Category Archives: ACTION ITEM!

HAM RADIO ACTION ITEM! Support HR 4969 NOW!

Posted on 4 September 2014 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

HR 4969 – the “Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2014” – was introduced into the 113th Congress. This bipartisan effort would direct the FCC to extend the “reasonable accommodation” provisions for Amateur Radio antennas to include all types of land-use regulation, including … Read More →

Posted in ACTION ITEM!, Be The Maquis, Ham Radio, Semper Paratus, The Coming Storm | Tagged ARRL, Ham radio, HR 4969
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ACTION ITEM! Calling Catholic Patriots! Military Archdiocese needs your help

Posted on 28 August 2014 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

This came in via email. Please, if you are a citizen of these USA – or even if you are not – support the Archdiocese for Military Services. Dear Friend of Church and Country, There is no other non-profit organization or … Read More →

Posted in ACTION ITEM!, Our Catholic Identity | Tagged Archbp. Broglio, Archd. Military Services
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MOVIE – When The Game Stands Tall – ACTION ITEM!

Posted on 22 August 2014 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

When I was at the recent Napa Institute Conference, we were offered an early screening of the new movie with Jim Caviezel called When The Game Stands Tall. I wrote at that time: I saw an advance screening of a movie with Jim … Read More →

Posted in ACTION ITEM!, Linking Back, REVIEWS | Tagged Jim Caviezel, movie, review, When The Game Stands Tall
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UPDPATE ON ACTION ITEM! BOOKS FOR SEMINARIANS

Posted on 11 August 2014 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

UPDATE 11 Aug pm: Okay… it looks as if Amazon found more copies of Turning Toward The Lord. Now they only cost $96 each! Thus I am removing it from the list. We shall have what we have and make … Read More →

Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ACTION ITEM!, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Our Catholic Identity, Priests and Priesthood, Seminarians and Seminaries, The future and our choices | Tagged Benedict XVI, Joseph Ratzinger, seminarians, Spirit of the Liturgy
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ACTION ITEM! Must read piece about how wrong Rahner was.

Posted on 2 August 2014 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Over at Rorate there is something, dear readers, that I want all of you to read and know like your catechism, for this is part of the battle we are all fighting right now… and for many years. At Rorate there is an … Read More →

Posted in ACTION ITEM!, Fr. Z KUDOS, Liberals, Our Catholic Identity, The Drill | Tagged Benedict XVI, inculturation, Karl Rahner
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More about Holy Innocents in Manhattan (videos)

Posted on 28 June 2014 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Many media outlets (e.g. NYT, NRO, Rod Dreher), are noticing the plight of the people of Holy Innocents Church in midtown Manhattan’s reviving Garment District. There is now a good article at the National Catholic Register about Holy Innocents, though … Read More →

Posted in ACTION ITEM!, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The Drill | Tagged Archd. New York, Cardinal's Annual Appeal, Constantino Brumidi, Holy Innocents
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INDULGENCE ALERT – Feast of the Sacred Heart

Posted on 27 June 2014 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Today, the Feast of the Sacred Heart, the faithful can gain a plenary indulgence by the public recitation of Iesu dulcissime (Act of Reparation) (Ench. Indulg., al. conc., 3). All other recitations gain a partial indulgence. Priests and Bishops! Have … Read More →

Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ACTION ITEM!, Hard-Identity Catholicism, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Our Catholic Identity | Tagged devotion, piety, Sacred Heart
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ACTION ITEM! PRIESTS AND BISHOPS! Use the old Roman Ritual, Litany, prayers against storms!

Posted on 29 October 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

ACTION ITEM! Please use the sharing buttons! My thoughts and prayers today are with so many of you in the way of the hurricane. May God and His Holy Angels protect you. PRIESTS AND BISHOPS! Use the old Roman Ritual … Read More →