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Monthly Archives: August 2011
Tinker with prayers and you tinker with our Faith.
The excellent Fr. Kirby found some interesting which he posted on his excellent blog Vultus Christi. Because what he was looking at is in my bailiwick, I represent it here: The Modification of a Collect A few days ago, on … Read More
15 August: Solemn TLM at St. Peter the Apostle Church (Shrine of St. John Neumann) in Philadelphia!
I post this on behalf of my good friend the great Fr. Robert Pasley, who reigns gloriously at Mater Ecclesiae in Berlin, NJ. Each year they have a great celebration for the Feast of the Assumption. Here is this year’s … Read More
Happy Birthday to Bishop….
Happy Birthday to Bp. Edward Slattery of Tulsa, OK! His Excellency turned 71. We have featured His Excellency on this blog several times. None, however, was more memorable than his stunning sermon at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in … Read More
Isn’t Croatia famous for Crystal?
I was struck by a couple of stories on CNA, about the ownership of churches. First, there is a fight over a monastery in Croatia. Vatican City, Aug 11, 2011 / 11:54 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Vatican says it is … Read More
Posted in Lighter fare
Tagged Bp. Brown, Crystal Cathedral, D. Orange, D. Porec and Pula
15 Comments
15 Comments
Thanks to NCFishwrap for something! (Just for today, okay?)
This may shock you, but I don’t like the National Catholic Reporter… aka Fishwrap. Better… I don’t like what they do, what they write, what they print. I like my friend the nearly ubiquitous John Allen, but… for the rest … Read More
Posted in Just Too Cool, Lighter fare
Tagged Alexander IV, Fishwrap, Gerelyn Hollingsworth, St. Clare of Assisi
20 Comments
20 Comments
Silence… silence… please, God, more silence! Fr. Z rants.
I just sent in a column for The Wanderer. Here is the first part of what I offered this week. In his General Audience of 10 August, Pope Benedict spoke about monastic silence, beauty and prayer. He said, Silence is … Read More
Waiting for Zagano
For some time now I have been getting emails and phone calls from friends with reports that someone who writes for the National Catholic Reporter aka Fishwrap, Phyllis Zagano, has been sniffing around looking for dirt about me. Zagano hasn’t … Read More
Posted in "But Father! But Father!", Brick by Brick, Lighter fare, Non Nobis and Te Deum, Our Catholic Identity, The Drill, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice, Throwing a Nutty, What Fr. Z is up to
Tagged Bp. Finn, Bp. Morlino, Bp. Olmsted, can. 764, can. 903, can. 969, Catholic Exchange, Catholic League, Catholic News Agency, celebret, Fr. Corapi, NCFishwrap, NCR, Phyllis Zagano, Wm. Donohue
147 Comments
147 Comments
Milk and cookies piety
Once again from the blog of the USCCB Media office, Sr. Mary Ann Walsh has a nice piece. This isn’t high theology, but it has the advantage of direct simplicity and an image which everyone can resonate with. I was … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Lighter fare
Tagged cookies, Marian devotion, Sr. Mary Ann Walsh
38 Comments
38 Comments
Many thank to Plurkers!
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Opportunity has reached Endeavour!
We’ve lost poor Spirit, but intrepid little Opportunity keeps motoring along. NASA reports that Opportunity has after a 3 year portion of its already 8 year anabasis has crawled up to Endeavour crater, 14 miles in diameter. We should be … Read More
Posted in Just Too Cool, Look! Up in the sky!
Tagged Mars Rover, NASA, Opportunity, Spirit, Zagnut
10 Comments
10 Comments
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