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Category Archives: Just Too Cool
VIDEO: Bishops saying private Masses during Vatican II
This is terrific. Here is old video of some bishops at the Second Vatican Council saying their private Masses! The best form of concelebration! Council Fathers offering their Private Masses after the Second Vatican Council was solemnly opened by Pope … Read More
D. Madison – 29 July – Missa Cantata in the DOMINICAN Rite
I am pleased to inform the readership that in Madison, WI, at the parish staffed by the Order of Preachers, there will be a Sung Mass in the Dominican Rite. On Sunday 29 July at Blessed Sacrament Parish, Fr. James … Read More
Film from 1934 Chicago
Here is an interesting bit of video from 1934 in Chicago, dealing with Church stuff. Toward the end, you see a procession into church and you hear some of the liturgical music. In other words you get a sense of … Read More
Croatian pro-life coin and Archbishop of Avignon lets gender-benders have it
Here are a couple of noteworthy and encouraging bits of news. First… I have to go to Croatia. It keeps popping up on my radar. I had a note from a recently ordained Croatian priest looking for a little help … Read More
Posted in ¡Hagan lío!, Just Too Cool
Tagged Archbp. Jean-Pierre Cattenoz, Archd. Avignon, Croatia
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FLYING ELECTRIC SPACE SPIDERS!
News especially for P… …from SpaceWeather: SPIDERS AND SPACE WEATHER: Did you know that spiders can fly? Biologists call it “ballooning.” Spiders spin a strand of silk, it juts into the air, and off they go. Airborne arachnids have been … Read More
French stones and soutanes
As I do each year, I’ve been watching the Tour de France. When I was young, I did a bit of riding myself. The coverage is technically amazing and the scenery along the way is beautiful. It’s like a … Read More
¡Hagan lío! in Poland. Young, and raising hell…. correction… razing Hell.
These days it seems as if every time I turn around, I receive news of another Pontifical Mass in the Traditional Roman Rite has been celebrated somewhere. I couldn’t be more pleased. Slowly but surely, we are witnessing the reintegration … Read More
A little bright spot for your day, a discrete packet of energy for your mind.
I listen to Great Courses on Audible. It helps to keep my brain working. Right now I am nearing the end of Einstein’s Relativity and the Quantum Revolution: Modern Physics for Non-Scientists. (US HERE – UK HERE) In that context, … Read More
Splendid photos of a beautiful 1st Solemn Mass celebrated ‘coram episcopo’, in cappa magna
We of the Tridentine Mass Society of the Diocese of Madison have posted some splendid photos of the 1st Solemn Mass of the new Fr. Peter Lee, ordained by the Extraordinary Ordinary, Bp. Robert C. Morlino for the aforementioned diocese. … Read More
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Tagged 1st Mass, Bp. Robert Morlino, D. Madison, The Extraordinary Ordinary, TMSM, Tridentine Mass Society of Madison
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TRAPPIST BEER from MONKS in ENGLAND!
The fantastic Benedictine monks of Norcia, Italy, make fantastic beer! You can help this great traditional community by investing in their monthly beer club. HERE I just read a story on the BBC about a group of monks in the UK’s Leicestershire … Read More
GHP on ROME 26/10– Day 17-18: How very sad: “JonPatrick says I’ll bet that 1% of sisters under the age of 40 are predominantly those in traditional orders Our…”
