Category Archives: “How To…” – Practical Notes

QUAERITUR: Immaculate Conception 2013 – Holy Day of Obligation… NOT

From a reader: I know that the Immaculate Conception is transferred to December 9th this year. Is it obligatory to attend mass on that day? This year, 2013, 8 December falls on a Sunday.  For this reason, according to the Ordinary Form calendar, the … Read More

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Some thoughts on Holy Innocents, Manhattan

Let me tell you a little about Holy Innocents Church in Manhattan. I have written about the place many times but usually from the point of view of their upcoming Masses and events.  It has also been my honor to … Read More

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A worthy cause to support: Our Lady of Hope Clinic

If you are looking for a good Catholic cause to donate money to (for your end of the year giving, etc.), please consider Our Lady of Hope Clinic, in Madison.  And they have a DONATE page. I wrote last year about … Read More

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QUAERITUR: Indulgences for Poor Souls, but cemetery is locked.

From a reader: I pass a Catholic cemetery to and from work every day (in fact, it is the diocesan cemetery where my spouse and I bought plots). I want to stop and say prayers for the souls in Purgatory, … Read More

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Pope Francis said Mass “ad orientem”

His Holiness of our Lord, Pope Francis, recently celebrated Holy Mass ad orientem versus at the tomb of Bl. John Paul II which is in the Vatican Basilica. I wouldn’t get too worked up about this.  Let’s not forget the appalling … Read More

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At long last! Inspectis dierum nostrorum!

At the blog of The Chairman of the LMS there is great news. For a while I lamented that the Congregation for Catholic Education’s 1990 Instruction on the Study of the Fathers of the Church in the Formation of Priests … Read More

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REGINA MAGAZINE and Fr. Keyes

When I was in Rome recently I ran into the editor of a newish online magazine called REGINA I was told that the magazine, available only in digital form, has a strongly traditional view and is especially geared to women. … Read More

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REQUEST: Buy some Extraordinary Form learning materials for a “baby priest”

I was contacted by a priest: Dear Fr. Z:  I am a baby priest (ordained 18 months ago) who would like to learn how to say the EF. I don’t have anybody to mentor me, so I need teach myself.  … Read More

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2014 Liturgical Ordo for the Extraordinary Form by the FSSP

The good people at the FSSP have sent me their Ordo for 2014. They are the first group to do so! Do you have your 2014 yet, Fathers? To order the FSSP’s Ordo, click HERE.  This Ordo is especially useful … Read More

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Errare est humanum.

Here are object lessons to priests and servers who make mistakes. We go one. Don’t lose your cool, move on. Deal with it. Keep moving forward. I saw a video that most of you have seen by now of James … Read More

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