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Monthly Archives: February 2018
ASK FATHER: Are “butt baptisms” valid?
From a priest… QUAERTUR: Are partial immersion baptisms valid? Where the baby is dipped up to the waist 3x, with valid words of baptism spoken. Here’s the deal. The “proximate matter” of baptism is ablution. This means physical contact of the … Read More
TIVERTON, RI – 28 Feb – SOLEMN TLM with @fatherz and @iPadre
For those of you near Tiverton, RI (and anywhere in Rhode Island is near Tiverton by default) tonight there will be a Solemn TLM at 7 PM (with deacon and subdeacon) for the close of the parish mission which I have … Read More
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
Tagged Esther, Fr. Jay Finelli, iPadre, Purim, Tiverton
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28 February 2013
Five years ago today we watched the helicopter take off. Posts HERE Say a pray for Benedict XVI. He gave inestimable gifts to the Church in his too short pontificate.
Card. Sarah has frightened the libs… again. The vicious attacks begin.
Summoning the nastiness of which liberals are duly known, Rita Ferrone demonstrates how mean-spirited a lib can be in piece penned for Commonsqueal. She attacked Robert Card. Sarah because he has called for a rethinking of Communion in the hand. … Read More
PARODY SONG ALERT: A Pirate Looks at … Solemn Masses
I received a note from one of you readers, who was channelling his inner Zuhlio. Frequent reader, occasional poster. I’m stationed up at ___ Air Base waaaaay up in ___, and we’ve been stuck in doors due to a winter storm. While … Read More
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ASK FATHER: USCCB urges Catholics to call officials about DACA. If I don’t, do I sin?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: As you are probably aware, the USCCB has declared this Monday, February 26 to be a call-in day for DACA, and is urging Catholics to call their congressmen in support of the DREAMERs. On some other Catholic sites people … Read More
ASK FATHER: Priest forbids a deacon to wear a dalmatic
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Can the priest celebrant of Mass tell a deacon tell a deacon to not wear a dalmatic at Mass? Some people think it best that a deacon wear a dalmatic for a higher degree of solemnity but not … Read More
Wisconsin High School student invents classroom door stop
From Gateway Pundit: A Wisconsin high school senior and Army recruit Justin Rivard invented a door stop that prevents killers from entering classrooms. Justin created the “JustinKase” two years ago when he was just 15. The device does not allow … Read More
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Card. Sarah: return to Communion directly on the tongue while kneeling
A combination of factors has lead to erosion of understanding of the Eucharist and reverence for the Eucharist. Included in these factors is a near universal insistence that everyone go to Communion at every Mass and, of course, lay ministers … Read More
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