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Category Archives: “How To…” – Practical Notes
QUAERITUR: Solemn Pontifical Mass… proper terminology
From a reader in Japan… Dear Father Z, [I am] from Japan (therefore, I am sorry for my poor English).I thank God for your great blog. My faith grows up everyday by reading your blog. I have a question regarding … Read More
EMBER ALERT! – UPDATE
That is EMBER not "amber". It is almost Embertide again… this time the "Michael" Embertide…. 23, 25 and 26 Sept. [In my original post, I used a calendar with an error. I have corrected the dates. There is discussion of … Read More
Want to use your phone in church? Think again!
Have you ever wished that your car had a phaser option? That there was a trap door under the pulpit? A tip of the biretta to Mulier Fortis for the following. In the future there may be some serious penalties … Read More
Internet distance learning in Aristotelean/Thomist philosophy
I had a note from some people who have started a great program, potentially very useful. What I was sent is too long to post, but here are a few items to let you know essentially what they are about. … Read More
QUAERITUR: age for starting to train altar boys
An e-mail came with a question. It came without a subject in the subject line and I usually just delete them, but I opened this one. What is the "rule of thumb" ,age wise, for boys to start to train … Read More
First THURSDAY of the month – plenary indulgence offered
Remember! In this year dedicated to priests and prayer for priests, Holy Church has provided lay people with a special plenary indulgence on first Thursdays of each month. For the faithful, a plenary indulgence can be obtained on the opening … Read More
London Colney TLM training conference for priests: reports coming in
You might remember that in England there was to be a conference/workshop for priests to learn the TLM at a center run by the Archdiocese of Westminster. The editors of RU-486 (aka The Bitter Pill aka The Tablet) in a … Read More
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A cut above
You know the old game, rock, paper scissors? You know it, right? Paper covers rock – Scissors cut paper – Rock breaks scissors? An updated version might be: Hedge trimmer slices phone cable. Sometimes when the internet seems realllllly slowwwww, … Read More
Reviewing good advice
I have been reviewing the always useful and amusing Peter’s Evil Overlord List. There is some good advice here… 12. One of my advisers will be an average five-year-old child. Any flaws in my plan that he is able to … Read More
Consecration of a chalice in the traditional Roman manner
A Catholic Life has a great entry about the consecration of a chalice in the older, traditional older Roman Rite. Be sure to check it out!
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