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Category Archives: ASK FATHER Question Box
QUAERITUR: Can the TLM be offered ‘versus populum’?
From Facebook: Dear Fr. Z, The priest that celebrates de EF in Buenos Aires, has decided today to do it versus populum quoting a work of Card. Ratzinger that says that the cross must be the focal point or liturgical … Read More
QUAERITUR: We have two TLM places – should we push for more?
From a reader: My wife and I are recent converts. Our family is increasingly drawn to the beauty and transcendence of the EF. I have approached our parochial vicar and gently inquired about the possibility of having a EF mass. … Read More
QUAERITUR: Can traditional baptisms be done in English (by priests who don’t know Latin)
A question from a reader: Fr. Z, Thanks for your great blog. Our strongly orthodox priest at first declined to baptize our expected baby using the E.F. because of his lack of ability in Latin. He said he would check … Read More
QUAERITUR: A priest asks “Day off: Do I need pastor’s permission to say the TLM?”
A question from a priest: I have been moved to [a] parish where I have every third week without a daily mass. I would like to say a low mass on these days, but I’m sure I will get resistance … Read More
QUAERITUR: In what color are priests to be buried?
From a priest: Fr. Z. Do you know what the traditional color chasuble is for priests to be buried in (i.e. not necessarily what is done now, but what was most often done in the past)? I need to write … Read More
QUAERITUR: the seventh candle
I had a note from a priest with a question: Dear Father, I have had a TLM at my Parish, which I celebrate, every Sunday since last November and is going great. But my question is about what I see in … Read More
QUAERITUR: tips for making altar linens
Here is a good practical question from a reader. I have a question which you may well be able to answer, but that if you are too busy, I am pretty sure my fellow loyal readers of WDTPRS can. What … Read More
QUAERITUR: Rights of students on campus to TLM under Summorum Pontificum
This is in my mailbox. Fr. Z, I am in the midst of a tense situation at a Catholic college, the identity of which I would prefer not to disclose. The question facing us is: Granting that Summorum Pontificum acknowledges the … Read More
Archd. St. Paul/Minneapolis: Candlelight Family Rosary Procession
Better late than never to post this. Archdiocesan Candlelight Family Rosary Procession; Friday, October 3 WORLD APOSTOLATE OF FATIMASAINT PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS DIOCESAN DIVISION The annual ‘Candlelight Rosary Procession’ is fast approaching. Its purpose isto unite thousands of individuals and … Read More
QUAERITUR: TLM resources for vision impaired priest
A question from a priest reader: Hi Fr. Z. Thank you for your work. I have been a priest for sixteen months and have a desire to learn the EF, and some of my parishioners are even asking for it and … Read More
