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Yearly Archives: 2018
QUIZ: What is this thing? – SOLVED!
UPDATE: 16 June Solution posted, below. Originally posted 15 June: ___ Here is quiz. Does anyone know what this liturgical object is? UPDATE: Some really interesting guesses are coming in! I’ll wait to post quite a few at once. UPDATE: … Read More
“The finest rosaries I have ever seen” have… returned! – UPDATES
nce upon a time I used to write about the finest rosaries I had ever seen. They were easy on the eyes, like jewelry, but they were as strong as steel cables. The woman who made them, Gayle, had started up … Read More
GREEN! Photos of green vestments for Solemn Mass in production, and a pitch
UPDATE: Thanks to those who have sent donations through PayPal. MH, J-AF _____ As you know, I am involved with a Society for the promotion of all things liturgically traditional, the Tridentine Mass Society of the Diocese of Madison. This … Read More
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READER FEEDBACK to post: Why we Say The Black and Do The Red
The other day I posted an excerpt from an offering by Peter Kwasniewski at NLM, under my title: “Why we Say The Black and Do The Red“. In a nutshell, the traditional manner of proclaiming or chanting the readings during … Read More
ASK FATHER: Validity of sacraments from a schismatic priest
From a reader… QUAERITUR: My wife and I recently discovered that Fr. Paul Wickens was schismatic priest. All we ever knew about him, we learned from our family. We attend Holy Mass at the chapel he built (now run by … Read More
A great restoration @CathedralStPaul
The Cathedral of St. Paul in St. Paul, MN, is in my estimation a candidate for “grandest cathedral in these USA”. It is also the National Shrine of St. Paul. One of the advantages of this cathedral is that is … Read More
Terrific photos of traditional rite ordination in England!
At the UK’s best Catholic weekly, the Catholic Herald there are lots of great photos of the recent priestly ordination of a young man in the FSSP at Warrington in England by Archbishop Malcolm McMahon of Liverpool. Really… the photos are … Read More
Concerning @JamesMartinSJ talking at Vatican @LaityFamilyLife sponsored @WMOF2018
I am astonished. And I am not astonished. At the site of the UK’s best Catholic weekly, the Catholic Herald, we learn that Jesuit homosexualist activist James Martin has been asked to speak at the upcoming World Meeting of Families. This meeting … Read More
BEER @MONKSOFNORCIA PROGRESS
We have to support our good religious orders, especially the newer communities. Today I read about a solemn profession at Norcia, in Italy, where there is a great foundation of Benedictines (including not a few Americans). You might recall that … Read More
Your Sunday Sermon Note Belated
Here’s a little challenge. Instead of asking this on Sunday, let’s try for Tuesday. Was there a good point in the sermon you heard last Sunday during your Mass of obligation? Let us know!
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