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Category Archives: “How To…” – Practical Notes
Book which Pope Francis mentioned in address to Roman Curia
Yesterday His Holiness Pope Francis addressed himself to the Roman Curia for the annual Christmas greeting. He mentioned Industriae ad curandos animae morbos, that is, “Initiatives (for superiors) to cure illnesses of the soul”, a work of Jesuit formation by … Read More
ASK FATHER: I don’t feel appreciated as a parish volunteer
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I volunteer a substantial amount of my time and talent to help our priests with sacramental prep, providing music for Mass (which alone takes up several hours), as well as helping to clean the rectory on a regular … Read More
ASK FATHER: Can I give SSPX followers Holy Communion?
From a reader, a priest… QUAERITUR: We offer the old mass every Sunday at midday. Missa cantata with very sound teaching. There are individuals who choose to attend Sunday mass at an sspx chapel near to us (and no nearer … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box, Hard-Identity Catholicism, SSPX
Tagged can. 1364, can. 751, can. 912, can. 915, can.916, SSPX
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20 Comments
ASK FATHER: Can religious priests omit wearing an alb for Mass?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Is a priest required to wear an alb when saying Mass? I’ve seen on two separate occasions where Franciscan priests would just wear the chasuble and stole over their habit without putting on an alb. While I was interred … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
Tagged alb, RS 123, RS 126
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26 Comments
ASK FATHER: Blessing wine on St. John’s Day… or “another beverage”?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: You usually give your readership an annual reminder for the blessing of wine on St. John’s Day. The Rituale says “Benedicere… hunc calicem vini et CUJUSLIBET POTUS”- so presumably any hard beverage could be blessed with … Read More
ASK FATHER: Can we listen to talks by SSPX priests?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: As SSPX priest and bishops are canonically suspended, would it be a sin to listen, read or propagate a book or a talk by a priest or bishop of the Society ? For example, if I wish to … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box, SSPX
Tagged modernism, SSPX
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12 Comments
Helpful liturgical note for servers (and priests) for Ember Days Masses
At the site of Romanitas Press there is a useful post with tips about how to serve Ember Days Masses. On Ember Saturday there are a lot more things to do and a server can get scrambled around. The tips … Read More
A bishop’s suggestions to families for a holy Advent and Christmastide
The other days His Excellency Most Reverend Robert C. Morlino, the Extraordinary Ordinary, Bishop of Madison held one of his regular, usually monthly, “staff catechesis” meetings. He is also generous in forthrightly answering questions about the topic he chooses to … Read More
ASK FATHER: The 100th anniversary of Fatima
From a priest… QUAERITUR: The 100th anniversary of Fatima: I don’t really know anything about the apparition or the message. I am careful with what I read. Especially on this topic things can derail into the realm of the kooky … Read More
Liturgical challenge: “If we say, ‘I shall attend this Mass because it will be good for me,’ it will be of no avail.”
Today at the ever helpful Crisis there is a piece by Anthony Esolen (who is being persecuted by Providence College – HERE) with thoughts on disposition and sacred worship stemming from the thought of Dietrich von Hildebrand in his work Liturgy and … Read More
