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Monthly Archives: September 2011
Benedict XVI on the benefits of kneeling before the Eucharist
My friend Fr. Ray Blake, the great parish priest of St. Mary Magdalen in Brighton, alerted me via his blog to something the Holy Father said during his trip this weekend to Ancona, Italy, for the Eucharistic Congress. The full … Read More
QUAERITUR: Masses, parishes for homosexuals
From a reader: I am a convert to the Faith. I wonder/am ticked off that Boston and Chicago each have a parish which has regular Masses for Homosexual so they do not feel so disenfranchized. I am sorry they are … Read More
Go to confession. This guy did!
I post the following email from a reader not so much because this blog helped someone to get back to confession as… well… errrr… because this blog helped someone get back to confession. Now I post this as an example … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes
Tagged absolution, confession, reconciliation, sacrament of penance
24 Comments
24 Comments
Lighter fare
I just had to repost this. [wp_youtube]nGeKSiCQkPw[/wp_youtube] And buy some Mystic Monk Coffee while you are laughing. C’mon. Cliiiiick it. You know you want some. I promise I’m not teasing.
A parish bulletin message to people who dress inappropriately for Mass
A screenshot of a pdf of an actual parish bulletin. WDTPRS kudos to Fr. Paul Parkerson of Sacred Heart Church in Dunn, NC.
Posted in Brick by Brick, Fr. Z KUDOS, Just Too Cool, Lighter fare
Tagged appropriate dress, attire in church, Fr. Parkerson, Sunday best, Sunday Mass
107 Comments
107 Comments
ACTION ITEM – POLL ALERT – legalization of euthanasia
On the site The Daily Telegraph in Australia there is a poll about the legalization of euthanasia. The poll box looks like this. And the results as of this writing are… You decide. UPDATE 21:52 GMT:
New iPhone/iPad app for The Catholic Herald and a sneaky way to get it cheaper
The best Catholic weekly in the UK, The Catholic Herald, now has a spiffy app for your iPhone and iPad. You can find it HERE. To see the whole paper you have to get a subscription. I have used the … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Just Too Cool
Tagged app, ipad, iPhone, The Catholic Herald
4 Comments
4 Comments
Archbp. Nichols of Westminster is now a free man!
This is rather cool. The Diocese of Westminster has on its site the news that the Archbishop of Westminster received the Freedom of the City of London. The Most Reverend Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster has received the Freedom of … Read More
Your good news and your Sunday sermon
Do you have good news for anyone? Also, is there some good point from the Sunday sermon you heard to pass along?
When priests are nitwits or reason #905726 for Summorum Pontificum
Put down your WDTPRS mug of Mystic Monk Coffee for a moment. From a reader: For the past 11 years, our pastor has never said the correct words for the Ecce Agnus Dei, he loves to ad lib, and we … Read More
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