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Monthly Archives: April 2017
A Lefty Jesuit (I know – tautology) v. Archbp. Chaput
UPDATE: Radio talk show host Hugh Hewitt picked up on this and is tweeting about it. @hughhewit Follow me, while you’re at it. @fatherz _____ I heard about something disturbing which happened recently. It involves a Jesuit. Big surprise, right? … Read More
Posted in Liberals
Tagged Archbp. Chaput, Jesuits
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Pope Francis provides for valid SSPX marriages
UPDATE 6 April: I want to make a point. Specific marriages (that is, involving real people not theoretical cases) are assumed to be valid, unless they are declared by a tribunal not to have taken place at all. Some marriage … Read More
Posted in One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, SSPX, The future and our choices
Tagged faculties, marriage, matrimony, SSPX
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Question to readers: churchy hardware
Do any of you know of a source for a decorative cross with a threaded bolt, the sort that could be screwed onto the top of a procession banner? Let me know. I need something concrete, rather than “Have you tried…?” … Read More
ACTION ITEM! Woven Palm Crosses
Thinking ahead to Palm Sunday, which is upon us, I would like a contact who could execute and deliver in time, three substantial decoratively woven palm crosses for the procession on Palm Sunday. Anyone? Contact me. HERE Put PALM CROSSES … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ACTION ITEM!, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
Tagged Palm Sunday, palms
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Clever Clogs at Rorate
Rorate today has a rather unflattering piece about His Holiness of Our Lord, Pope Francis. You might be saying, “In more news today, water is still wet!” I point to today’s offering, however, not for the sake of its negative … Read More
ASK FATHER: Mortar board (cap) etiquette during academic Mass
From a reader… QUAERITUR: What is the appropriate etiquette for those wearing academic dress during an OF Baccalaureate Mass? I understand that academic dress is not in any sense equivalent to the priestly garments, be it liturgical vestments or choir … Read More
Fr. Z’s prayers for before and after making confessions
A while back I posted prayers in Latin and English which a priest confessor might use before and after hearing sacramental confessions. These prayers are from an old prayerbook for priests which I’ve had since before my ordination. They are … Read More
AUDIO and VIDEO: @ArchbishpSample – outstanding address in Germany
¡Hagan lío! His Excellency Most Reverend (and I sincerely mean both of those honorifics), Alexander K. Sample, Archbishop of Portland, gave an outstanding address to liturgy conference in Germany. He includes some personal reflections and analysis of the situation we … Read More
Your Sunday Sermon Notes
Was there a good point in the sermon you heard at the Mass to fulfill your Sunday obligation? Let us know. For my part, for the TLM this morning, I spoke about how sacramental reality is not less real than sensible … Read More
Scientific connection between the Shrouds of Turin and Oviedo?
Here is something of great interest, especially as Passiontide begins. Via Pewsitter I read that it has been determined that the Shroud of Turin and the Shroud of Oviedo were likely wrapped around the same person. BTW… did you know … Read More
Fr. Kelly on ASK FATHER: “Are the faithful who go to the SSPX being sacramentally forgiven in confession, or not?”: “This is a delicate topic that requires a measure of precision, precisely because it bears directly on the salvation of…”
