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“This blog is like a fusion of the Baroque ‘salon’ with its well-tuned harpsichord around which polite society gathered for entertainment and edification and, on the other hand, a Wild West “saloon” with its out-of-tune piano and swinging doors, where everyone has a gun and something to say. Nevertheless, we try to point our discussions back to what it is to be Catholic in this increasingly difficult age, to love God, and how to get to heaven.” – Fr. Z
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Category Archives: Just Too Cool
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
D. MADISON: 30 June – A First Holy Mass “coram Episcopo”
From the site of the Tridentine Mass Society of the Diocese of Madison: On Friday, June 29, His Excellency the Most Rev. Robert Morlino [The Extraordinary Ordinary] will be ordaining three seminarians of the diocese to the Holy Order of … Read More
30 years a priest, 60th birthday – a priest’s first real Solemn Mass! Wherein Fr. Z rants.
This is the season of First Holy Masses. For example, on Saturday 30 June, I will be helping as Assistant Priest with the First Mass of a newly ordained priest to be celebrated in the presence of the bishop (coram … Read More
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JUST TOO COOL: SPACE FORCE!
When I was driving to Michigan for this year’s Acton University, I heard a speech that Pres. Trump gave to a gathering of small business leaders. During that speech he mentioned NASA and the development of the SPACE FORCE! … Read More
Pres. Trump and the Brown Scapular
This is really interesting. HERE The Governor of Guam, gave Pres. Trump a brown scapular for the First Lady. And he talks about a statue of Our Lady of Fatima.
“The finest rosaries I have ever seen” have… returned! – UPDATES
nce upon a time I used to write about the finest rosaries I had ever seen. They were easy on the eyes, like jewelry, but they were as strong as steel cables. The woman who made them, Gayle, had started up … Read More
A great restoration @CathedralStPaul
The Cathedral of St. Paul in St. Paul, MN, is in my estimation a candidate for “grandest cathedral in these USA”. It is also the National Shrine of St. Paul. One of the advantages of this cathedral is that is … Read More
BEER @MONKSOFNORCIA PROGRESS
We have to support our good religious orders, especially the newer communities. Today I read about a solemn profession at Norcia, in Italy, where there is a great foundation of Benedictines (including not a few Americans). You might recall that … Read More
Are you downsizing? Be careful!
I’m in a process of downsizing. You know how this goes. You have it in your head that, if you haven’t opened that box of stuff for a couple years, you don’t need it and you won’t miss it. Right? … Read More
Just to put your day into perspective
Just to put your day into perspective. Of course, that’s all well and good, but a human soul has greater worth. Christ died for souls, not stars or background radiation. It seems to me that the material cosmos is so … Read More
ThePapalCount on WDTPRS – 9 November: Feast of the Dedication of St. John Lateran, Rome’s Cathedral: “Fr Z — this is an excellent piece. Great teaching. Thanks for this.”
