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Category Archives: My View
Rome – Day 4: No Show Edition
I have been running uninteresting errands… except for one. As you may know the Summorum Pontificum pilgrimage is underway. Card. Pell was to be celebrant at Ss. Trinità. Card. Pell is ill. Some wags here are suggesting that he has … Read More
Posted in On the road, What Fr. Z is up to
Tagged Card. Pell, SS. Trinita dei Pelegrini, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM
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ROME – Day 3: Vestments, cont. Other stuff.
This morning we had Mass at Ss. Trinità dei Pellegrini, the FSSP parish. They are always welcoming and helpful when priests want to say Mass. I like the way the amices are done here. The ribbons can be removed easily, … Read More
ROME – Day 2: Vestments edition
This morning the group went off to the Audience and some time in the Museum, both of which I passed. On my way to meet a priest friend at Gammarelli I stopped at Sant’Eustachio. Just a nice view, inside a … Read More
ROMA – Day 1: Hitting the ground running
Here we are again. I arrived in time for rush hour. The flight was uneventful, which is how I like them.
My View For Awhile: Midtown Tunnel Edition
I hurtled through the Midtown Tunnel and I am on the Van Wyck on the way to JFK. And so the pilgrimage to Rome begins. UPDATE I had a note that a couple of priest friends are also heading to … Read More
ASK FATHER: Prayer for the Holy Father’s intention?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: To gain an indulgence we are required to “pray for the Pope’s intention”. How are we to understand this – are we asking God to answer the specific prayer intentions of the Holy Father (crudely, asking … Read More
NYC Day 1: Pastrami Edition
I am at the glorious Pastrami Queen on Lexington. Mushroom Barley soup Pastrami Corned Beef “Smile!” … yep… he was smiling. We spent time in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, sort of my Mecca, to which I bow several times … Read More
My View For Awhile: Manhattan Edition
I’m off to NYC to meet some friends and have a couple of days of R&R before continuing on my way to Rome for the pilgrimage. So far it’s a typical Delta experience: flight delayed. At least I don’t have … Read More
NEW Z-SWAG! (This one might surprise you.)
It’s time to have a little fun. Over at the piranha tanks of Fishwrap‘s combox, you readers – you – were being ridiculed as … “Zed-Heads”. For those of you who may not know, “Zed” is a British English way … Read More
Posted in ¡Hagan lío!, Be The Maquis, In The Wild, Lighter fare, The Campus Telephone Pole
Tagged Fishwrap, Zed-Heads
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Bl. J.H. Newman’s “To be deep in history” Mug (and a tease)
It’s the feast (in some places and for some groups) of Bl. John Henry Newman. Who can forget his beatification by Benedict XVI? Those of you who may be new readers may not know about the mug I made with … Read More
Posted in In The Wild, REVIEWS, The Campus Telephone Pole
Tagged Bl. John Henry Newman, mug, Z-Swag
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fac on My Annual St Crispin’s Day roundup with Henry V speech!: ““We few. We happy few. … You know your places. God be with you.””
