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- gsk on 22 August: Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Vetus Ordo), Queenship of Mary (Novus Ordo): “I really love the icon at the 1:00 mark of the first video (Elevation Monastery). Any ideas on how I…”
- on A work in progress…: “@Luke Welborn Those members or the laity of whom you speak won’t be selected. That’s how these panels work.”
- on A work in progress…: “All I can think of when I read things like this is the notion or possibility that many of our…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1685 – items wonderful and appalling: “Regarding the Goose Wars… When I was a college puke, finally turning to the Church, I was catechized by an…”
- on A work in progress…: “I threw up. I then went to my local parish and made a holy hour. The madness is appalling.”
- on A work in progress…: “Rupnik’s scribbles are very evocative, every time I see one I think of something else. Usually they evoke nostalgic memories…”
- on 22 August: Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Vetus Ordo), Queenship of Mary (Novus Ordo): “My FSSP parish had a Solemn High Mass this morning for this occasion. Sadly I couldn’t be there as I…”
- on A work in progress…: “Given the state of clergy, I don’t mind lay involvement. On the whole they are more solid, and are far…”
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Category Archives: Mail from priests
Now THAT’S what I call “concelebration”!
Amazing. Photos of the ordination of 842 priests at the XXX International Eucharistic Congress in Barcelona at the Olympic stadium in Montjuich on May 31, 1952. 21 altars were erected on which 21 bishops celebrated Holy Mass simultaneously. Each bishop … Read More
ASK FATHER: What if an aardvark runs by and the priest goofs up the LATIN while baptizing?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I’m going to entirely recast this question in my own words because I need to address the answer to priests, rather than to the laymen who sent the original query. It seems that a priest recently … Read More
“The clerics’ starting gun … Itinerarium Clericorum” read in Latin, an mp3 audio file available for priests.
I just concluded a driving road trip that chalked up over 3400 miles. There were a few perilous moments and one or two that were, frankly, frightening. One involved a human who shouldn’t be allowed to drive and the other … Read More
Any readers from Kotor in Montenegro? – UPDATED
Are there any readers here from the Diocese of Kotor in Montenegro (Dioecesis Catharensis) or from the nearby area of Croatia? Why? I’m looking for a priest. When the recent Grand Chess Tour started in Zagreb, there was a simul … Read More
Check this blog post by a priest friend. Women clergy? The real point.
I alert the readership to a blog post by a priest friend and commentator here, Fr. Martin Fox. You want to check into this. I am mindful of a story I read at the National Catholic Register about how in … Read More
QUESTION FOR PRIESTS: Are you going to the St. Paul Center July conference?
Fathers, are any of you going to the St. Paul Center’s July conference for priests in West Virginia? I’m working out transportation, whether to fly, drive and see things and people along the way, etc. Drop me a line? If … Read More
Posted in Cancelled Priests, Mail from priests, Priests and Priesthood, The Campus Telephone Pole, What Fr. Z is up to
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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
Mail from Priests: A guy who had to go to a Novus Ordo Mass today because of bad weather.
In a text message: A priest friend sent this. At least he was my friend before I listened to what he sent. I may never talk to him again because I can’t un-hear it. What was that recording? Put down … Read More
Fr. John Hollowell’s brain tumor was miraculously healed at Lourdes.
Let’s be clear about something. If we do not ask for miracles, it is unlikely that they will be granted. Fr. John Hollowell has a brief video to explain that his brain tumor, which had returned, was miraculously healed through … Read More
gsk on 22 August: Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Vetus Ordo), Queenship of Mary (Novus Ordo): “I really love the icon at the 1:00 mark of the first video (Elevation Monastery). Any ideas on how I…”
