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Monthly Archives: July 2020
ACTION ITEM! A priest’s request for prayers – IMPORTANT UPDATE!
UPDATE 31 July 2020: GREAT news. I have in the past written about the Seven Sisters Apostolate. This is one of the best initiatives I know. I am grateful to them. I was contacted by some women who want to … Read More
A cause of today’s ecclesial schizophrenia: priests don’t know Latin
This is for priests and bishops in the Latin Church who don’t know Latin. Fathers, most of you who are not quite senior now did not get Latin in your education years. You were cheated. If you entered formation after the … Read More
Fr. Z’s Kitchen and NEW BOOK: Patum Piperium and Christ The Liturgy
A little while ago, a reader in Blighty sent me some Patum Piperium, having described his use of it as a fine smear over well-toasted bread. “Patum Piperium!”, I piped up. “That’s interesting!” He sent me some. It is very … Read More
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ACTION ITEM! Prayers for Msgr. Charles Pope, tested positive for COVID
The website of St. Cyprian parish in Washington DC reported a couple days back that my friend Msgr. Charles Pope has tested positive for the Coronavirus, COVID. They and all the rectory inhabitants will have to quarantine themselves for a … Read More
Fr. Z Swag In The Wild
Someone spotted Z-Swag “in the wild” and sent me a screenshot. This is from a video, HERE. An interview by Taylor Marshall with a young fellow, Cameron O’Hearn. Apparently he is making a documentary – news to me! – about … Read More
URGENT PRAYER REQUEST FOR A DYING PRIEST: Fr. Charles Briggs
My good friend Fr. Tim Finigan has, at his excellent blog The Hermeneutic of Continuity, a sad piece of news about a mutual friend, and a fine priest, Fr. Charles Briggs, P.P. of Chistlehurst. Fr. Briggs is the last days of … Read More
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LAUNCH! PERSEVERANCE has MOXIE
This morning I arose to view the launch of the Mars rover Perseverance. It’s on its way to Jezero Crater. An Atlas V took the rover up. As I write, we are waiting for the Centaur rocket to burn. The … Read More
Rep. Jim Jordan in House hearing: “Big Tech’s out to get conservatives” – VIDEO
This is a big deal. Picked up from RealClearPolitics. Rep. Jim Jordan accused technology and social media companies of attempting to influence voters in the upcoming election on Wednesday at a hearing on antitrust issues with the heads of Amazon, … Read More
The Traditional Latin Mass is going to be a key to any positive future for Catholicism in these USA.
The plural of anecdote is “data”. COVID-1984 has accelerated a force operating on the Church as inexorably as The Biological Solution works on us all: a huge demographic sinkhole is opening under the Church. Shortly, everything is going to look … Read More
China hacked the Vatican? Of COURSE China hacked the Vatican!
This just in from The Hill. Group says China hackers infiltrated Vatican ahead of expected talks A cybersecurity firm has concluded that Chinese hackers penetrated the Vatican’s computer networks in recent months during the lead-up to negotiations between the Catholic … Read More
What’s up at Fishwrap these days?
Sometimes I forget for days at a time that the stinky Fishwrap (aka National Schismatic Reporter) even exists. Happy days, those. Then something comes into view, like road-kill, and I go to look at it. This week we learn that … … Read More
ASK FATHER: If Mass is being streamed to a hall for overflow attendance, are those people at Mass?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I’m an usher at my parish. Because of the scamdemic, the bishop wants spacing enforced. For Sunday Mass, I’m being asked to sit “overflow” in the parish hall, though in reality, there is plenty of space. … Read More
ASK FATHER: Purify a ciborium using a cloth purificator?
From a Jesuit priest… QUAERITUR: I have a question regarding purification: In the Vetus Ordo, it is customary to purify the paten with the thumb and index finger. What is the correct way to purify a ciborium? In the Novus … Read More
Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 8th after Pentecost (NO: 17th Ordinary) 2020
Was there a GOOD point made in the sermon you heard at the Mass for your Sunday, either live or on the internet? Let us know what it was. Also, are you churches opening up? What was attendance like? For … Read More
CQ CQ CQ #HamRadio Sunday: Morse and an amazing mini-speaker
We are still in a period of relative “lockdown”. This could be a good time for some of you to get your Amateur Radio license. A while back I mentioned that a couple of obtained their Technician license and had received … Read More
More Jesuit B as in B, S as in S in Archdiocese of New York
In the otherwise beautiful church in Manhattan, St. Francis Xavier, in the clutches of the Jesuits, the visitor will today see this. Sent via phone: Think that this was perhaps a photoshop job, I went to their website HERE On … Read More
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GUEST POST from a priest: “The Holy See has become a dumpster fire, and the boldness of the Gospel is wanting.”
GUEST POST: From a priest reader of this blog… I am grateful that your ministry serves as a voice for many faithful and Traditional Catholics. I have come a long way from hostility to the usus antiquor to being convinced … Read More
YOUR URGENT PRAYER REQUESTS with an ACTION ITEM!
PLEASE use the sharing buttons! Thanks! Registered here or not, will you in your charity please take a moment look at the requests and to pray for the people about whom you read? Continued from THESE. Let’s remember all who … Read More
VIDEO VIRTUAL CONFERENCE 24-26 July: Catholics INFormation Conference
FYI… I’m a participant in an online, video, virtual conference put together by Fr. Leo Patalinghug, called Catholics INFormation Conference: Learn. Integrate. Live Your Faith. The virtual conference will be held on 24-26 July Tickets are on sale for the conference. … Read More
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ACTION ITEM! COVID takes 13 Felician Sisters in one convent. Please pray for them.
There is an awful report about COVID and/or its complications striking a convent of Felician sisters in Livonia, Michigan. Beginning on Good Friday, 13 sisters have died. Many were infected and have recovered. It is hard to imagine what the … Read More
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Diane on Prayer request: “God Bless your Mother. I am praying for her.”
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