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Category Archives: Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
ICEL: 50th anniversary – Two Cheers for ICEL!
Two cheers for ICEL! I was sent this by an ICEL insider: ICEL was founded in St Peter’s Basilica fifty years ago today. The occasion will be marked by a Solemn Mass at the Altar of the Chair at 5pm, … Read More
Posted in Events, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Our Catholic Identity, The future and our choices
Tagged ICEL, Latin, SC 36, SC 54, vernacular
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5 Comments
[*heavy sigh*] Archbp. Marini’s “nostalgia” for the “spirit of the council”
Does anything about the following strike you as supremely ironic? From CNS: Vatican II continues to mark ecclesial life today, says archbishop BY MARY SOLBERG Catholic News Service ERIE, Pa. (CNS) — Archbishop Piero Marini, a Vatican official, recalls watching … Read More
What Did The “Poverello” Really Say?
On the Feast of St. Francis, Patron of Italy, Pope Francis went to Assisi. During one talk he clarified that the “peace” with which St. Francis is often associated is “not something saccharine“. To the dismay of LCWR keynote speakers … Read More
Posted in Francis, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Our Catholic Identity, The Drill
Tagged peace, St. Francis of Assisi
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Wm. Oddie on the rumor about Marini and the CDW
William Oddie has a spot-on column at the UK’s best Catholic weekly, The Catholic Herald. A few comments before we get to the main course. First, a few years ago a book came out over the name of (Archbishop) Piero … Read More
QUAERITUR: My daughter wants to be an altar boy… girl… server.
From a reader: On the way home from Mass this evening, my daughter, who is a leader in our parish’s CYM and very active in the Church, mentioned that she was going to an Altar server meeting this week. So, … Read More
QUAERITUR: An Eastern Subdeacon for a Roman Solemn Mass? A Clerical Bedtime Story.
From a reader: I have a friend who is a Eastern Catholic subdeacon, officially installed in his own rite. [installed?] Would it be possible for him to serve a subdeacon during a Latin Extraordinary Form Solemn high Mass? And if … Read More
Exploding the canard of a dichotomy between liturgical solemnity and ministry to the poor
Some years ago, when in my church in Italy I regularly had sung Novus Ordo Masses in Latin, with Gregorian chant and polyphony by Palestrina and Giovanelli, I was accused by liberal priests that I was not allowing the poor … Read More
“Father Z Special Discount” on the St. Edmund Campion Missal & Hymnal
I received a note from the publishers of the Campion Missal and Hymnal. I wrote about it HERE. During OCTOBER and NOVEMBER your readers can have a “Fr. Z Special” for a discount for the Campion Missal & Hymnal. In other … Read More
10th anniversary of death of Michael Davies (R.I.P)
Michael Davies was a real gentleman, a dedicated Catholic and lover of the Church, and a zealous advocate of reverent liturgical worship. He went to God on 25 September 2004. A reader reminded me: Of your charity, please pray for … Read More
