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Category Archives: “How To…” – Practical Notes
ASK FATHER: “Baptismal Stoles” or “Confirmation Stoles”
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I heartily agree with you regarding cassocks and surplices on “altar girls”. [More on that HERE] But I have another concern, and I wonder if I am right. I also do not believe that “Baptismal Stoles” or “Confirmation … Read More
ASK FATHER: Altar girls also Communion ministrices
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I went to Mass today in the diocese of [removed] as a visitor. The priest had 4 teen age alter girls and I actually received communion from one of them. This brought tears of sorrow to … Read More
Luke 19: Zacchaeus
I think we could benefit from a discussion of the moment in the Gospel of Luke when Zacchaeus meets the Lord. The Pope recently used this pericope when addressing the UN delegation. It made me scratch my head. The Pope … Read More
Summorum Pontificum. It won’t be stopped.
Here is some news to cheer you in these otherwise chaotic and troubling times. From HPR: Seven Years after “Summorum Pontificum”: Nearly 500 North American Churches Offer the Traditional Latin Mass For those Catholics who are seeking even more regular … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Be The Maquis, Benedict XVI, Hard-Identity Catholicism, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Mail from priests, Our Catholic Identity, Priests and Priesthood, Seminarians and Seminaries, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The future and our choices, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
Tagged 1962 Missal Romanum, diocesan priests, Missal of St. John XXIII, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM
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40 Comments
Card. Burke with do’s and don’t’s of parish, church closures
Hearts can break when churches close. But if the church cannot be repaired, or if people are not paying the bills… what to do? Sometimes they must close. However, I think there are many case in which a church does … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Our Catholic Identity, The Drill
Tagged Card. Burke, parish closures
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ASK FATHER: Hands under a cloth during Communion
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I have attended Mass in the Extraordinary Form fairly often in several US and UK cities over the past decade, and I was surprised to observe something new. An Institute of Christ the King church near … Read More
ASK FATHER: Sister started Mass without the priest
From a reader… QUAERITUR: On Friday, my family and I arrived at Mass (NO) a few minutes early and took our usual places. When Mass was about to begin, a Sister (non-identifiable) came out to announce that the priest was running a few … Read More
ASK FATHER: Cassock, surplice, girls
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Father, Am I correct in saying that Cassock & Surplice is male attire and that girls should NOT wear it? And if this is the case why do people let it happen? I am taking over … Read More
ASK FATHER: Revival of early morning Masses
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Back before Vatican II, and even in the years following Vatican II, daily Mass at most parishes, if not all, (it seems, according family members, and reading the lives of the saints) was early in the morning (ie: around … Read More
ACTION ITEM! Help with a liberal ‘c’atholic survey!
ACTION ITEM! One of our regular readers here brought this to my attention. I alert you to a survey put out by some folks who seem to want 1975 back. You might want to help them people with their survey! … Read More
PatriotPoohBear on The 6 SSPX Bishops excommunicated. Priests are in schism. Marriages invalid. Confessions illicit. Lay faithful warned against schism and excommunication.: “Is there a particular reason that your headline says “confessions illicit”? Its pretty clear that their confession are now invalid…”
