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Category Archives: Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
Reason #28867 for Summorum Pontificum
The folks who organize the education conference in L.A. are going to be sooooo jealous. You might need to turn the sound down after a little bit. I will not be blamed if your ears start to bleed. [wp_youtube]MxfO7a7_bWs[/wp_youtube]
QUAERITUR: Can a traditionalist priest require women to cover their heads during Mass?
From a reader: I have read web sites from FSSP Traditional parishes that indicate women are to cover their heads during Mass. My understanding is that the requirement was removed from Canon Law, thus it is no longer a sin … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, Universae Ecclesiae
Tagged chapel veil, head coverings, mantillas, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The Wrath Of The Whatever From High Atop The Thing, UE 28, Universae Ecclesiae
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45 Comments
Is something being done about the “homosexual Masses” in London?
I picked this up from Marco Tossati at Vatican Insider – in Italian – about the homosexual Masses being celebrated in London in the Soho district at the Church of Our Lady of the Assumption and Saint Gregory (not at St. Patrick’s on … Read More
Fr. John Hunwicke – redivivus
I was delighted to see an old RSS feed come back to life today after a long hiatus. Fr. John Hunwicke, now a Catholic priest, has resumed posting to his blog now called Fr Hunwicke’s Mutual Enrichment, though it has … Read More
Posted in Linking Back, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Mail from priests
Tagged Fr. John Hunwicke
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Do you have liturgical dance where you are?
Do you have liturgical dance where you are? You probably shouldn’t. Rorate picked this up from a post on a blog in the Philippines, Pinoy Catholic. Liturgical dance… ugh. There are some pretty funny stories about liturgical dance.
QUAERITUR: We have to have Communion under both kinds and, therefore, extra lay ministers
From a reader: I have read about valid and invalid motivations for the multiplication of EMHCs. [Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion.] The diocesan advisor at my university’s Newman center gave me one which I had not heard before: that without … Read More
It’s 2013 Ordo time!
It is October, and therefore time to start thinking about getting a new Ordo for the 2012-13 liturgical calendar… for the Extraordinary Form, of course! I returned to the USA from my travel abroad to find waiting for me a copy … Read More
QUAERITUR: Priest denied me absolution, because I, a convert, am married to a non-Christian
From a reader: I converted to the Catholic faith years ago from a Muslim background. My husband was also Muslim at the time. He is atheist/agnostic now and I don’t see him ever converting. A priest denied me absolution a … Read More
Benedict XVI on liturgical worship and our identity
Please use the sharing buttons! Thanks! This is GREAT. The Holy Father’s Wednesday Audience with my emphases and comments: VATICAN, OCTOBER 3, 2012 (Zenit.org).- Here is a translation of the address Benedict XVI gave today in St. Peter’s Square. The … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Benedict XVI, Brick by Brick, Fr. Z KUDOS, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, The Drill, The future and our choices, Year of Faith
Tagged active participation, Benedict XVI, CCC 1073, CCC 1097, CCC 2565, Holy Mass, identity, liturgy, prayer
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QUAERITUR: Face-to-face confession. Fr. Z rants.
From a reader: I am trying to figure out what was the rationale to change the rite of confession to allow for face-to-face confessions. I have read the documents of Vatican II, but did not see anything there specifically addressing … Read More
