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Category Archives: “How To…” – Practical Notes
QUAERITUR: Use of force to defend a church from vandalism
From a reader: Is is okay to fight in churches ? Can one shoot or punch vandals ? Can one defend the priest, or himself, or the Sacrament ? Many who comment on destruction stories want to put up watches. … Read More
QUAERITUR: Chapel veils revisited – What color?
From a priest: A quick question: a woman approached me wondering if there was anything inappropriate in wearing a white veil as an older, married woman. She was told by another parishioner that white is only proper for young women … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box, Lighter fare
Tagged chapel veils, head coverings, women
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QUAERITUR: 1st Communion denied child with cerebral palsy
Remember, if it is Easter, it is time for news stories that make the Church look bad. I was alerted to this by a reader and it brings up a good question: Please note this short hit piece dished out … Read More
Gregorian chant v. folk music. A parish in Toronto. Fr. Z rants.
Pope Benedict has proposed what I have called his “Marshall Plan” to renew Catholic identity. This must involve a reading of the Second Vatican Council in continuity with all the other Councils, not as a point of rupture. That goes … Read More
D. Springfield: revival of the St. Michael the Archangel Prayer
I received a very interesting note from a reader in my email today. On the blog of Fr. Daren Zehnle called Servant and Steward I learn that His Excellency Most Rev. Thomas John Paprocki, Bishop of Springfield has authorized for … Read More
Card. Burke on women covering their heads in church
The great Canonical Defender, Dr. Ed Peters has an interesting note on the use… here we go again… about women wearing head coverings in church. He has something from Cardinal Burke in the topic. But first, in a nutshell here … Read More
QUAERITUR: Can we attend non-Catholic weddings?
From a reader: Is it wrong if not in fact sinful to attend the weddings and funerals of non-Catholics? For as Pope Pius XI stated in his encyclical treating on Christian unity, Catholics are never to participate in schismatic or … Read More
THE list again: Fr. Z’s 20 Tips For Making A Good Confession (and Fr. Z rants)
You and I are going to die someday. We don’t know when. When we die we will be judged. Scripture teaches, and Christ’s own words and actions make clear, that there are some sins bad enough to kill the life … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Brick by Brick, Linking Back, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, The Drill, The future and our choices, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
Tagged confession, confessional, Four Last Things, mortal sins, number and kind, reconciliation, sacrament of penance, sins
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QUAERITUR: Using the new, corrected translation before Advent in private concelebration.
From a priest: Dear Fr. Z, I’d be interested in your thoughts on this: The new translation of the 3rd Edition of the Roman Missal (Ordinary Form) becomes the official text for Mass in the United States on the first … Read More
QUAERITUR: Eucharistic Prayer for Masses with Kiddies
From a reader: Masses at our local Catholic grade school use Eucharistic Prayer II for Masses with Children, in which many congregational responses are added, even during the Institution Narrative! Please tell us these are going away with the new … Read More
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