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Category Archives: Our Catholic Identity
NYC – Manhattan’s Church of the Holy Innocents – VIDEO
You probably know about the Church of the Holy Innocents in midtown Manhattan’s reviving Garment District. This is the only church in NYC where you can find Holy Mass in the Extraordinary Form. Holy Innocents is a great place and … Read More
NY Observer: Holy Innocents Church – exploding in popularity
One of my favorite parish in these USA, along with St. Agnes in St. Paul and St. John Cantius in Chicago, is Holy Innocents in Manhattan. Lately there has been talk of closing the parish. Quite a few national news … Read More
ASK FATHER: Should I use a chapel veil for a priest friend’s first Mass (TLM)?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Father Z, would you help me with an EF etiquette question? I’ll be attending the First Mass of Thanksgiving of a priest friend newly ordained into the Institute of Christ the King. It will, of course, … Read More
A sense of the sacred: How to recapture it.
Over at the National Catholic Register Pat Archbold has a good piece for your consideration. You might point it out to your parish priests. I’ll give you the intro and then the headlines. You can read the rest there. 7 … Read More
ASK FATHER: Do Catholics have a “right” to sacraments?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Often, I will hear the notion that Catholics have a right to the sacraments based on canon 843.1. However, the Sacrament of Orders is clearly not a right according to paragraph 1578 in the Catechism. What … Read More
Wherein Fr. Z offers kudos to and agreement with…. PHYLLIS ZAGANO!
I find myself in complete agreement with Phyllis Zagano. [Those sounds you are hearing are jaws hitting desks, mugs of Mystic Monk coffee dropping to the floor with a crash and splash, astonished readers sliding off chairs in a swoon.] … Read More
NYC – Holy Innocents Church hosts prayer rally for Iraqi Christians
I saw this report about a prayer rally for Christians who are being persecuted, who are dying and on the run, in Iraq, murdered and tormented by Islamic terrorists. HERE This is what Pope Francis was talking about. ¡Hagan lío! … Read More
Blast From The Past: Mother Angelica 1993 – “My agenda is not hidden.”
Back in 1993 Mother Angelica blew up when, at World Youth Day (10-15 August), there was a mimed Stations of the Cross during which a woman portrayed Christ. Someone gave me a recording of her reaction. She called out the … Read More
UPDPATE ON ACTION ITEM! BOOKS FOR SEMINARIANS
UPDATE 11 Aug pm: Okay… it looks as if Amazon found more copies of Turning Toward The Lord. Now they only cost $96 each! Thus I am removing it from the list. We shall have what we have and make … Read More
Marriage Tips from a Couple Married for 87 Years
From the National Organization for Marriage: Marriage Tips from a Couple Married for 87 Years Zelmyra and Herbert Fisher married on May 13, 1924. In 2008, they broke the Guinness World Record for being the longest married living couple. Both … Read More
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bw630 on A study in contrasts: “The irony that some critics are calling the SSPX protestant…”
