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Category Archives: Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
Traditional young Catholics’ groups are spreading quickly
I saw at Aleteia a story about the great traditional young people’s group Juventutem (which has that unfortunate “J”). The undersigned is mentioned, but that is not the important issue. What is important is the growth of chapters of this … Read More
Ft. Worth, TX – Sunday 13 July – TLM with Bp. Olson
I was delighted to receive news that His Excellency Most Rev. Michael Olson, Bishop of Ft. Worth, will preside at Holy Mass celebrated in the Extraordinary Form on Sunday 13 July. HERE Details are a little sketchy. I assume that … Read More
Pontifical Masses proliferate
Is it just me, or has there been an increase in the number of Pontifical Masses in the traditional Roman Rite lately? I just saw this at NLM: On the occasion of the 7th anniversary of the promulgation of Summorum … Read More
Benedict XVI empowered a movement that will bring beauty back to the sanctuary and to the whole world.
I saw this in The Week. My emphases and comments: In defense of Pope Benedict and the Latin Mass Twelve summers ago I entered a dusty little church in a Polish neighborhood in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., that Poles had abandoned long … Read More
VIDEO: A moment of a Pontifical Mass
The 7th FOTA conference (liturgy) took place in Cork, Ireland. There was a Pontifical Mass at the Throne with Terce celebrated at Sts Peter and Paul Church by His Excellency Most Rev Philip Boyce, OCD, Bishop of Raphoe. There are … Read More
BREAKING! Missing and the search is on!
The often amusing Eye of the Tiber reports on a serious news story that should concern us all. My emphases. Sierra Nevada–More than five dozen searchers scoured the Sierra Nevada foothills for the missing reverence at a Mass at the Church … Read More
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Tagged piety, reverence, solemnity
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ASK FATHER & POLL: Sign of Peace at Mass. Not good. What to do?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Father, I notice that at daily mass or where the mass is sparsely attended parishioners will wave to each other from across the church. Is there a better way to handle this situation? Sure there is! … Read More
“dust off the censer, and toss out the bong” – 07/07/07
Here is a grooovy oldie post from the WDTPRS archives. This, from this very day in 2007: The Official WDTPRS Parody Song Writer, the esteemed Tim Ferguson has been at it again. As he put it, “I ruminated a bit … Read More
VIDEO: Juventutem Thanks Benedict XVI for Summorum Pontificum
Here is a nice video “thank you” note from Juventutem to priests, lay people, Pope Benedict and Pope Francis for Summorum Pontificum. On Monday 7 July we will have come to the 7th Anniversary of the release of the text. … Read More
Missale Romanum cum lectionibus – online
Just too cool. For priests who want to have a mobile (on screen, at least) Latin resource for the Novus Ordo Missale Romanum, an enterprising priest has made use of existing pdfs of the Missale Romanum cum lectionibus, long out … Read More
