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- on Archd. Detroit: New Archbp crushes the people who frequent the TLM within one month.: “To do this at all is vile. To do this just before Easter is evil. Absolutely evil.”
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Monthly Archives: November 2018
ASK FATHER: Recourse to the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Recently, our stable group of roughly 50 people took the extraordinary step of asking our bishop for a regular celebration of the EF, having already spoken to the pastor of the parish. He responded in the negative. How do … Read More
EWTN World Over @worldoverdc tribute to @BishopMorlino
EWTN on Raymond Arroyo’s The World Over has a tribute to Bp Morlino.
An important moment for the US Church in the USA, in light of The Present Crisis.
I will keep saying it. The passing and replacement of Bp. Robert Morlino is an important moment for the Church in the USA, particularly in light of The Present Crisis. The Diocese of Madison has a page with links to … Read More
Posted in The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged Bp. Robert Morlino
7 Comments
7 Comments
ASK FATHER: Communion, kneeling on the tongue
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I regularly receive Holy Communion kneeling (on the floor) at my OF-only parish. My pastor has asked me a few times not to do that, though not forcefully – he’s never unkind about it or actually telling me to … Read More
4 Dec: @BishopMorlino funeral broadcast on EWTN
The passing of Bp. Morlino – and the naming of his successor – is an important moment for the Church in the USA, particularly in light of The Present Crisis. There has been quite a bit of even international coverage … Read More
Posted in The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged Bp. Robert Morlino, EWTN
3 Comments
3 Comments
Italian Press on the Extraordinary Ordinary @BishopMorlino
I keep coming back to the passing of Bp. Morlino, and not merely because of my personal connection. The passing of Bp. Morlino – and the naming of his successor – is an important moment for the Church in the … Read More
@SSPXEN Tribute to @BishopMorlino of @MadisonDiocese
This was gracious. From the US site of the SSPX. Bp. Robert Morlino, Brave Defender of the Traditional Mass, Passes Away Bishop Morlino of the Madison, WI diocese, passed away Saturday evening last, after a sudden “cardiac event,” shocking traditionally-minded … Read More
@Bishop Morlino and his hope for a @MadisonDiocese Cathedral
The funeral for Bp. Morlino will be on 4 December. He will be buried immediately after the funeral in Madison’s Resurrection cemetery. It was Bp. Morlino’s desire to provide the city and diocese with a new Cathedral church once again, … Read More
Wherein Fr. Z offers a cautionary tale to those who struggle with liturgical conundra.
The site of the CMAA, Musica Sacra Forum, published response to the 29 – yes, twenty-nine – dubia submitted to the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”. The questioner is a Polish priest, I assume young, working on a doctorate. Folks, I get it. … Read More
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Si vis pacem para bellum!
Tagged dubia, PCED, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM
14 Comments
14 Comments
The Oath: Every Bishops’ Aaron and Hur
Consider what is entrusted to a bishop. Consider how he, like everyone else, struggles with the world, the flesh and the Devil. Consider that, though fortified with the graces of the sacrament of orders and defended by the holy angels, … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Hard-Identity Catholicism, The Drill
Tagged bishops, oath
11 Comments
11 Comments
Thoughts, deeds for @BishopMorlino. Your feedback, homework!
I am deeply moved by all the emails I have received after the too early passing of Bp. Robert Morlino of Madison, the Extraordinary Ordinary (the ExO). People have written from all over the world. They sense that this is … Read More
Two stories about a great bishop
Two recent pieces about the late, great Extraordinary Ordinary, Bishop Robert C. Morlino of Madison, tell you a great deal about the man, who was misunderstood by many – purposely in the case of quite a few. First, there is … Read More
Funeral and TLM Requiem for @BishopMorlino of @MadisonDiocese
I received the following: The Funeral Arrangements for Bishop Morlino are as follows: – A Prayer Vigil, with opportunity for visitation, will be held Monday, December 3rd, at the O’Donnell Chapel at Holy Name Heights, 702 S. High Point Rd., … Read More
ESOLEN: 50 Years of Effete and Infertile Liturgical Culture Is Enough
Anthony Esolen, author of the new book Nostalgia (BUY IT NOW! US HERE – UK HERE) has a column describing the dangerous roll of the dice it is to find a place to go to Sunday Mass when away from home … Read More
ASK FATHER: Training classes on Sundays
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I need to take various training courses (ie: first aid, CPR and AED training, as well as Suicide Intervention training, etc) to meet the qualifications for more gainful employment. It used to be they would hire you and pay … Read More
A sample of notes from readers about Bp. Morlino
The death of Bp. Morlino of Madison has had the effect of demonstrating that he truly deserved the nickname The Extraordinary Ordinary. I have received a flood of emails and text messages from all over the world expressing sorrow at … Read More
Large Asteroid in 2023, etc.
As we await word of the successor to the Extraordinary Ordinary, we have some related news. From Inquisitr: Large Asteroid Packing 50 Megatons Of Force Might Come Crashing Down On Earth In 2023 — And That’s Not All While the … Read More
“No man can by force of will say that three times three is not nine.”
Fr George Rutler, pastor of St. Michael’s in Manhattan first-rate thinker, issues a weekly, Sunday essay as a “Pastor’s Page”. This week’s column for the Novus Ordo Feast of Christ the King opens and closes with a deep incision and … Read More
STIR UP SUNDAY 2018 – Christmas Puddings, Explosions, and You
The last Sunday before the new year is Stir Up Sunday. This is the day on which many will prepare their traditional English Christmas Pudding. The “stir up” comes from the first words of the traditional Collect at Mass of … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Just Too Cool
Tagged Christmas Pudding, Stir Up Sunday
7 Comments
7 Comments
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