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Category Archives: “How To…” – Practical Notes
Medal of Honor winners to vets returning home: Help is there!
A reader sent me a link to something I found very moving. Some recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor joined together to make a video PSA to encourage America’s military to seek help when adjusting to life after combat, … Read More
Another technical question: back ups and restores
Those who do a lot of work with a computer may know the old phrase, "Jesus saves, and so should you." We have probably all had the experience not just of losing minutes to hours of work on a document … Read More
Benedict XVI: First Communion at “age of reason”
From CNA: Benedict XVI affirms first communion for children at age of reason Castel Gandolfo, Italy, Aug 18, 2010 / 06:01 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Holy Father remembered Pope St. Pius X and reviewed his Church reforms and renewals during … Read More
Help! I need technical advice!
I need help from you knowledgeable readers. Is there any software that will allow me to record – on a single computer – 4 usb webcams with 1 or 2 audio sources? The idea is to record simultaneously four different … Read More
What Is Confession Time Really For?
I am ever more impressed with the quality of posts on Fr. Bill Baer’s blog. He is a priest acquaintance of mine in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis. I have posted about him before. He has been talking … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes
Tagged confessions, Fr. Baer, sacrament of penance
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19 Comments
QUAERITUR: Pastor tells me, a deacon, to omit dalmatic on weekdays
From a reader: I am a transitional deacon on pastoral placement. Please include me in your prayers for thorough preparation for the priesthood. [Will do.] The Parish Priest has said that I should not wear the dalmatic for weekday Masses. … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box, SESSIUNCULA
Tagged dalmatic, deacon
36 Comments
36 Comments
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
Fr. John Zuhlsdorf on ROME 26/10-11 – Day 36: Ultimate: “I spoke with the sisters in Rome who do these corporals. I was told that they use a particular kind…”
