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Daily Archives: 27 June 2013
Fr. Z muses and rants
There is an especially awful story about clergy in Rome circulating right now. Once upon a time, I was walking under the colonnade of St. Peter’s Square with an especially well-placed curial official, nay rather, institution. I asked him if … Continue reading
“Latin’s gone, peace is too; singin’ and shoutin’ from every pew.”
Someone sent me a PDF of a parish bulletin for St. Patrick’s Church in Madison, WI dated 7 Feb 1965. On the front page there is this poem. Latin’s gone, peace is too; singin’ and shoutin’ from every pew. Altar’s … Continue reading
Austrian dissident priest not allowed to speak at Boston parish
I saw this on CNA: Cardinal bars dissident priest from speaking on Archdiocesan property Boston, Mass., Jun 27, 2013 / 02:01 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Archdiocese of Boston verified that an Austrian priest will not be allowed to speak on … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Liberals, Our Catholic Identity
Tagged Archd. Boston, Card. O'Malley, Fr. Schüller
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Obama Administration’s war on God
Another sign of the decay: DOJ cuts funding of Young Marines program for mentioning ‘God’ A Louisiana sheriff is standing firm on not accepting Department of Justice funds for the Young Marines program after he was told he couldn’t mention … Continue reading
Posted in Liberals, Pò sì jiù, The future and our choices
Tagged DoJ, Obama Administration, Pres. Obama, secularism
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ROME: Sacra Liturgia Conference – Day 3
We are getting underway on the 3rd Day of the Sacred Liturgy Conference. The first speaker is Fr. Michael Uwe Lang of the Brompton Oratory, one Sacred Architecture at the Service of the Church. Non linguistic signs may be more … Continue reading
Three Degrees of Anger
I had an email from the Benedictines at Norcia in Italy. They sent the text of a sermon given some time ago by Fr. Cassian Folsom, OSB. Given recent events and the sermon’s topic, it occurred to me that we … Continue reading
QUAERITUR: Priest asked me to say Act of Contrition after getting out of the confessional
From a reader: During Confession, the parochial vicar at my parish insists that I say the Act of Contrition after absolution, when I have left the confessional. So I say it in the pew prior to doing my penance. I … Continue reading
