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Daily Archives: 23 October 2011
QUAERITUR: Gift for a priest: reversible stole
From a reader: My friend’s ordination is coming up in a number of months, and I’d like to get him something meaningful and useful. I’m a little short on money, so I have to start planning and saving now. He’s … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box, Just Too Cool
Tagged gifts, stole
8 Comments
8 Comments
“Stir Up Sunday” is nearing. Start planning.
Last year I decided to make, for the first time, my own Christmas Pudding. I got a late start on it. It was delicious. This year I am going to pay attention to Stir Up Sunday. 20 November is Stir … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Fr. Z's Kitchen
Tagged Christmas Pudding, Stir Up Sunday
11 Comments
11 Comments
“Why are we letting heretics teach this crap in our churches?”
The title of this post comes from the blog The Recovering Dissident Catholic. Mordant commentary to be sure. Dead on. My emphases and comments. Save $100 Now! I find it interesting that supposed Catholic parishes charge up to 3 figures … Read More
Posted in New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, The Drill, The future and our choices, Throwing a Nutty
Tagged enneagram, labyrinth, new age crap, reiki, yoga
50 Comments
50 Comments
15 seconds of fame… worth it?
At the end of the Mass for the canonization of three 19th-century founders of religious orders, including don Luigi Guanella, a loon at the end of Mass climbed out on one of the colonnade “arms” which embrace St. Peter’s Square, … Read More
Archbp. Naumann (Archd. KC) on Bp. Finn (D. KC-St. Joseph) and the Kansas City Star
His Excellency Most Rev. Joseph Naumanm, Archbishop of Kansas City, Kansas – on the other side of the river from the homoynmous city in Missouri, has waded into the issue of the indictment level at Bp. Robert Finn of Kansas … Read More
BISHOPS & PRIESTS: a revival of the Sacrament of Penance is critical for a revival of our Catholic identity.
It is critical to our identity as Catholics to revive the use of the Sacrament of Penance. I think there are some moves in that direction on the part of younger priests, but we need also a grassroots effort of … Read More
New statue for the Roman Church attacked during rioting
During the riots in Rome, some thugs broke into the Church of Sts. Peter and Marcellinus on corner of the via Labicana and the via Merulana. Yes, these are the saints mentioned in the Roman Canon and it is a … Read More
Card. Zen ends hunger strike protest over govt. decision about schools
From La Stampa: At the end of his fast, Zen let it be known that he intended to study more closely the Government’s new regulations regarding the management of the region’s sponsored schools gerard o’connell rome Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun … Read More
Venerator Sti Lot on Ratzinger in 1976 on the “old Missal” and “new Missal”: “Fr Jackson, Many thanks! I do not recall reading that sermon before – and I think I would, if I…”
