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“This blog is like a fusion of the Baroque ‘salon’ with its well-tuned harpsichord around which polite society gathered for entertainment and edification and, on the other hand, a Wild West “saloon” with its out-of-tune piano and swinging doors, where everyone has a gun and something to say. Nevertheless, we try to point our discussions back to what it is to be Catholic in this increasingly difficult age, to love God, and how to get to heaven.” – Fr. Z
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Category Archives: ACTION ITEM!
ASK FATHER: Can a bishop order Holy Water removed from churches? Wherein Fr. Z URGENTLY rants. ACTION ITEM FOR BISHOPS AND PRIESTS!!
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Can a bishop validly restrict or totally eliminate access to holy water during times of flu season or other sickness? Our local bishop just did this, and all of our holy water fonts were GONE this … Read More
Posted in ¡Hagan lío!, "How To..." - Practical Notes, ACTION ITEM!, ASK FATHER Question Box, Global Killer Asteroid Questions, Hard-Identity Catholicism, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Save The Liturgy - Save The World, Semper Paratus, TEOTWAWKI, The Coming Storm, The future and our choices, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
Tagged holy water, holy water fonts
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16 Comments
Rush has lung cancer. Catholics owe him BIG TIME. Wherein Fr. Z rants. ACTION ITEM!
Rush Limbaugh has advanced lung cancer. He made the sad announcement yesterday. ACTION ITEM: Please pray for a complete, swift, durative miraculous cure for him, perhaps through the intercession of Ven. Augustus Tolton. Every reader here, every committed conservative, faithful … Read More
Posted in ACTION ITEM!, PRAYER REQUEST, The Coming Storm, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
Tagged Augustus Tolton, MSM, Rush Limbaugh
30 Comments
30 Comments
ACTION ITEM: Another young family man with ALS, “Lou Gherig’s Disease” – UPDATED
A little while ago, I posted about a young priest with ALS, Fr. Dana Christensen. He has asked people to pray to Ven. Fulton Sheen for a miraculous complete cure. Another affliction of ALS has stuck another young man I … Read More
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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24 Comments
A note of thanks. Mass for Benefactors.
Today I received a very much needed item from my wish list. There was no slip in it to indicate who sent it! Therefore, I will send out a public note of thanks. Also, because tomorrow I don’t have a … Read More
Remember #UniteTheClans ? Wherein Fr. Z rants.
UPDATE: From a friend: My German friend who attended today told me that De Mattei wanted it kept quiet as he was afraid Marx would step in and shut it down. Apparently the state and Marx work closely together. It … Read More
Posted in ACTION ITEM!, The Coming Storm, The future and our choices, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
Tagged unite the clans
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54 Comments
2020 March for Life Friday 24 January & West Coast Walk for Life Saturday 25 January
UPDATE: TLM’s in the area for the March For Life – at St Mary Mother of God in DC (Old St. Mary): Thursday January 23: Mass 5pm – Msgr. Smith, Archd. Washington Adoration and Prayer Vigil – 6pm – Legionaries … Read More
Card. Sarah: “Catholics can no longer remain silent.”
The Church and her Lord cannot be separated. The Church and the Catholic Christian cannot separated. The Lord endured His Passion and Cross. So too must the Church and individual Catholics endure a passions and crosses. The Church is, I … Read More
ATTENTION: Blog SHUT DOWN and a REPEAT APPEAL
Nota Bene: We are moving the blog to a dedicated server. There will be a short “content freeze” (meaning, you can’t add new posts, comments, people won’t be able to discuss) for about 15 minutes starting 11 January, Saturday 2300 … Read More
ACTION ITEM! End of year giving suggestions from @FatherZ
At the end of the year most people consider their annual charitable giving. In this time of great confusion for the institutional Church, here are a couple suggestions for your donation dollars. First, year in and year out I have … Read More
Posted in ACTION ITEM!
Tagged Our Lady of Hope Clinic, TMSM, Tridentine Mass Society of Madison
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