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Category Archives: “How To…” – Practical Notes
QUAERITUR: bishop won’t allow choir to be in choir loft
From a reader: Our priest wanted to move the choir loft into the open attic space at the back of our church (over the narthex), [the logical place for a choir loft] but he said the bishop would not let … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box, SESSIUNCULA
Tagged choir, choir loft
46 Comments
46 Comments
A parish priest on Sunday Mass obligation and attendance
Fr. Bill Baer, a priest of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, former rector of St. John Vianney Minor Seminary (which he turned around in a Herculean labor) and now parish priest of Transfiguration in Oakdale, MN, has intelligent … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Fr. Z KUDOS
Tagged Fr. Baer, Sunday Mass Obligation
94 Comments
94 Comments
QUAERITUR: Priest in confession doesn’t ask for Act of Contrition
From a reader: My parish pastor forgets to ask me to say the Act of Contrition after I’ve finished my Confession. (I should note that he is from Cuba and that he does not speak English well at all, although … Read More
Stingy schedule for confessions in parishes and “New Evangelization”
During the summer months, I often mention in sermons the need for confession. Summer is not vacation time from the sacrament of penance. In the busy weeks and long lingering days – now getting shorter – people must make time … Read More
QUAERITUR: no confessionals and no confession times
From a reader: I am requesting help re: the application of Canon 964.2 and 986.1 [which concerns the Seal]. The parish has been the host of a monthly homeschool Mass for a group from all over ____ for a few … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box
Tagged confessionals, confessions
45 Comments
45 Comments
QUAERITUR: confessing sins in both number and kind
From an older response. A reader asked: I’ve often heard priests say that when going to confession it’s important to confess sin both in kind and number. I recently went to confession though to a priest who told me at … Read More
RATS IN THE RECTORY! Of priests and rodents
I posted about the issue of the Hamster on the sidebar (yes, I actually wrote that sentence). Now I read about another priest with a rodent problem: rats in the rectory (yes, I wrote that too and I can already … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, SESSIUNCULA
Tagged deprecatory prayer, Macon, Rats
40 Comments
40 Comments
QUAERITUR: birettiquette, revisited
And now for the really important things. From a reader: Dear Father,Can you point me (or ask your readers to help to point me) in the direction of a guide to the use of the biretta at Mass in the … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box, SESSIUNCULA
Tagged biretta, choir dress
16 Comments
16 Comments
QUAERITUR: I didn’t understand the words of absolution as spoken
Every time I post about the variations priests impose by their own self-centered authority on the celebration of sacraments, and the confusion it causes members of the faithful, questions multiply in my inbox. "But Father! But Father!", some say. "This … Read More
