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Monthly Archives: February 2020
Prayers for a priest after suicide. Priests, drugs, and you.
A terrible thing happened recently. A young priest, almost certainly reacting badly to medication, committed suicide. Fr. Evan Harkins, of the Diocese of Kansas City – St. Joseph, had been on medication for an ailment. It seems to have affected … Read More
Posted in ACTION ITEM!, Priests and Priesthood
Tagged Priests, Seven Sisters Apostolate, suicide
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MUST READ: Robert Royal’s stunning review of books about Francis and of his pontificate
My good friend Prof. Robert Royal has a highly useful essay at Claremont Review of Books, Winter – 2019 – entitled “Is The Pope Catholic?” [UPDATE: Prof. Royal wrote this during during the Synod of October 2018! It is still … Read More
PHOTOS of beautiful Pontifical Mass in Rome at Ss. Trinità and UPDATE on the Baptismal Font Project
Last October I involved you in a project at at Ss. Trinità dei Pellegrini, the FSSP parish and my adoptive home parish in Rome. Historically, the place had never been a parish church. Therefore, it didn’t have a baptistry or … Read More
ASK FATHER: What is St. Augustine’s true name?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I have a number of volumes of St. Augustine’s writings, almost entirely English translations. However, I recently acquired a volume of his writings in Latin and the title page refers to him as “Sancti Aurelii Augustini.” … Read More
Archbp. of Kampala forbids Communion in the hand, other decrees
From PML (Post Media Ltd in Uganda) comes this story. HERE The Archbishop of Kampala, Most Rev. Cyprian Kizito Lwanga (age 67), has issued some decrees. First, he has decreed on 1 Feb 2020 that “every priest, be it a … Read More
POLL: St. Blaise Day Blessing of Throats – 2020
Tomorrow, Monday 3 February 2020, is the Feast of St. Blaise, upon which we traditionally have the blessing of throats. However, in some places, because so many are in church today for Sunday Mass, the St. Blaise blessing was given. … Read More
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, POLLS
Tagged blessing of throats, poll, St. Blaise
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6 Comments
Your Sunday Sermon Notes: Feast of the Purification (TLM) Presentation (NO) 2020
Was there a good point made in the sermon you heard at the Mass that fulfilled your Sunday Obligation? What was it? There are a lot of people who don’t get many good points in the sermons they must endure. … Read More
CQ CQ CQ #HamRadio Saturday: surprise!
ZedNet is operational. More HERE. We should figure out some schedules. Meanwhile, a local Elmer sent me something the other day. He captured a shot of the QRZ page which featured my call that day! Fun. That’s about it. If you … Read More
ASK FATHER: Different kinds of Holy Water
From a reader… QUAERITUR: To prevent the potential spread of coronavirus, my parish in Tokyo has temporarily discontinued the use of Holy Water upon entrance to the chapel. This has me thinking about the various types of Holy Water. Can … Read More
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