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Category Archives: “How To…” – Practical Notes
ASK FATHER: Am I obliged to tell an old priest about his liturgical ad libs?
From a seminarian… QUAERITUR: Thank you very much for everything you do on this blog. I am a seminarian and an avid reader of this blog. My seminary is orthodox, but these are difficult times in the Church and it … Read More
ASK FATHER: Was I automatically excommunicated?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Since latae sententiae excommunication is not incurred without committing a mortal sin, and acting against one’s conscience regarding something one thinks might be mortally sinful is itself a mortal sin, is excommunication incurred if one thinks … Read More
UPDATE! Navy Chaplain’s replacement vestments – DELIVERED!
Do you remember the project to replace the travel vestments of the Navy Chaplain whose plane crashed into the river on landing? He lost everything. HERE and HERE I started a campaign to have new vestments made and YOU AMAZING readers … Read More
@CCPecknold writes on belief in the Eucharist and Fr. Z rants at length
I need seminarians and young (especially) priests to pay attention to this. Chad Pecknold, contributing editor at the Catholic Herald (where I have a weekly column), is articulate, bring and right. He manifests these attributes much to the dismay of … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Hard-Identity Catholicism, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The Coming Storm, The future and our choices, Turn Towards The Lord, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
Tagged ars celebrandi, gravitational pull, Lex Orandi Lex Credendi, Marshall Plan, mutual enrichment, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, virtue of religion
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ASK FATHER: As a youth minister, I don’t think clergy have my back.
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Father have you seen this recent Pew poll on how we as Catholics view the Eucharist? I’m a Youth Minister @ my Church. I can do talks till I’m blue in the face, but feel I … Read More
For the ‘c’atholic Left, the Church should be perpetual Woodstock
As I write, I am watching my recording of the public TV series American Experience – “Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation“. FIFTY YEARS. A half a million kids descend on a field in NY for to hear music … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Liberals, The Coming Storm, The Drill
Tagged Fishwrap, Woodstock
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Your Sunday Sermon Notes and ASK FATHER: sermons and birettas
Was there a good point made in the sermon during your Mass of Sunday obligation? Let us know. Today I had the pleasure of being deacon for this morning’s Solemn Mass. One of the local priests had, at the last … Read More
ASK FATHER: Priests who bless with their fingers in the Greek icon “ICXC” style
From priest… QUAERITUR: At the moment I’m at a presbyteral retreat. When you get a bunch of priests together, you’re bound to see the whole range of liturgical “sensibilities,” leaving aside entirely the dinner table conversation… [For sure. I look … Read More
ASK FATHER: Repeat a wedding ceremony with a friend presiding?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Long time reader, first time questioner. I have a friend that will soon be getting married. On Saturday he will have a traditional Catholic Church wedding. However, on Sunday he is having a reception in which … Read More
Benedict Joseph on The Big Lie of Mr. Cricket: “Andrea Grillo however does serve a purpose. He boldly unmasks the nature of the post-Catholic ideology to which he is…”
