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Category Archives: “How To…” – Practical Notes
QUAERITUR: Introducing new parish families at Mass
From a reader: It seems from parish to parish many have the custom after the closing prayer when announcements are given to ask new families or visitors to stand up and introduce themselves. It can add a bit more time … Read More
Newt on the Democrat Party’s extremist abortion plank and on liberal bias
Here is a really interesting video. Newt Gingrich goes off on some liberals about tax-payer funded abortion and liberal bias on Meet The Press. I would still have liked to see him mop the floor with the incumbent. [wp_youtube]m–3So-MtsM[/wp_youtube]
QUAERITUR: A good place to buy diaconal stoles
From a seminarian: As a seminarian who will be ordained to the transitional diaconate here shortly, I was wondering if you or your readers could point me to a place to acquire reasonable, well made, appropriate appearing Deacon stoles. Most … Read More
What a catch!
Someone sent me the brief video of a spectacular catch. [wp_youtube]RulDjA5Mf20[/wp_youtube]
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Just Too Cool
Tagged catch, football, Ohio State
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7 Comments
Vatican to work with Apple, iTunes to produce e-books
From CNA: Vatican publisher enters e-book market in Italiano Posted on August 30, 2012 by Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY — The Vatican publishing house’s exclusive contract with Apple to market a series of books through iTunes made headlines in Italy, where … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Brick by Brick
Tagged apple, e-books, Vatican Press
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7 Comments
More on priests and formation in both the Extraordinary and the Ordinary Form
This continues a couple different entries (HERE and HERE). From a priest: I am also a young priest (30), and an alumnus of your alma mater. [Neither “alma” nor “mater” in my day, I’m afraid.] Though I have received training … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box, Benedict XVI, Brick by Brick, Linking Back, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Mail from priests, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, Priests and Priesthood, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The future and our choices
Tagged Extraordinary Form, formation, Ordinary Form, priestly formation, seminarians, seminary
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23 Comments
QUAERITUR: Is baptism by a priest who does odd things still valid?
From a reader: Thank you father for the time you devote to this blog. I have found it very educational as has my husband. I would appreciate your thoughts as an outside observer to this question. We were parishioners for … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Our Catholic Identity
Tagged ex opere operato, sacraments, validity of sacraments
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10 yr-old boy donates his film earnings to Mother Theresa’s sisters
The UK’s best Catholic weekly, The Catholic Herald, usually provides us with the service each day of alerting us to a few interesting news items. I check it every day. Here is one the editor, Luke Coppen, found on UCANews (a … Read More
The Catholic League on efforts to silence Archbishop Cordileone
I bring to your attention something from The Catholic League about the recent DUI incurred by Archbishop Cordilone, newly appointed to San Francisco. Liberals are dancing around their bonfires as if Cordilone’s head is already on a stick. I’ve been watching … Read More
Holy Communion services mistaken to be “as good as Mass”
My friend Fr Ray Blake, parish priest in Brighton, has a good analysis of the phenomenon of lay people – lay women – leading Communion services in the absence of priests. Many of us have had the experience of hearing … Read More
