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2 Nov ALL SOULS plans, INDULGENCES, and YOU!

In Madison, WI Bp. Morlino will offer a Pontifical Requiem Mass at the Throne at 7 PM at the Bishop O’Connor Center. The music will be De Victoria’s Requiem for 4 Voices.  I’ll bet there aren’t any other Requiems at … Read More

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ROME – Day 2: Of processions and pitchers

The procession and Pontifical Mass for the Summorum Pontificum pilgrimage was this morning. Here are some shots. I prayed for you, the readers here, my family, my friends, my confreres in Madison, the … gulp… Synod. Starting in S. Lorenzo … Read More

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Latin Liturgy of the Hours now available… in a new format

For a long time Latin liturgical books, such as the four volumes of the Liturgia Horarum (Liturgy of the Hours for the Ordinary Form) have been very expensive or out of print. Furthermore, they were not well bound, as many … Read More

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ASK FATHER: Are deacons permitted to distribute Communion in the Extraordinary Form?

From a reader… QUAERITUR: In the Extraordinary Form of the Holy Mass (EF), are Deacons (either transitional or permanent) allowed to distribute Holy Communion? Or is this a faculty reserved to only the Priest and Bishop? On the Correct Handling … Read More

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WDTPRS – 21st Sunday after Pentecost (1962): I am horrified when I hear the modernists say…

Let’s have a look at the Collect for the upcoming Sunday in the TLM – 1962 Missale Romanum.  This a portion from my article for The Wanderer. This Collect has been in use at least since the time of the … Read More

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ASK FATHER: TLM cancelled, pastor and bishop won’t respond. What to do?

I have received sundry questions about situations in which Traditional Latin Masses (Extraordinary Form), have been suddenly cancelled, without reasons, without dialogue, without recourse… no doubt in the name of the Mercy Pope Francis speaks of. As you know, the law laid … Read More

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Mass “of Belonging”. Wherein Fr. Z rants.

If you were in St. Petersburg, you could have attended a “Mass of Belonging”. From The Tampa Tribune: Sacred Heart Catholic Church celebrates inclusion with ‘Mass of Belonging’ TAMPA — Frank Sammartino and Don Sullivan said they did not feel … Read More

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What to do if the Host disappears?

Yesterday I was in conversation with friends about De defectibus. There is a section in the front of the older versions of the Missale Romanum indicating which defects might make Mass invalid or illicit and/or how to correct them, etc. In one place, the … Read More

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A Feast of Angels

In the older Roman calendar today is the Feast of the Dedication of St. Michael the Archangel, which refers to a basilica dedicated in his honor. This has been the time of year to honor angels for a long time … Read More

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ACTION ITEM! It’s time to order your 2016 Ordo (St. John Cantius)

It is that time of year again.  Advent is just around the corner.  That means that we have to get our new ORDO for 2015. Every Latin Church sacristy should have an Ordo for both the Ordinary and the Extraordinary … Read More

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