"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'"
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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."-
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- Mark Shea
I loved Aylesford! I visited there in 1997, when I was still in the Secular Discalced Carmelites. The railway station in the village was the smallest I had ever seen, and I had to hike uphill in order to reach the shrine. I met Fr. Denis, one of the friars on the staff-had my picture taken with him, and I was wearing my Third Order scapular. I sat in on their Third Order O.Carm meeting, and the members were very welcoming. I attended Mass with them in one of the chapels…and I’ll always remember the tune of the hymn ‘Faith of Our Fathers’…it was the same as the theme of the British sitcom, ‘Bless Me, Father’! I nearly died laughing when I heard that! The lay head of the TO community, a native of Eltham-the birthplace of Bob Hope, BTW-drove me in his car to the station in that town so I could catch
the train back to London [I had a BritRail pass-best thing an American can get if they’re traveling on their own, as I always did!]. I had a wonderful time that day!
St. Simon Stock – one of those saints one never hears as much about as some others. Your post coaxed me to do a little reading-up on him – an impressive story, indeed. Any particular insights on him, Father?
I have a bit of a personal soft spot for him (for his name, at least), as my parents were married in a parish of which he was the patron.
Thank you for this picture, Father. St. Simon Stock is doubly special to me. I am a Secular Carmelite (who’s not likely to make it to Aylesford). And my Carmelite community was founded on his feast day (May 16) in 1993.
Black Swans!
Must be a gift from Perth
I think I took pictures of the birds in the pond when I was there in 1997!
Cool looking, those swans! Hope you didn’t get too close-they like to snap!
St. John of the Cross mentions swans in his ‘Spiritual Canticle’ [I think]…
Half hour further down the M20 and you would have been in my parish. You’re welcome anytime! The parish is in the Canterbury deanery too. Great to see you at the Jubilee and thanks for publicising my new blog.