Pilgrimage site where all Catholics can receive the Jubilee Indulgence for the Year of St. Paul. Pope Benedict XVI declared the Jubilee Year in honor of the 2000th Anniversary of the birth of St. Paul. The year runs through July 29, 2009.
Catholics who visit our parish church, carry out an act of devotion in honor of St. Paul, and fulfill the usual conditions required for obtaining an indulgence will be able to gain a Plenary Indulgence once a day for themselves or for a soul in Purgatory. (The conditions for obtaining an indulgence are: reception of confession (traditionally 8 days) prior to or following the devotional act; reception of Holy Communion; prayer for the Holy Father’s intentions and a sincere effort to eliminate all attachment to sin.) Please note that we have a statue of St. Paul on our altar to your left of the icon of Our Lady of Cz?stochowa and also know that there are prayers available to St. Paul attached to the kneeler in front of the altar.
Our Lady of Czestochowa
MOUNT AIRY – Holy Angels Church, 1208 North Main Street, zip 27030:
Special Mass celebrating the conclusion of the Pauline Year, Monday, 29 June 2009, 630 pm, The Solemnity of Peter and Paul, Missa Cantata.
Phone (336) 786-8147
hac_mta@yahoo.com
Diocese of Charlotte (Fr Eric Kowalski)
In order to gain the plenary indulgence, the faithful must “take part devoutly in a sacred function or in a pious public exercise in honour of the Apostle to the Gentiles” (si sacrae functioni vel pio exercitio in honorem Apostoli Gentium publice peractis devote interfuerint).
I presume that the Directory on Popular Piety and the Liturgy (2001), n. 7, and Sacrosanctum Concilium, n. 13, provide useful guidelines for what pious exercises are and are not. They are not sacred liturgy, but, presumably for purposes of gaining a plenary indulgence, they must be “celebrated according to lawfully approved customs or books.”
What are the bare minimum requirements for a pious exercise that is publicly carried out? Can any two lay faithful accomplish this? Would reciting the collect of the solemnity of the Conversion of St. Paul or of Saints Peter and Paul suffice?
And regarding sacred functions, if a layman by himself prays an hour of the Office of the Conversion of St. Paul as a votive office, is this a sacred function publicly carried out?