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Monthly Archives: September 2013
Next years’s LCWR Assembly Speaker chosen already?
A while back I opined (HERE) about the LCWR assembly speakers: How do we explain the antics of the LCWR nuns? I have the impression that – and mothers can correct me about the right age for this sort of … Read More
Posted in Lighter fare, Magisterium of Nuns, Women Religious
Tagged LCWR, Mordor, satire, Sauron
22 Comments
22 Comments
“I never realize how cool wars could be until…”
Ah! Dear Leader!
Posted in Liberals, Lighter fare
Tagged POTUS, Pres. Obama, Syria, The First Gay President
18 Comments
18 Comments
How the Catholic Left will support Pres. Obama’s attack on Syria.
I was going to write it, but over at CatholicVote (keep praying for Thom Peters’ complete recovery!), Matt Bowman beat me to it with a great look into the wacky world of the Fishwrap‘s (aka National Schismatic Reporter) support of … Read More
Posted in Dogs and Fleas, Liberals, Magisterium of Nuns, The Drill
Tagged Fishwrap, irony, National Schismatic Reporter, NCR, NSR, Pres. Obama, Syria
67 Comments
67 Comments
Fr. Z stands with Fr. Blake of Brighton – UPDATES
Originally Published on: Sep 7, 2013 @ 15:17 My friend Fr. Ray Blake, parish priest of St. Mary Magdalen in Brighton, England, was treated shamefully by a malicious newsie for a thoughtful, serious, introspecive piece he wrote on his blog about the … Read More
“Where you can’t have a cellphone but you can have a gun.”
From the Cardinal Newman Society (see their feed on my sidebar): Wyoming Catholic College is in the news recently because of its on-campus cell phone ban for students. The ban, which has been in place since the founding of the … Read More
Posted in Just Too Cool, The Campus Telephone Pole
Tagged Cardinal Newman Society, CNS, WCC, Wyoming Catholic College
3 Comments
3 Comments
Omnium Gatherum
First, another plea for free advertising. Thanks again for everything from last week. If it’s not too much, I’m hoping to ask a favor from you: a friend and I are starting a new blog that’s all about the Sacred … Read More
QUAERITUR: New bishop against Traditional Latin Mass, persecutes priests.
From a reader (edited): I just read your post about a group approaching the local ordinary for the Latin Mass wherein you recommend skipping this step and going directly to (able and) willing priests. We here in the diocese … … Read More
QUAERITUR: How to obtain more celebrations of the TLM in the diocese? Holy “lío”!
From a reader: As you know on 30 April 2011 the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei issued the instruction Universae Ecclesiae of 30 April 2011, to clarify some aspects of Summorum Pontificum. The two sections of this document that are of … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, New Evangelization, O'Brian Tags, Preserved Killick, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The future and our choices, Universae Ecclesiae
Tagged Bux Protocol, lío, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, UE 21, UE 22, Universae Ecclesiae
20 Comments
20 Comments
The Jesuit General’s selective indignation
The Superior General of the Jesuits, Fr. Adolfo Nicholas, in an interview issued a blistering criticism of the Obama Administration regarding Syria. The whole text is on the site of Vatican Radio. Here is the summary with my emphases: The … Read More
Posted in I'm just askin'..., Liberals, The Drill
Tagged abortion, Fr. Adolfo Nicholas, Jesuits, Obama Administration
66 Comments
66 Comments
Angelo Tan on Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 16th Sunday after Pentecost (N.O.: 24th Ordinary): “The sermon for the 24th Sunday was brief but impactful. The Dominican priest encapsulated the whole Gospel reading for that…”
