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“This blog is like a fusion of the Baroque ‘salon’ with its well-tuned harpsichord around which polite society gathered for entertainment and edification and, on the other hand, a Wild West “saloon” with its out-of-tune piano and swinging doors, where everyone has a gun and something to say. Nevertheless, we try to point our discussions back to what it is to be Catholic in this increasingly difficult age, to love God, and how to get to heaven.” – Fr. Z
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Category Archives: What Fr. Z is up to
Teas in the afternoon
It was a tea day, with an equivocation. First, I shifted a Fukien Tea I picked up for a song at, of all places Sam’s Club, into a bonsai tray sent by a reader here some time ago, chosen from … Read More
Posted in Just Too Cool, Lighter fare, What Fr. Z is up to
Tagged bonsai, Chinese elm, fukien tea tree, Japanese Maple, PENJING REPORT, Penzai, tea
11 Comments
11 Comments
Veselka Variety
On Each trip to NYC I check out a new cuisine. Tonight we are doing Ukrainian. Situated in the East Village, this is the sort of place I like. Unassuming. Starting with borscht. Next, Varenyky. Bigos. Beet and Horseradish salad. … Read More
WDTPRS POLL: Which was Fr. Z’s?
I was out with a priest friend for the afternoon. He came into town to visit me and have some RnR after his Holy Week and Easter exercises. We visited several churches, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and then had … Read More
Posted in Lighter fare, On the road, POLLS, What Fr. Z is up to
Tagged Manhattans, Martinis, poll
70 Comments
70 Comments
Duck Time
We are out for Beijing Kao Ya. More to come! More… It was suggested that th thing on the left was a favorite of a priest friend in St. Paul, which he dubbed “Rat On A Stick”. On the way … Read More
Posted in Lighter fare, What Fr. Z is up to
Tagged Beijing Kao Ya, Chinatown, New York City, Peking Duck
10 Comments
10 Comments
NYC, Manhattan: EASTER SUNDAY at Holy Innocents
If you are in or around NYC, consider coming to Holy Innocents on 37th (btwn Broadway and 7th) for Triduum ceremonies in the Extraordinary Form. Sunday Fr. Zuhlsdorf – Celebrant Missa cantata 10 AM Chant Propers Plainsong Mass I: Lux … Read More
Posted in On the road, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, What Fr. Z is up to
Tagged EASTER, Extraordinary Form, Triduum, vespers
20 Comments
20 Comments
Mercilessly grilled under the lights
Okay… grilled is a little melodramatic. I was at the Newscorp Building where Fox News Channel is ensconced to tape some Q&A for some upcoming projects my good friend Greg Burke, FNC’s Rome correspondent, is preparing. Some people will probably … Read More
Posted in Fr. Z KUDOS, Lighter fare, What Fr. Z is up to
Tagged FNC, Fox News Channel, Greg Burke, Newscorp
13 Comments
13 Comments
Getting ready for Palm Sunday
We are getting ready for Palm Sunday.
Posted in Brick by Brick, Just Too Cool, Our Catholic Identity, SESSIUNCULA, What Fr. Z is up to
Tagged Holy Week, Palm Sunday
10 Comments
10 Comments
The Bronx is up…
… and the Battery down.
RADIO SABINA STREAMING – Rosary in Latin and Prayers for Pope Benedict
Z-Cam & Radio Sabina, or “Fr Z TV” is on the air most of the time! Because of a special prayer intention right now I have just entirely Latin chaplets of the Rosary followed by the Litany of Loreto and … Read More
Posted in LIVE STREAMING, The Feeder Feed, What Fr. Z is up to
Tagged birds, radio, The Feeder Feed, webcam
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Monday Supper … and poetry
I am posting a Monday instead of Sunday Supper offering. We are having a meeting of our literary group, and I am cooking. We are reading G. M. Hopkins, in a certain phase. We are having “spaghetti al seminario” and … Read More
mickeyfitz on ASK FATHER: Definition and the duties of a pastoral associate. : “Spot on. My understanding is that the standard term per Canon Law 545 is “parochial vicar” and that the other…”
