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Category Archives: Just Too Cool
Laus Deo! Great news from Gower Abbey in Missouri
By now you will have heard the news about Sr. Wilhelmina of the Gower Abbey Benedictines in Missouri. Sr. Wilhelmina died in 2019 at 95 years. She had been the foundress of these wonderful traditional Benedictine nuns about whom I … Read More
Chicago Alderman to Card. Cupich: FREE THE SHRINE!
This is great. You remember that Card. Cupich of Chicago attacked the people who attended the south-side church in the care of the Institute of Christ the King by placing the Institute priests in an untenable position. He forced them … Read More
My favorite moment from the Coronation ceremonies
Hands down. The armed forces salute and cheer the newly crowned King Charles in the gardens of Buckingham Palace#Coronation https://t.co/SvPyMdzcVq ? Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube pic.twitter.com/DAnBGpq03j — Sky News (@SkyNews) May 6, 2023
1987: Faithful Catholics locked out of their church on Palm Sunday employ a battering ram
Over at Ann Barnhardt’s place you will find a video of something that happened in France in 1987. Catholics who desired the Traditional Latin Mass were locked out of the parish church on Palm Sunday… much like what now-incredibly-Cardinal Cupich … Read More
Zoink!
A friend reminded my of the fantastic Annunciation in the Cloisters in NYC by Robert Champin. It is the central panel of a tryptic. On the right St. Joseph is in his workshop making, among other things, mousetraps, because Augustine … Read More
“Only what is true can ultimately be pastoral”.
This is it. Amen. “Only what is true can ultimately be pastoral”. Cardinal Roche please read anything Pope Benedict wrote. It will help you return to the Catholic faith. https://t.co/hZf7T57gkM — Bishop J. Strickland (@Bishopoftyler) March 24, 2023 Fr. Z … Read More
Posted in Fr. Z KUDOS, Hard-Identity Catholicism, Just Too Cool
Tagged Bp. Joseph E. Strickland, Joseph Ratzinger
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7 Comments
24 March – Feast of St. Gabriel, Archangel – images
Today, the day before the Feast of the Annunciation, is the Feast of the announcing Archangel Gabriel. He is one of three holy angels whose name we know from Holy Writ. His name means roughly “God is my strength”. Gabriel … Read More
VIDEO: Glimpses of Forty Hours
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. The practice of Forty Hours Devotion should be revived. Forty Hours originally evolved to ask God’s protection from external threats, such as invasion or disease. Now, it should be undertaken because … Read More
Posted in Just Too Cool, Our Catholic Identity, Save The Liturgy - Save The World
Tagged Forty Hours
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4 Comments
Mail From A Priest: “I have finally begun offering the Traditional Latin Mass”
Why I do what I do. From a priest: Dear Father, I wanted to drop a note of gratitude. I have been following your blog for over a decade now and, after 2 and a half years of ordination, I … Read More
Here’s a bishop doing something good!
May I suggest that you add this bishop to your list of those for whom you regularly pray? Pray especially for his protection from the Enemy and his human agents in the Church. The new and young bishop of Columbus … Read More
Posted in Fr. Z KUDOS, Just Too Cool, Save The Liturgy - Save The World, SESSIUNCULA
Tagged Bp. Earl Fernandes, D. Columbus
10 Comments
10 Comments
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