"The great Father Zed, Archiblogopoios"
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Fr. John Hunwicke
"Some 2 bit novus ordo cleric"
- Anonymous
"Rev. John Zuhlsdorf, a traditionalist blogger who has never shied from picking fights with priests, bishops or cardinals when liturgical abuses are concerned."
- Kractivism
"Father John Zuhlsdorf is a crank"
"Father Zuhlsdorf drives me crazy"
"the hate-filled Father John Zuhlsford" [sic]
"Father John Zuhlsdorf, the right wing priest who has a penchant for referring to NCR as the 'fishwrap'"
"Zuhlsdorf is an eccentric with no real consequences" -
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- Michael Sean Winters
"Fr Z is a true phenomenon of the information age: a power blogger and a priest."
- Anna Arco
“Given that Rorate Coeli and Shea are mad at Fr. Z, I think it proves Fr. Z knows what he is doing and he is right.”
- Comment
"Let me be clear. Fr. Z is a shock jock, mostly. His readership is vast and touchy. They like to be provoked and react with speed and fury."
- Sam Rocha
"Father Z’s Blog is a bright star on a cloudy night."
- Comment
"A cross between Kung Fu Panda and Wolverine."
- Anonymous
Fr. Z is officially a hybrid of Gandalf and Obi-Wan XD
- Comment
Rev. John Zuhlsdorf, a scrappy blogger popular with the Catholic right.
- America Magazine
RC integralist who prays like an evangelical fundamentalist.
-Austen Ivereigh on
Twitter
[T]he even more mainline Catholic Fr. Z. blog.
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Deus Ex Machina
“For me the saddest thing about Father Z’s blog is how cruel it is.... It’s astonishing to me that a priest could traffic in such cruelty and hatred.”
- Jesuit homosexualist James Martin to BuzzFeed
"Fr. Z's is one of the more cheerful blogs out there and he is careful about keeping the crazies out of his commboxes"
- Paul in comment at
1 Peter 5
"I am a Roman Catholic, in no small part, because of your blog.
I am a TLM-going Catholic, in no small part, because of your blog.
And I am in a state of grace today, in no small part, because of your blog."
- Tom in
comment
"Thank you for the delightful and edifying omnibus that is your blog."-
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"Fr. Z disgraces his priesthood as a grifter, a liar, and a bully. -
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I dearly love St John Vianney
What a blessing to you, Father
Fr. Z – After Communion this morning, our pastor brought up the fact that today was the feast of St. John Vianney, patron of priests. He then asked the congregation to say together a Hail Mary for all priests, and especially for priests in our families or that we may know. (Yes, I did include you among other in the offering).
It tickles my mom that she celebrates her b-day on August 4th. She loves St. John Vianney. It will be her last birthday as she is dying with stage 4 cancer, unless my prayers to Archbishop Sheen for a miracle are answered. And if not, I ask St. John Vianney to pray for a peaceful death for her if that is God’s Will.
St. John Vianney loses his day: Four reflections on the priesthood
Our offering of the Eucharistic Sacrifice, however, will be incomplete if the only time we priests offer sacrifice is at the altar. No, the sacrifice of the altar requires the constant sacrifice of one’s life.
August 4, 2019 Rev. Peter M.J. Stravinskas
https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2019/08/04/st-john-vianney-loses-his-day-four-reflections-on-the-priesthood/
In our house, we mark both days. I have both a son Dominic and a son John, who took as his patron at confirmation St John-Marie Vianney.
I have a 2nd class relic of the Curé d’Ars. It came to me very unexpectedly – used as a bookmark in a Novus Ordo breviary, which has been gifted to me. When I wanted to give the relic back (I thought I was not worthy enough of its possession), my priest told me to keep it, and that it came to me for a reason. I don’t have a reliquiary, so I put it in a picture frame, and put it on my shrine.
It suddenly occurred to me today. The First Doctor on the original Doctor Who looks a lot like St. John Vianney, especially when given a similar hairstyle in some stories. The portrait on the other post makes the resemblance stronger.
William Hartnell was the actor’s name. I looked at some pictures from behind the scenes last night, and it seems that a lot of the First Doctor’s look was makeup designed to make the actor look older (although he already was pretty old), have a beakier nose, etc. The beautiful Vianney hairstyle was a wig. (Darned good wig.) Since Hartnell passed away a long time back, I had no idea that we had “new” material about him.
When my friends managed to get me and my wife watching Doctor Who, I placated my completionist preferences by starting with all the Doctor Who that happened to be available on Netflix. I couldn’t help but think William Hartnell looked familiar; after a while, I realized why!