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Category Archives: “How To…” – Practical Notes
ASK FATHER: Mass in the living room
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Our parish priest has agreed to say mass in our home living room. How should we set up furniture wise to accommodate this? Thank you. If your manor house has a chapel, as in Brideshead Revisited, it is appropriate … Read More
ASK FATHER: Dealing with “blessings” from Extraordinary Ministers of Communion
From a reader… QUAERITUR: At Mass yesterday, I saw an Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion dispensing “blessings” for those in line who have not yet received their First Communion or were choosing simply to come up for a blessing. As … Read More
ASK FATHER: Father says that rubrics are only suggestions
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I am a member of a consultative body for our parish. During a lively (for lack of a less-positive term) discussion at a recent meeting we were told by our pastor that the GIRM is, in … Read More
ASK FATHER: Confession and absolution via text message? Phone? VOIP?
A question pops up once in a while and I have dealt with it before. Can you be absolved over the phone or by internet? NO. That would be INVALID. I was alerted to this post at the site of … Read More
ASK FATHER: Stole-less confession. Okay?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Does a priest have to wear a stole during confession? I surprised a priest and asked for confession and he did without a stole. No, a priest does not have to wear a stole. The stole is … Read More
ASK FATHER: Membership in a parish, borders, registration
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I am a parishoner at an ethnic church in the Archdiocese of X with national boundaries where there are Masses, sacraments, services, etc in my preferred language. However, I live 20 minutes away in the Diocese of Y. Who … Read More
Ancient Greek Fish on Friday
One of the blogs I follow is Pass the Garum. They recently moved to a new site, by the way. As you know from reading this blog for a while, garum is a fermented fish sauce that the Romans put … Read More
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Tagged Apicius, fish, Friday abstinence, garum, LENT
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ACTION ITEM! PLENARY INDULGENCE on FRIDAYS OF LENT!
The usual conditions of confession, Communion and detachment from even venial sin apply, but here is a great opportunity to gain a Plenary Indulgence for those who go to Mass on Fridays of Lent! The Handbook of Indulgences has this: … Read More
SYNODGATE: A canonist weighs in – Fr. Z gives advice
The esteemed canonist Ed Peters has something to say about #Synodgate – the heist of the Five Cardinals Book™ from the mailboxes of participants at last October’s Synod on the Family. (HERE) Thus, Peters: It was worse than a crime—it was … Read More
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