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Category Archives: ASK FATHER Question Box
QUAERITUR: Closing of Year for Priests, June 11 or June 19?
From a priest reader: I’d like to point out a discrepancy, with the hopes that your wide outreach might bring about a clarification. The discrepancy concerns the closing date for the “Year for Priests”. The Holy Father says [LINK] that … Read More
Clergy and music revisited
Remember the question about deacons and music ministry? Vultus Christi had an interesting photo of a group of priests of the Diocese of Tulsa singing Gregorian chant during a Mass.
QUAERITUR: one confession for many indulgences?
From a reader: The year of St. Paul and the year of the priest overlap by 10 days. Assuming the other requirements for obtaining the indulgence are met, is only one confession necessary to obtain more than one plenary indulgence? … Read More
QUAERITUR: When is the feast of St. Jane Frances de Chantal?
The following is a piece from the May-June Newsletter of the USCCB’s Committee on Divine Worship. It concerns the shifting date of the feast of St. Jane Frances de Chantal. People who are interesting in the TLM, the Extraordinary Use … Read More
QUAERITUR: St. John the Baptist and blessings
From a reader: Dear Fr. Z, Happy Solemnity of the Birth of St. John the Baptist! Again, I want to thank you for all you do and especially for your clear analysis. I have a question regarding this solemnity. When … Read More
QUAERITUR: deacon in music ministry
From a reader: There is a situation I would like to ask your (or your readers’) advice about. If a man whose job was to be a music director at a parish with a serious sacred music program perceived a calling … Read More
QUAERITUR: promoting reverence at Communion
From a priest reader: Quick question with regard to GIRM #281. "Holy Communion has a more complete as a sign when it is received under both kinds. For in this manner of reception a fuller light shines on the sign … Read More
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QUAERITUR: Old & new calendar – feast of St. John Vianney
From a reader: I have a question for you regarding the celebration of feasts that fall on a different date in the new calendar rather than the old. Our diocesan office of worship is planning events for the year of … Read More
QUAERITUR: Confessions forbidden on Sunday?
From a reader: We had a visiting priest today who refused to hear confessions because the CIC forbids the Sacrament of Penance to be celebrated on Sunday. I’ve checked my own copy of the CIC and found no such Canon … Read More
QUAERITUR: Urbi et Orbi blessing
From a reader: I’ve read in several places, and heard at the time, that the twice-yearly papal Urbi et Orbi blessing grants forgiveness of all sin, and that there is a plenary indulgence attached to it. If the former is … Read More
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