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- JustaSinner on Daily Rome Shot 10112 – Brooklyn 24/4– Day 3 – A visit to the seminary: “Android or iOS on the new phone?”
- on Daily Rome Shot 10112 – Brooklyn 24/4– Day 3 – A visit to the seminary: “In another life, when I was a seminarian, I was in charge of washing the Purificators in the special sink…”
- on The shift toward “the old ways” is really a step forward into the future.: “This article was passed around my circles. We all had a wonderful laugh about the tone. My favorite line was…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 10112 – Brooklyn 24/4– Day 3 – A visit to the seminary: “Thank you for the pictures of the seminary I attended in the 1960s. We were read the documents of the…”
- on Fr John Hunwicke – R.I.P.: “I now see that a Lifesite post from three hours before my previous comment directs our attention to an Oxford…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 10112 – Brooklyn 24/4– Day 3 – A visit to the seminary: “Thank you for the seminary photos, Father. My late father was a son of New York, Brooklyn, and Long Island;…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 10112 – Brooklyn 24/4– Day 3 – A visit to the seminary: “By order of the bishop, each celebrant of the mass will remember the living and the deceased benefactors of the…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 10112 – Brooklyn 24/4– Day 3 – A visit to the seminary: “I think the colors in your photos are brighter (or maybe it is my imagination though I thought it before…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 10112 – Brooklyn 24/4– Day 3 – A visit to the seminary: “All those seats in the choir I imagine were all filled at one time with seminarians. Certainly before Vatican 2.”
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- on Fr John Hunwicke – R.I.P.: “Amen and yes, please Lord, to all the prayers for his soul and for his family and friends. I am…”
- on The shift toward “the old ways” is really a step forward into the future.: “Wonderful article. We have been in a desert for 50 years. Even small rays of hope are encouraging. I think…”
- on The shift toward “the old ways” is really a step forward into the future.: “adriennep- Sorry to hear about your liturgical desert. Oregon gets better, at least liturgically, as you go North. I believe…”
- on Fr John Hunwicke – R.I.P.: “Sorry to have my fears confirmed… he had always been so regular in his postings but over the last two…”
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Monthly Archives: April 2013
Fishwrap starts to spin Holy See’s smackdown of the LCWR
Let the games begin! The Fishwrap (aka National Schismatic Reporter) is now between a rock and a hard spot. The NSR and LCWR are practically one flesh. At the same time, NSR has been crooning about Pope Francis new “humble” … Read More
Posted in Brick by Brick, Liberals, Women Religious
Tagged CDF, Fishwrap, LCWR, National Schismatic Reporter, NCFishwrap
21 Comments
21 Comments
Recent LCWR statements – context for the Holy See’s smackdown
Today the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith smacked down, hard, the Leadership Conference of Women Religious. This is, as you may remember, the group of leaders of communities of women religious (not all the religious themselves, but the … Read More
Posted in Francis, Magisterium of Nuns, Our Catholic Identity, Women Religious
Tagged CDF, LCWR, Pope Francis, women religious
35 Comments
35 Comments
HUGE! CDF to LCWR
Will this be the moment the National Schismatic Reporter crowd turns on Francis? This is new. It does NOT refer to their meeting of some months ago. From news.va: COMMUNIQUE OF THE CONGREGATION FOR THE DOCTRINE OF THE FAITH CONCERNING … Read More
Posted in Liberals, Magisterium of Nuns, Women Religious
Tagged Archbp. Müller, Archbp. Sar, CDF, LCWR
45 Comments
45 Comments
Reading Francis Through Benedict: the pastoral staves – modern Paul VI and traditional Benedict XVI
Small gestures, as they accumulate, point to something bigger. I applied this principle to the use of certain liturgical vestments. For example, when Benedict XVI revived the fanon (HERE), I took that as a signal. In itself, the fanon isn’t … Read More
Francis, the G8, and reform of the Roman Curia – some musings
Over here I posted about the new G8 that Pope Francis will call together in October. They are supposedly to help with alterations to the constitution called Pastor bonus, that governs the Roman Curia. We all agree that reform of … Read More
Pope Francis convokes a “group” of Cardinals
One month into his pontificate, Pope Francis has done a few unusual things. Here is another. The G8. Pope Francis invited a group of cardinals to meet to help him, among other things it seems, revise John Paul II’s Apostolic … Read More
Groovy new recording of a new Vivaldi “Dixit Dominus”
No grooves, as it turns out. It’s all digital now, isn’t it? A reader passed news to me that La Nuova Musica recorded a newly identified Dixit Dominus (a common first antiphon for Sunday vespers), by Vivaldi. It was previously thought … Read More
The Tablet inserts another extremist into the “foot washing” debate!
The Tablet (aka The Bitter Pill) has printed a piece about the washing of women’s feet during the Holy Thursday Mass. Let’s see what this extremist has to say, with my emphases and comments. Priests should not wash women’s feet, says … Read More
That’s fast… cruel, but fast
A reader who knows of my not so secret yearning for a Bugatti Veyron sent this, from IOL: The world’s fastest convertible is… a Bugatti. Following on the speed of 431.072km/h set by the the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport … Read More
ACTION ITEM! Video about the revival of a inner city parish by using actual Catholicism.
I want about 15 minutes of your time. If you are a bishop or a priest or a seminarian, please give your special attention. Below is an excerpt from a documentary to be shown soon on EWTN (30 April 6:30 … Read More
Jesuit-run Gonzaga University rejects Knights of Columbus?
This is absurd. The last acceptable prejudice around these days is to hate faithful practicing Catholics who accept the Churches teachings on faith and moral. Now the acceptable prejudice is creeping into the catholic community itself. I read at Catholic … Read More
Dominican Sisters compete in the American Bible Challenge
The next stage of the American Bible Challenge is on tonight, Thursday, at 9 pm EDT on the Game Show Network This gameshow tests the contestant’s knowledge of baseball trivia. Gotchya. Among the teams competing are the Dominican Sisters of Mary, … Read More
Fishwrap supports the US bishops… once in a while
The Fishwrap (aka National Schismatic Reporter) today has an article about the US bishops and the hotly debated gun-control legislation. In evidence is their use of a story from the Religion News Service. As the Senate takes up a heated … Read More
QUAERITUR: Palm Sunday – substitution of Passion with a slideshow narrated by children
From a reader: At this year’s Palm Sunday Mass (Novus Ordo) at a Benedictine monastery near where I live, the Passion Narrative was cut in its entirety and replaced with a slide show of sorts narrated by children from the … Read More
Servant of God Fr. Emil Kapaun and the Congressional Medal of Honor
Fr. Emil Kapaun will posthumously receive the Congressional Medal of Honor today. He received the Bronze Star in life and, after death, the Distinguished Service Cross. As a POW in a Chinese camp during the horrible winter of 1951 he … Read More
QUAERITUR: Traditional retreat centers
From a reader: Can you recommend a retreat center for traditional Catholics? Most I have found online sound too, um, modern for my taste and would be a torment and not an occasion for spiritual growth. Perhaps you can help, … Read More
Indulgences, blessings for a priest’s First Mass – ATTENTION BISHOPS & ORDINANDS! ACTION ITEM!
Here is something useful from Ed “the academic” Peters. NOTE TO BISHOPS and ORDINANDS: It would be great were you to make this known to people before the opportunity has passed! Consider putting a note about this things in the … Read More
Pope Francis again speak about the Devil in a sermon about gossip
Pope Francis speaks about the devil often – probably more often than any other pope in modern history. From News.va, part of what he said: Pope Francis further developed this reflection. “When we prefer to gossip, gossip about others, criticize … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Francis
Tagged evil, gossip, Pope Francis, The Devil
37 Comments
37 Comments
JustaSinner on Daily Rome Shot 10112 – Brooklyn 24/4– Day 3 – A visit to the seminary: “Android or iOS on the new phone?”
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