Category Archives: “How To…” – Practical Notes

Holy See Clarification about Equestrian Orders

From VIS: NOTE OF CLARIFICATION FROM THE SECRETARIAT OF STATE Vatican City, (VIS) – In response to frequent requests for information concerning the recognition by the Holy See of Equestrian Orders dedicated to the saints or to holy places, the … Read More

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What they are NOT saying in the Synod about REAL New Evangelization: start having babies!

Please use the sharing buttons!  Thanks! Changing demographics. [wp_youtube]6-3X5hIFXYU[/wp_youtube] Sts. Nunilo and Alodia pray for us. In other news, the Armenian Orthodox Patriarch in Tblisi is being credited with boosting the birth-rate in Georgia.   On LifeSite I read that … Read More

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Pontifical Mass at Assumption Grotto

Getting ready in the sacristy. Another brick for building the New Evangelization.

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QUAERITUR: A stable group petitioned the Extraordinary Form, but the “parish council” says NO!

From a young reader: I am a sixteen year old boy, who has requested a TLM mass at my parish a number of times unofficially. After getting several unsatisfactory results, I decided to send a short concise petition to the … Read More

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QUAERITUR: Can a traditionalist priest require women to cover their heads during Mass?

From a reader: I have read web sites from FSSP Traditional parishes that indicate women are to cover their heads during Mass. My understanding is that the requirement was removed from Canon Law, thus it is no longer a sin … Read More

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Is something being done about the “homosexual Masses” in London?

I picked this up from Marco Tossati at Vatican Insider – in Italian – about the homosexual Masses being celebrated in London in the Soho district at the Church of Our Lady of the Assumption and Saint Gregory (not at St. Patrick’s on … Read More

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The Synod so far: something missing….

As you know, the Synod of Bishops in meeting in Rome, again.  The theme this time: The New Evangelization for the Transmission of the Christian Faith So far in the interventions (speeches) HERE I have not yet seen any mention … Read More

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What happened to popular devotions and piety? A Cardinal opines.

During the Year of Faith we should work to revive popular piety and communual devotions. A friend in Rome, Fabricius Magnus, sent me the following: Sandro Magister has an article related to the pope’s visit to Loreto and reports of … Read More

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QUAERITUR: We have to have Communion under both kinds and, therefore, extra lay ministers

From a reader: I have read about valid and invalid motivations for the multiplication of EMHCs. [Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion.] The diocesan advisor at my university’s Newman center gave me one which I had not heard before: that without … Read More

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It’s 2013 Ordo time!

It is October, and therefore time to start thinking about getting a new Ordo for the 2012-13 liturgical calendar… for the Extraordinary Form, of course! I returned to the USA from my travel abroad to find waiting for me a copy … Read More

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